Public holidays in Estonia


All official holidays in Estonia are established by acts of Parliament.

Public holidays

The following are holidays that mean days off:
DateEnglish NameEstonian NameRemarks
January 1New Year's Dayuusaasta
February 24Independence DayiseseisvuspäevNational Day – celebrates the declaration of independence in 1918.
Moveable FridayGood Fridaysuur reede
Moveable SundayEaster Sundayülestõusmispühade 1. pühaCommonly known as lihavõtted.
May 1Spring Day kevadpüha
MoveableWhitsunday nelipühade 1. püha
June 23Victory DayVõidupühaCelebrates the victory in the Battle of Võnnu during the Estonian War of Independence.
June 24Midsummer Day#EstoniaJaanipäevJaaniõhtu is celebrated in the night before Midsummer Day.
August 20Restoration Independence DaytaasiseseisvumispäevCelebrates Estonia's restoration of independence in 1991.
December 24Christmas Evejõululaupäev
December 25Christmas Dayesimene jõulupüha
December 26Boxing Dayteine jõulupüha

National Holidays

The following holidays do not give a day off:
DateEnglish NameEstonian NameRemarks
January 6The Epiphanykolmekuningapäev
February 2Anniversary of the Tartu Peace TreatyTartu rahulepingu aastapäevTreaty that ended the Estonian War of Independence
March 14Native Language DayemakeelepäevKristjan Jaak Peterson's birthday.
Moveable SundayMothers' DayemadepäevHeld on the second Sunday of May.
June 4National Flag DayEesti lipu päevDate when the Flag of Estonia was first consecrated in 1884.
June 14Day of Mourning and CommemorationleinapäevCommemorating the victims of Soviet deportations in 1941 and 1949.
August 23European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazismkommunismi ja natsismi ohvrite mälestuspäevDay when the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was signed in 1939.
Moveable SundayGrandparents Dayvanavanemate päevHeld on the second Sunday of September.
September 22Resistance Fighting Dayvastupanuvõitluse päevOtto Tief's attempt to restore the Estonian independence in 1944
October 1Local government Dayomavalitsuspäev
November 2All Souls' Dayhingedepäev
Moveable SundayFathers' DayisadepäevHeld on the second Sunday of November.
November 16Day of Declaration of Sovereigntytaassünni päevEstonian Declaration of Sovereignty, which was issued in 1988.