National holidays 2008

01.01 New Year’s Day
24.02 Independence Day (some shops stay open)
21.03 Good Friday
23.03 Easter Sunday
01.05 Spring Holiday/Labor day
11.05 Whit Sunday (pentecost)
23.06 Victory day (commemorating the 1918 victory over German troops at Võnnun)
24.06 Midsummer (Jaanipäev); also celebrated with bonfires in Estonia
20.08 Independence Restoration Day
25-26.12 Christmas Day and Boxing Day