Bridge days (Brückentage) 2026 in Berlin
18 days of leave get you 46 days off, 2.6 times as many.
The three best stretches
4 days off for 1
Thu 01/01 to Sun 04/01
Neujahr
Book these days: 02/01
4 days off for 1
Thu 14/05 to Sun 17/05
Christi Himmelfahrt
Book these days: 15/05
10 days off for 4
Sat 28/03 to Mon 06/04
Karfreitag · Ostermontag
Book these days: 30/03, 31/03, 01/04, 02/04
All stretches in 2026
The list has no overlaps: every day of leave appears once, so you really can take all of these stretches together.
| Stretch | Off | Leave | Because of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 01/01 to Sun 04/01 | 4 | 1 | Neujahr |
| Sat 28/03 to Mon 06/04 | 10 | 4 | Karfreitag, Ostermontag |
| Sat 25/04 to Sun 03/05 | 9 | 4 | Tag der Arbeit |
| Thu 14/05 to Sun 17/05 | 4 | 1 | Christi Himmelfahrt |
| Sat 23/05 to Sun 31/05 | 9 | 4 | Pfingstmontag |
| Fri 25/12 to Sun 03/01/2027 | 10 | 4 | 1. Weihnachtstag, Neujahr |
| Total | 46 | 18 |
What the state holidays in Berlin change
In 2026 the bridge days in Berlin are the same as nationwide. That is because its only state holiday falls on a weekend.
- Internationaler Frauentag (International Women’s Day), 08/03: falls on a Sunday and adds no day off.
How this is calculated
A stretch only counts if a working day you did NOT take off sits at each end. Otherwise any leave at all would qualify, and the figure above would mean nothing.
We look at up to five days of leave in a row, and only where that yields at least twice as many days off. Longer breaks are not counted as bridge days here.
Public holidays falling on a Saturday or Sunday create no day off and are left out.
Only stretches whose days of leave all fall in 2026 are counted. A stretch across New Year belongs to the year its days of leave fall in, and days outside that year carry the year. If the days of leave are split across two years, it counts in neither.
Other years and states
Same state, other years:
Same year, other states:
Booking bridge days in Tiveo
In Tiveo, people enter one of these stretches as a request. The dialog counts the working days and names the public holidays in the period, which cost no leave. And if a minimum staffing level is set for the department, it flags when too many people would be away at once.
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