Bridge days (Brückentage) 2028 in Berlin
19 days of leave get you 51 days off, 2.7 times as many.
The three best stretches
4 days off for 1
Thu 25/05 to Sun 28/05
Christi Himmelfahrt
Book these days: 26/05
4 days off for 1
Sat 30/09 to Tue 03/10
Tag der Deutschen Einheit
Book these days: 02/10
10 days off for 3
Sat 23/12 to Mon 01/01/2029
1. Weihnachtstag · 2. Weihnachtstag · Neujahr
Book these days: 27/12, 28/12, 29/12
All stretches in 2028
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 04/03 to Wed 08/03 | 5 | 2 | Internationaler Frauentag |
| Sat 08/04 to Mon 17/04 | 10 | 4 | Karfreitag, Ostermontag |
| Sat 29/04 to Sun 07/05 | 9 | 4 | Tag der Arbeit |
| Thu 25/05 to Sun 28/05 | 4 | 1 | Christi Himmelfahrt |
| Sat 03/06 to Sun 11/06 | 9 | 4 | Pfingstmontag |
| Sat 30/09 to Tue 03/10 | 4 | 1 | Tag der Deutschen Einheit |
| Sat 23/12 to Mon 01/01/2029 | 10 | 3 | 1. Weihnachtstag, 2. Weihnachtstag, Neujahr |
| Total | 51 | 19 |
What the state holidays in Berlin change
Nationwide, 17 days of leave give 46 days off; in Berlin, 19 days of leave give 51. The difference comes from the state holidays:
- Internationaler Frauentag (International Women’s Day), 08/03: falls in the stretch Sat 04/03 to Wed 08/03 (5 days off for 2 days of leave).
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 2028 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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