Holidays in Dubrovnik
Find out how holidays affect Dubrovnik and avoid visiting the main museums and monuments on days where they're closed.
Holidays in Dubrovnik
- New Year: 1st January
- Epiphany: 6th January
- Saint Blaise: 3rd February. Saint Blaise is the Patron Saint of Dubrovnik, having saved the city from an invasion by the Kingdom of Venice in the 10th century. Each year on this day, the city bells ring as a flock of white doves are released from the Dubrovnik Cathedral.
- Easter Monday: Shifts yearly
- Workers' Day: 1st May
- Anti-Fascist Struggle Day: 22nd June. This national festival celebrates the troops of the former Yugoslavia, who fought against the Nazis in World War II.
- National Day of Croatia: 25th June. The day Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.
- Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day: 5th August. This day celebrates the freedom of the Croatian city of Knin during the Croatian War of Independence.
- Assumption of Mary: 15th August
- Independence Day: 8th October. This is a follow-up to the 5th August celebration. On 8th October, the Croatian Parliament established their independence from Yugoslavia.
- All Saints' Day: 1st November
- Christmas: 25th December
- Saint Stephen's Day: 26th December
