Rachel Loxton - rachel.loxton@thelocal.com
Updated: Wed 20 May 2026 14:03 CET
Add a comment
Revellers take part in the annual Karneval der Kulturen street parade in Berlin, on May 28, 2023. (Photo by Tobias Schwarz / AFP)
May is a bumper month for public holidays in Germany this year, and there's another coming up: 'Pfingstmontag'. Here's how Germans celebrate the long weekend.














