Austria's 2029 school calendar is shaped by an early Easter (1 April) that places spring school holidays in late March and early April โ meaning the Christmas-to-Easter gap is shorter than in years with a mid-to-late April Easter.
The February semester break (Semesterferien) continues its staggered model. Nine states take the break across three different weeks in February, helping to distribute ski resort demand.
Summer holidays (Sommerferien): The ~9-week summer break runs from late June to early September. State-by-state dates are published by the respective Landesschulrรคte well in advance.
Autumn break: With National Day (26 October) falling on a Saturday and All Saints' Day (1 November) on a Friday in 2029, the Herbstferien period offers a strong natural long weekend at the end of the autumn break in states scheduling it around 1 November.
Christmas 2029: Christmas Day (25 December) falls on a Wednesday. Most states' Christmas school breaks will begin around 20 December 2029 and run to approximately 6 January 2030, as Epiphany (6 January) is a public holiday in Austria, making it the natural end point of the Christmas school break.