![]() The regions are divided into three groups, the first group starts the holiday on the end of February, the last group starts the holiday two weeks later (in early March). The break is one week long and the date of the break differs from region to region to avoid overcrowding of the break destinations in the Slovak Republic. Instead of vacationing in warm weather destinations, the Slovaks mostly associate spring breaks with skiing. Slovakia gives a week-long break to its elementary school and secondary school students in the months of February and March. Also, the public holidays in May, connected with Labour day and Victory day, can be an accurate equivalent of the spring break. In the majority of cases it is set in the middle of April. Now, many schools in Russia still have the spring break, but the exact date is decided by the school itself. In the Soviet Union, spring break was always from March 24 to 31. ![]() In Portugal, spring break is mostly known as "Easter Holidays" and it gives two weeks to all students around the country.īefore 1917 there was an Easter Break in schools. There are regional differences between mostly the north and south of the country in when this break takes place, because of carnival, which is mostly celebrated in the southern parts of The Netherlands. In the Netherlands, a week-long break is given to high school students and students in higher education in the early stages of spring (February-March). Primary school students have another week of holidays after Easter. In Lithuania, spring break (called Easter holidays or spring holidays) takes place one week before Easter and one day after it (as it is the second day of Easter), all school students have this vacation. In Greece, spring break takes place during Holy Week and the week following. The Whitsun ( Pentecost) holidays around late May or early June are also considered a spring break. In Germany, universities typically schedule a semester break of five to eight weeks around March. In 2017 Minister of Education and Science Aleksandre Jejelava instead set the period from March 8 to 15 as a holiday for those in education, from preschool to university. The last group of counties becomes the first one to have the spring break the next year.īefore 2017, the spring break in Georgia was typically an Easter holiday, lasting from Thursday to Tuesday in Holy Week. The first group starts the holiday on the first Monday of February, the last group starts the holiday five weeks later (usually in early March). ![]() The counties are divided into six groups, each group containing counties evenly distributed across the country. The break is one week long and the date of the break differs from county to county to avoid overcrowding of the break destinations in the Czech Republic (Czechs usually travel to the mountains to ski there). In the Czech Republic, only primary and secondary school students have a spring break. It usually depends on the school or the emirate. In UAE, spring break is usually two or three weeks long from late March to early/middle of April. In Taiwan, spring break usually refers to the consecutive days off of Tomb Sweeping Day and Children's Day. Ĭolleges only take the Children's Day itself off. However, due to a change in the academic calendar in 2015, the spring break was changed to a 1-week break in the first week of May, around Children's Day (although some schools still keep it in February). In South Korea, the spring break originally lasted for two weeks in February with the new school year starting afterwards in March. Macau follows the Portuguese tradition of Easter break. In Iran, spring break starts at Nowruz and ends on Sizdah Bedar, All Iranians have the same spring break. ![]() Hong Kong follows the British tradition of an Easter break of about one and a half weeks. ![]() In Japan, the spring break starts with the end of the academic year in late March and ends around April 7 with the beginning of a new academic year. Spring break is frequently associated with extensive gatherings and riotous partying in warm climate locations, attended regardless of participants' educational standings.īy country Asia Japan Spring break, known variously as Easter vacation, Easter holiday, Easter break, spring vacation, mid-term break, study week, reading week, reading period, Easter week or March break, is a vacation period including Easter holidays in early northern hemisphere spring at universities and schools, which has been observed in Europe since the late 19th century, was introduced during the 1930s in the US, and is observed in many other countries. Cancún is a popular spring break destination. ![]()
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