PLPoland · 2026

Observance

Wszystkich Świętych is one of the most-observed days in Poland: families travel long distances to tend graves, and cemeteries glow with hundreds of thousands of candles after dark.

Business

Almost everything closes, including large retail. Florists and candle sellers do their biggest day.

Transport

Extra cemetery routes laid on, and the heaviest intercity road traffic of the autumn.

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Observance

11 November marks the restoration of Polish statehood in 1918, with an official ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and a large, sometimes contentious, march in Warsaw.

Business

Banks, offices and most shops closed under the Sunday trading rules.

Transport

Holiday timetables with extensive central Warsaw closures.

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Observance

Officially recognised as a public holiday, so most people have the day off work.

Business

Expect offices, banks and the majority of shops to be closed.

Transport

Public transport usually runs a Sunday or holiday timetable.

General guidance based on this day's official classification, not country-specific reporting.

Observance

The central Christian winter feast; in most countries the household gathering matters more than the church service.

Business

Near-total closure of retail, offices and banks. Expect the preceding afternoon to shut early too.

Transport

Skeleton or suspended services in many countries. Book intercity travel well ahead.