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School holidays: Bern

Preserved school-holiday dates for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, separated by region and data year.

2026 addition: EDK annual overview dated 8 July 2025 (charts 2 May 2025), checked 20 October 2026. The official PDF was supplied by the operator; external byte identity could not be verified. School and local scopes remain separate. Christmas 2025/26 and earlier legacy data are not reverified by this addition.

EDK / IDES: 2027 overview (dated 13 May 2026) and provisional 2028 overview, checked 19 October 2026. Each row identifies its scope; municipal, language-area and school-type calendars may differ. Tables group breaks by starting year, including Christmas across New Year. Missing dates are not inferred.

Special spring rules apply to alpine tourist municipalities, and special rules to Biel/Bienne and nearby municipalities. The German-speaking Christmas 2027 break starts at noon on 24 December.

EDK / IDES · 2026

EDK / IDES · 2027

EDK / IDES · 2028 · 2028: provisional – subject to change, not finally confirmed dates.

2025

School holidays: Bern 2025
Date	from	to
spring break	3 Apr 2025	19 Apr 2025
summer break	4 Jul 2025	9 Aug 2025
autumn break	19 Sept 2025	11 Oct 2025
Christmas break	20 Dec 2025	4 Jan 2026

2026

School holidays: Bern 2026
Date	from	to
spring breakGerman-speaking area: kindergarten and compulsory schools EDK 2026	3 Apr 2026	19 Apr 2026
spring breakFrench-speaking area: compulsory schools EDK 2026	3 Apr 2026	19 Apr 2026
summer breakGerman-speaking area: kindergarten and compulsory schools EDK 2026	4 Jul 2026	9 Aug 2026
summer breakFrench-speaking area: compulsory schools EDK 2026	4 Jul 2026	16 Aug 2026
autumn breakGerman-speaking area: kindergarten and compulsory schools EDK 2026	19 Sept 2026	11 Oct 2026
autumn breakFrench-speaking area: compulsory schools EDK 2026	3 Oct 2026	18 Oct 2026
Christmas breakGerman-speaking area: kindergarten and compulsory schools Starts at noon EDK 2026	24 Dec 2026	10 Jan 2027
Christmas breakFrench-speaking area: compulsory schools EDK 2026	25 Dec 2026	10 Jan 2027

2027

School holidays: Bern 2027
Date	from	to
spring breakFrench-speaking area: compulsory schools EDK 2027	26 Mar 2027	11 Apr 2027
spring breakGerman-speaking area: kindergarten and compulsory schools EDK 2027	10 Apr 2027	25 Apr 2027
summer breakGerman-speaking area: kindergarten and compulsory schools EDK 2027	3 Jul 2027	15 Aug 2027
summer breakFrench-speaking area: compulsory schools EDK 2027	3 Jul 2027	15 Aug 2027
autumn breakGerman-speaking area: kindergarten and compulsory schools EDK 2027	25 Sept 2027	17 Oct 2027
autumn breakFrench-speaking area: compulsory schools EDK 2027	2 Oct 2027	17 Oct 2027
Christmas breakGerman-speaking area: kindergarten and compulsory schools Starts at noon EDK 2027	24 Dec 2027	9 Jan 2028
Christmas breakFrench-speaking area: compulsory schools EDK 2027	25 Dec 2027	9 Jan 2028

2028

School holidays: Bern 2028
Date	from	to
spring breakGerman-speaking area: kindergarten and compulsory schools Provisional EDK 2028	8 Apr 2028	23 Apr 2028
spring breakFrench-speaking area: compulsory schools Provisional EDK 2028	8 Apr 2028	23 Apr 2028
summer breakGerman-speaking area: kindergarten and compulsory schools Provisional EDK 2028	8 Jul 2028	13 Aug 2028
summer breakFrench-speaking area: compulsory schools Provisional EDK 2028	8 Jul 2028	20 Aug 2028
autumn breakGerman-speaking area: kindergarten and compulsory schools Provisional EDK 2028	23 Sept 2028	15 Oct 2028
autumn breakFrench-speaking area: compulsory schools Provisional EDK 2028	7 Oct 2028	22 Oct 2028
Christmas breakGerman-speaking area: kindergarten and compulsory schools Provisional EDK 2028	23 Dec 2028	7 Jan 2029
Christmas breakFrench-speaking area: compulsory schools Provisional EDK 2028	23 Dec 2028	7 Jan 2029