Easter Monday in Austria
About
Easter Monday (Ostermontag) is a national public holiday in Austria, capping the Easter weekend. Salzburg's Easter markets, painted-egg traditions and the prestigious Easter Festival (Osterfestspiele) cluster around this period.
Highlights
- National non-working day closing the Easter weekend
- Easter markets with hand-painted eggs and Osterpinze bread
- Good Friday is widely observed though not an official public holiday
Practical tips
- Shops close on Easter Monday; Holy Saturday is the day to shop
- Salzburg's Easter Festival (Osterfestspiele) is captured separately
- Easter is peak season — book accommodation well ahead
Sources
Other upcoming events
Salzburg Festival (Salzburger Festspiele)
The world's foremost festival of opera, drama and classical music takes over Salzburg's great houses and squares for around six weeks every summer, anchored by the open-air 'Jedermann' on Domplatz in front of the cathedral.
Assumption Day (Mariä Himmelfahrt) in Austria
August 15 is a national public holiday across Austria honouring the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, with herb-bundle blessings (Kräuterweihe) in churches and a quiet midsummer day off.
Almabtrieb at Gruberalm, Hintersee 2026 (Cattle Drive)
A classic SalzburgerLand autumn tradition: at the Gruberalm above Hintersee, herders decorate the cattle with ornate flower-and-mirror headdresses and drive them down from the alpine pasture to the valley, with music, schnapps and farm stalls marking the end of the mountain summer.