Whit Monday 2025: Which Stores Operate Normally, and When Are the Next Holidays?

The summer of 2025 is here, and the much-anticipated Whit Monday offers a well-deserved break for thousands of workers. This year, Whit Monday falls on Monday, June 9th, providing an ideal opportunity for short or long getaways, visits to rural areas, or simply some relaxation at home. As usual, Whit Monday is marked by significant tourist movement, with traditional destinations like Halkidiki, the Cyclades, and the Peloponnese being the focus of interest. Hotel and Airbnb bookings are already showing high occupancy rates as many aim to enjoy the first major long weekend of summer for some rest and rejuvenation. Public services and banks observe this official holiday, while retail stores remain open and operate normally. Supermarkets, bakeries, and convenience stores also function as usual. Certain professional sectors treat Whit Monday as a day off, including bookstores, diagnostic centers, journalists, caregivers, electricians, industrial and retail establishments, security guards, tobacco industries, clinics, timber shops (Athens, Piraeus, and surrounding areas), oil companies, maritime agencies, radio engineers, radio stations, tugboat and shipwreck salvage offices, television stations, technical TV personnel in Northern Greece, printers of regional newspapers, daily newspaper distributors, tutoring centers for secondary, higher, and tertiary education, as well as language schools, photoengravers, operators in industrial units, and workers in stone, marble, and technical works quarries. The upcoming official holidays in 2025 include: Whit Monday on Monday, June 9th (not an official holiday for all employees), Dormition of the Virgin Mary on Friday, August 15th, Ohi Day on Tuesday, October 28th, Christmas on Thursday, December 25th, and the Second Day of Christmas on Friday, December 26th.