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Liberation Day

Tuesday, May 9, 2028
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🏪 What's open

  • Banks Closed
  • Government offices Closed
  • Schools Closed
  • Shops Varies
  • Restaurants Varies
  • Public transit Reduced
  • Stock market Closed
  • Post office Closed

🛋️ Long weekend potential

4-Day Block
SAT 06 Weekend
SUN 07 Weekend
MON 08 Bridge Day
TUE 09 Holiday

4-day weekend with a bridge day on May 8

📣 Traveler notes

Guernsey is a major island in the Channel Islands, located in the English Channel. It is approximately 6 miles long and 3 miles wide, with St Peter Port as the primary settlement. (Population was nearly 63,000 in 2019).

  • It is a public holiday in both Guernsey and Jersey.
  • Expect local celebrations, such as a re-enactment or vehicle cavalcade.
  • The holiday serves as a commemoration of the end of German occupation.
  • The day is also celebrated as Europe Day.
  • Do not refer to the UK as "the mainland" when in Guernsey.

About this holiday

Liberation Day (May 9th) is a national holiday commemorating the end of Nazi German occupation of the Channel Islands on May 9, 1945. It is also marked as Europe Day. Local celebrations include a re-enactment in Jersey's Liberation Square and an island-wide classic car cavalcade in Guernsey.