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Public Holiday
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Deceased ones day
Thursday, November 2, 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
THU
02
Holiday
FRI
03
Bridge Day
SAT
04
Weekend
SUN
05
Weekend
4-day weekend with a bridge day on November 3
📣 Traveler notes
Uruguay is the second-smallest country in South America, located between Argentina and Brazil.
- January 1 - New Year's Day
- January 6 - Wise Men's Day
- Carnival (movable)
- Holy Week (officially Tourism Week)
- April 19 - Landing of the 33 Patriots Day
- When greeting people, air kisses on the cheek are common between men and women, or between men. Punctuality is flexible, and arriving a few minutes late is standard. It is customary to remove shoes before entering a home. Note that the 'OK' hand gesture is considered offensive, while a thumbs up is acceptable. Travelers should also avoid placing feet on furniture.
About this holiday
Commemorates the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, a chartered flight traveling from Montevideo to Santiago, Chile, that crashed in the Andes mountains on October 13, 1972. This event is known as both the Andes flight disaster and the Miracle of the Andes.