Federal Day of Thanksgiving (Bettag) – Switzerland

The next Federal Day of Thanksgiving (Bettag) is on Sunday, September 20, 2026 – in 5 days.

In Switzerland it's an observance, which means plenty of people mark it but nobody gets the day off work or school.

When is it? Federal Day of Thanksgiving (Bettag) falls on the 3rd Sunday of September. Because the rule points at a weekday rather than a fixed date, it moves every year, which is exactly why the table below is worth a bookmark. Next time round is Sunday, September 20, 2026, 5 days from now.

Which weekday does it land on? Always the same day: every one of the eleven years in the table puts Federal Day of Thanksgiving (Bettag) on a Sunday. None of those years put it next to a weekend, so it doesn't make a long weekend on its own. You can open the printable calendar for any year in the table and see the date in context.

What to expect on the day. Nothing closes. Shops, offices, schools and transport all run as normal, because this is a day people mark rather than a day they get off. That said, restaurants, florists and retailers often build around it, so booking ahead is sensible if you're planning to go out. In 2026 it falls in September, and nothing else of note shares the month with it.

Putting it in your own calendar. You don't need to. Every calendar on this site already shows Federal Day of Thanksgiving (Bettag) for whichever country you've selected. What's worth adding is everything around it: the travel, the cover arrangements, who's visiting when. Open the month, click the days and type. Keep a free account and the notes stay with you between devices, and you can send someone a read-only link so you're both working from the same dates.

Every date here is worked out from the official rule rather than copied off a list, so the later years are as reliable as this one. If a date looks wrong for your region, please say so. Regional holiday rules do change, and we'd rather fix the rule than leave it.

Federal Day of Thanksgiving (Bettag) dates 2026–2036