Use harmonised European school holiday data from fcal.ch for planning, analytics, forecasting, or AI models. We provide consistently structured data for more than 40 European countries.
Since 2003, we have been collecting and maintaining public holiday and school holiday data with a strong focus on quality, long-term consistency, and transparency. Heterogeneous national sources are consolidated into a unified data structure.
Stable & long-term: the Europe API is designed to reliably supply your systems for many years, independent of changes in national websites or formats.
European coverage: school holiday data for 40+ European countries, consistently structured and combinable with our holiday data and Swiss-specific endpoints.
School holidays for 40+ European countries – including regions / federal states where applicable
Annual requests – one calendar year per API call
Languages German, French, Italian, and English
Combinable with public holidays – identical parameter structure, same API architecture
Historical data since 2003 – ideal for statistics, reporting, and AI training
Formats – JSON, XML, or CSV for system integration
Transport & mobility – account for cross-border holiday peaks in forecasts and capacity planning
Tourism & hospitality – demand and capacity planning across multiple countries
Energy & utilities – analyse load profiles in relation to school holiday periods
AI models & forecasting – school holidays as additional features in international ML models
Enterprises & platforms – pan-European planning, reporting, and business logic
REST API – simple HTTP-based interface
Formats – JSON, XML, CSV (ideal for back-ends, BI tools, and imports)
Multilingual – documentation available in German, French, Italian, and English
Secure access – SSL/TLS encrypted, API-key authentication
All interfaces are defined according to OpenAPI 3.0 and integrate seamlessly with Swagger, Postman, and OpenAPI Generator.
The conditions depend on:
Data scope – which countries and years you require
Time range – current years, planning horizons, historical periods
Usage type – internal use or integration into your own apps / APIs (no public Europe school holidays API and no redistribution of raw data)
As a small independent provider, we ensure our data is not used to create competing services. Applications where school holiday data is the core of the product (holiday portals or school holidays APIs) are therefore not permitted.
Simply tell us which countries / years and which type of usage you require (internal or integration) – we will gladly prepare a tailored offer.
The full interface list (holidays, school holidays, and more) is available here: