The December 2026 bridge will allow four consecutive days of rest in much of Spain, although not all workers will have Monday 7 December off. The working calendar published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) establishes that nine autonomous communities and the city of Melilla have declared that Monday a public holiday, coinciding with the move of the celebration of Constitution Day, which this year falls on Sunday.
The distribution of public holidays will allow workers with a usual Monday-to-Friday schedule to enjoy a break from Saturday 5 to Tuesday 8 December, without needing to use vacation days in the territories that have moved the holiday. In contrast, in the rest of the country, Monday 7 will be a working day by general rule, and those who want to enjoy the full bridge will have to request that day off, unless their particular calendar provides otherwise.
Where Monday 7 December 2026 is a public holiday
According to the resolution of the Directorate-General for Employment published in the BOE, Monday 7 December will be a public holiday in Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Cantabria, Castile and León, Extremadura, the Community of Madrid, the Region of Murcia and La Rioja. To these nine territories is added Melilla, which has also moved the celebration of Constitution Day.
In all of them, Tuesday 8 December will also be a public holiday due to the Immaculate Conception. Thus, those who have the weekend off will be able to string together four consecutive days of rest: Saturday 5, Sunday 6, Monday 7 and Tuesday 8.
On the other hand, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Castile-La Mancha, Catalonia, the Valencian Community, Galicia, Navarre, the Basque Country and Ceuta have not declared Monday 7 an autonomous public holiday. In these territories, Tuesday 8 will be a public holiday, but the previous working day remains, by general rule, a working day.
December bridge calendar: all autonomous communities
| Autonomous community or city | Monday 7 December | Tuesday 8 December |
|---|---|---|
| Andalusia | Public holiday | Public holiday |
| Aragon | Public holiday | Public holiday |
| Asturias | Public holiday | Public holiday |
| Balearic Islands | Working day | Public holiday |
| Canary Islands | Working day | Public holiday |
| Cantabria | Public holiday | Public holiday |
| Castile-La Mancha | Working day | Public holiday |
| Castile and León | Public holiday | Public holiday |
| Catalonia | Working day | Public holiday |
| Valencian Community | Working day | Public holiday |
| Extremadura | Public holiday | Public holiday |
| Galicia | Working day | Public holiday |
| Community of Madrid | Public holiday | Public holiday |
| Region of Murcia | Public holiday | Public holiday |
| Navarre | Working day | Public holiday |
| Basque Country | Working day | Public holiday |
| La Rioja | Public holiday | Public holiday |
| Ceuta | Working day | Public holiday |
| Melilla | Public holiday | Public holiday |
Source: Official State Gazette (BOE), 2026 labor calendar. No possible local holidays or particularities of collective bargaining agreements are included.
The table includes the autonomous community holidays and those of the autonomous cities published officially. It does not include possible local celebrations nor particularities of collective bargaining agreements or shift calendars.
Why Constitution Day is celebrated on Monday 7 in some communities
The peculiarity of 2026 is that Constitution Day, December 6, coincides with a Sunday. The law allows the working day off to be moved to the following Monday, but the autonomous communities may replace that celebration with other of their own holidays.
For that reason, Monday 7 will not be a public holiday throughout the entire national territory. Instead, Tuesday 8 December, Day of the Immaculate Conception, is an unswappable national holiday, so it appears on all autonomous labor calendars.
How many vacation days need to be requested to extend the bridge
For those who work from Monday to Friday, the calendar offers the possibility of enjoying several consecutive days of rest. In the territories where Monday 7 is a public holiday, it will not be necessary to request vacation time to rest from December 5 to 8. In the communities where it is a working day, it will be enough to request that Monday.
There is another option for those who want to extend the rest: request the days 9, 10 and 11 December, immediately after the Immaculate Conception holiday. In the territories where day 7 is a public holiday, this would make it possible to enjoy nine consecutive days, from Saturday 5 to Sunday 13 December, using only three vacation days. Where the Monday is a working day, four working days would need to be requested.
It is worth remembering that public labor holidays are paid and non-recoverable, pursuant to article 37.2 of the Workers’ Statute, but that does not mean that all employees necessarily take a break on those dates. In sectors with activity during holidays, working and rest conditions will depend on the labor calendar and the applicable collective agreement.
It is also important to distinguish between public labor holidays and non-teaching days. A school may remain closed on Monday 7 even if that day is a working day in its autonomous community, so families must consult the corresponding school calendar.