Large part of Europe enjoys day off
Attention for our countrymen abroad! Large parts of Europe today enjoy a day off because of Maria-Hemelvaart.
The holiday is a fixed shot on the calendar of Catholic and Orthodox Europe. Many stores will be closed in Belgium, France, Spain, Austria, Italy, Germany (especially in Bavaria and Saarland) and Portugal. But Maria-Hemelvaart is also celebrated in Greece, Poland and Croatia, stores are also most likely closed there.
Traditionally many families go out today, on the way to family or nature. So there is a good chance that it is busy on European roads today.
On this day, Christians commemorate that Mary, the mother of Jesus, has been absorbed in heaven with body and soul.