Puente (holiday)
A puente (Spanish for bridge) is a holiday in Spain, it is the day off to bridge the time between the weekend and a holiday, thereby creating a long weekend. A puente typically occurs when a holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, workers will then take the Monday or Friday as a puente, a day off.[1] Some businesses will close down altogether.[2]
In 2012, the Spanish government led by
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5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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In 2022, the December holidays were 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 31 and 1 January 2023
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In some years, such as 2022, December 6 (Constitution Day) falls on a Tuesday and December 8 (feast of the Immaculate Conception) falls on a Thursday. Thus, a period of 9 consecutive days has only three work days. Some workers take a very long weekend by asking just one, two or three days off. Such multiple puentes are sometimes called acueductos ("aqueducts", keeping the metaphor)[3] or macropuentes ("macro-bridges")[4]
References
- ^ a b Lauren Frayer (22 January 2012). "Spain workers lose bridge holidays in debt crisis austerity move". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ a b Lauren Frayer (22 May 2012). "Spain's Beloved Four-Day Weekends Are At Risk". NPR. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ Vidal, María (2 September 2022). "Estos son los puentes festivos (y algún acueducto) que se podrán disfrutar en Asturias en 2023". La Voz de Asturias (in European Spanish). Retrieved 5 December 2022..
- ^ "Accidentes y retenciones en el inicio del puente por el 'macropuente' de la Constitución". Telemadrid (in European Spanish). 2 December 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.