Editing Spring break (section)

===Europe===
====Czech Republic====
In the [[Czech Republic]], only primary and secondary school students have a spring break. The break is one week long and the date of the break differs from county to county to avoid overcrowding of the break destinations in the Czech Republic (Czechs usually travel to the mountains to ski there). The counties are divided into six groups, each group containing counties evenly distributed across the country. The first group starts the holiday on the first Monday of February, the last group starts the holiday five weeks later (usually in early March). The last group of counties becomes the first one to have the spring break the next year.

====Georgia====
Before 2017, the spring break in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] was typically an Easter holiday, lasting from Thursday to Tuesday in Holy Week. In 2017 Minister of Education and Science Aleksandre Jejelava instead set the period from March 8 to 15 as a holiday for those in education, from preschool to university.

====Germany====
In Germany, universities typically schedule a semester break of five to eight weeks around March. The [[Whitsun]] ([[Pentecost]]) holidays around late May or early June are also considered a spring break.<ref>[http://www.studenten-wg.de/infos/semesterferien.html studenten-wg.de] – About semester breaks in Germany (German)</ref>

====Greece====
In [[Greece]], spring break takes place during [[Holy Week]] and the week following.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}

====Lithuania====
In [[Lithuania]], spring break (called Easter holidays or spring holidays) takes place one week before Easter and one day after it (as it is the second day of Easter), all school students have this vacation. Primary school students have another week of holidays after Easter.

====The Netherlands====

In the Netherlands, a week-long [[:nl:Voorjaarsvakantie|break]] is given to high school students and students in higher education in the early stages of spring (February-March). There are regional differences between mostly the north and south of the country in when this break takes place, because of [[carnival]], which is mostly celebrated in the southern parts of The Netherlands.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zaken |first=Ministerie van Algemene |date=2009-12-08 |title=Schoolvakanties - Rijksoverheid.nl |url=https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/schoolvakanties |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=www.rijksoverheid.nl |language=nl-NL}}</ref>

====Portugal====
In [[Portugal]], spring break is mostly known as "Easter Holidays" and it gives two weeks to all students around the country.

====Russia====
Before 1917 there was an Easter Break in schools. In the [[Soviet Union]], spring break was always from March 24 to 31. Now, many schools in Russia still have the spring break, but the exact date is decided by the school itself. In the majority of cases it is set in the middle of April. Also, the public holidays in May, connected with Labour day and Victory day, can be an accurate equivalent of the spring break.

==== Slovakia ====
[[Slovakia]] gives a week-long break to its elementary school and secondary school students in the months of February and March. Instead of vacationing in warm weather destinations, Slovaks mostly associate spring breaks with skiing. The break is one week long and the date of the break differs from region to region to avoid overcrowding of domestic break destinations. The regions are divided into three groups, the first group starts the holiday on the end of February, the last group starts the holiday two weeks later (in early March).

There is also another shorter Easter break from Holy Thursday to Easter Tuesday.

====Spain====
In [[Spain]], spring break is celebrated around [[Holy Week in Spain|Holy Week]], and students usually get a two-week break.

====United Kingdom====
The Easter Break is typically over 2 weeks in either late March or April, depending on when Easter Sunday falls.<ref>{{Cite web | title=School holiday dates {{!}} Hantsweb | url=https://www.hants.gov.uk/educationandlearning/schoolholidays | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218173751/https://www.hants.gov.uk/educationandlearning/schoolholidays | access-date=2024-12-20 | archive-date=2017-02-18}}</ref>