Black Saturday: You shouldn’t go on vacation on these days in 2024

Black Saturday is a term that comes back every year when European streets are busy. If you’re on time with your 2024 vacation plans, it’s helpful to know now when not to go out.

It is still difficult to predict on which day traffic on European roads will be heaviest. However, there are already days when it will most likely be very busy.

Black Saturday

Black Saturday is of course the busiest day, but there are several busy weekends on this day. So not only do you want to avoid the main day, but also other busy weekends.

School holidays have an important impact on busy days. A Black Saturday always falls during this holiday period.

You shouldn’t go on vacation on these days in 2024

If we look at what the possible Black Saturdays could be, we come to: July 22nd and 29th and August 5th and 12th. During this period, it is not only the school holidays that overlap in the various Dutch regions. It is also a public holiday in Spain, France and parts of Germany during this time. In some federal states there will be no more public holidays from August 2nd. Maybe August 5th and 12th will be less busy than July 22nd and 29th.

It is likely that one of these four days will be Black Saturday in 2024. Avoid these weekends if possible. If you do travel, take the known bottlenecks into account so that you don’t have to stand in the blazing sun for hours.

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