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2026-07-27 09:44 UTC

The art of the European summer break 🥷⛱️☀️ How we structure school calendars varies across our union, reflecting different local traditions and lifestyle models. Italian students enjoy nearly 14 full weeks of summer bliss. Over in Denmark, summer is a breezy 6 weeks, balanced with clever mini holidays throughout the school year. If you were back in school, which one would you prefer? 👇 https://link.europa.eu/F3kQPM

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  • @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu I think mine (in the UK) were about six weeks. The really long ones were in between GCSE and A-Levels (end of the school year in which you are 16) and that ended up being really bad: that long break got everyone completely out of the habit of being in school and it took quite a long time to get back into the flow. It was somewhat similar in the long summer between finishing school and starting university, but university was a lot more self-directed and so preserving the habits of school would have been less useful.

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  • @max@poliverso.org 2026-07-27 10:33

    @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu I'm Italian and I'm used to struggle all the year looking at the light at the end of the tunnel: a whole summer without school. So I'd choose this. Moreover, it's really hot and I don't think we can ask people to go to school in July or August, we don't have air conditioning in Italian public schools.

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  • @alpacamale@social.cologne 2026-07-27 09:54

    @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu 14 weeks, that's crazy! Would have loved that as a kid! I don't know how it's handled in Italy, but I like the idea of giving children the opportunity to be children and also to pursue their own interests and non-curricular activities.

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  • Sweden has 9 weeks

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  • @kura@hai.z0ne.social 2026-07-27 09:56

    @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu 8-12 weeks. especially during this climate change period.

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  • @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu I believe that shorter summer breaks with breaks throughout the year is better. Now, #FinishTheJob https://finishthejob.eu/ (Also why was this post deleted, EC? You know you can edit it, right?)

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