Yes, that's exactly what I meant. In Poland it is similar: you have 26 vacation days and you have to use them all, with at least one two weeks in one go. Employ

Yes, that's exactly what I meant. In Poland it is similar: you have 26 vacation days and you have to use them all, with at least one two weeks in one go. Employer can be fined if employees don't use all of their vacation days. Add 5-7 days of bank holidays on top of that and average Polish employee has at least two or three vacation periods per year. My own, single data point from this year: one week vacations in February (skiing), 5 days in April (Easter + 2 vacation days), one week beginning of May (two bank holidays one day apart + 3 vacation days), two weeks in August, one week planned for Christmas (requiring only 3 vacation days). Fairy typical schedule in my country.