I'm from Slovakia, a little country in the Central Europe. Regular employees here are entitled to 20 days of vacation, or 25 for those who are 33 or older. In

I'm from Slovakia, a little country in the Central Europe. Regular employees here are entitled to 20 days of vacation, or 25 for those who are 33 or older. In addition to that, there are 15 days of public holidays (that includes New Year's Day, 2 days Easter, 3 days of Christmas, plus other holidays such as Constitution Day, and so on). You have to negotiate with the employer when do you take your holidays, and employer has the right to specifically tell you when to take half of those days. As for me, I am a freelancer, and I like to travel a lot around Europe. Usually for 1 - 2 weeks, with first week off and the second week I work at the location and let my wife and little boy enjoy the warm weather for a bit longer. In the recent years we never took holidays during July/August, because we like to travel a bit more off-season, when the sun is still (or already) warm enough to still have a great time.