| 1/1/1979, Mon | New Year's Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 2/26/1979, Mon | Carnival/ Rose Monday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 2/27/1979, Tue | Carnival/ Shrove Tuesday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 4/8/1979, Sun | Palm Sunday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 4/12/1979, Thu | Holy Thursday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Banks are not closed per Bank of Portugal.
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| 4/13/1979, Fri | Good Friday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 4/15/1979, Sun | Easter |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 4/25/1979, Wed | Liberty Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 5/1/1979, Tue | Labor Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 6/10/1979, Sun | Portugal Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 6/14/1979, Thu | Corpus Christi |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 6/23/1979, Sat | St. John the Baptist Eve |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Huge fireworks display
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| 6/24/1979, Sun | St. John the Baptist Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Porto saint’s day. This is observed in Porto and Braga ONLY.
1999 Businesses choose to open or not
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| 8/15/1979, Wed | Assumption |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 10/5/1979, Fri | Republic Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- *New Addition
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| 11/1/1979, Thu | All Saints' Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 12/1/1979, Sat | Independence Day/Youth Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 12/8/1979, Sat | Immaculate Conception |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 12/24/1979, Mon | Christmas Eve |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 12/25/1979, Tue | Christmas Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 12/31/1979, Mon | New Year's Eve |
- Banks Closed
- PM
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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