| 1/1/1981, Thu | New Year's Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 3/2/1981, Mon | Carnival/ Rose Monday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 3/3/1981, Tue | Carnival/ Shrove Tuesday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 4/12/1981, Sun | Palm Sunday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 4/16/1981, Thu | Holy Thursday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Banks are not closed per Bank of Portugal.
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| 4/17/1981, Fri | Good Friday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 4/19/1981, Sun | Easter |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 4/25/1981, Sat | Liberty Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 5/1/1981, Fri | Labor Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 6/10/1981, Wed | Portugal Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 6/18/1981, Thu | Corpus Christi |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 6/23/1981, Tue | St. John the Baptist Eve |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Huge fireworks display
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| 6/24/1981, Wed | 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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| 8/15/1981, Sat | Assumption |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 10/5/1981, Mon | Republic Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- *New Addition
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| 11/1/1981, Sun | All Saints' Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 12/1/1981, Tue | Independence Day/Youth Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 12/8/1981, Tue | Immaculate Conception |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 12/24/1981, Thu | Christmas Eve |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 12/25/1981, Fri | Christmas Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 12/31/1981, Thu | New Year's Eve |
- Banks Closed
- PM
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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