Bundle Day

As Bündelitag school-free Saturdays is called before the big summer holidays in Switzerland, where the Bündeli ( case) be packed for the holidays.

Although commonly referred to in a broader sense, the term the last Saturday before the school holidays, the term " Bündelitag " in calendars and by the media throughout Switzerland used primarily for the Saturday before the summer holidays, because he is regarded at that time as the main day of travel.

Since the introduction of the five -day week at most public schools, the term has lost its meaning, because since then all Saturdays are off school. Nevertheless, the Bündelitag has still often referred to as the first day of the major holiday is well loved and is an unofficial holiday, as it is a school, but not a day off though.

The term " Bündelitag " in today's meaning was originally apparently only in the region of Basel in use, but has since spread in the rest of German Switzerland. The previously well-known meaning of " Bündelitag " was ' day, the service personnel the location changes '.