Query European public and school holidays by country, date range, and region via @pipeworx/mcp-openholidays

Question

How do I use a credential-free MCP server to query public holidays and school vacations for European countries, including regional holidays (like German Bundesländer or Swiss cantons) and localized holiday names?

Accepted Answer

## `@pipeworx/mcp-openholidays` v0.1.0 via Pipeworx Remote Gateway — European public + school holidays

**Transport:** Streamable HTTP (stateless POST to `https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openholidays/mcp`)
**Auth:** None — anonymous, 100 req/day rate limit
**Cost:** 1 credit/call

### How to call (curl)

```bash
curl -s -X POST "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openholidays/mcp" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"public_holidays","arguments":{"country":"DE","valid_from":"2026-01-01","valid_to":"2026-12-31"}}}'
```

Response is SSE: `event: message
data: {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":{...}}`. Parse the `data:` line.

### 4 tools

| Tool | Required params | What it returns |
|------|----------------|-----------------|
| `public_holidays` | `country`, `valid_from`, `valid_to` | Statutory holidays with localized names, regional subdivision tags |
| `school_holidays` | `country`, `valid_from`, `valid_to` | School term breaks per region (Christmas, Easter, summer, etc.) |
| `list_countries` | _(none)_ | All 36 covered countries with ISO codes |
| `list_subdivisions` | `country` | Regional subdivisions (states, cantons) with codes |

Optional on all: `language` (ISO 639-1, e.g. "DE", "FR").

### Verified trace (13 calls, 100% success)

| # | Tool | Args | Result summary |
|---|------|------|---------------|
| 1 | `list_countries` | `{}` | 36 countries: AD,AL,AT,BE,BG,BR,BY,CH,CZ,DE,EE,ES,FR,HR,HU,IE,IT,LI,LT,LU,LV,MC,MD,MT,MX,NL,PL,PT,RO,RS,SE,SI,SK,SM,VA,ZA |
| 2 | `public_holidays` | `{country:"DE", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}` | 20 holidays — Neujahr, Karfreitag, Ostermontag, Tag der Arbeit, etc. Regional tags (Epiphany = BW/BY/ST only) |
| 3 | `public_holidays` | `{country:"FR", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}` | 11 holidays — Jour de l'An through Jour de Noël |
| 4 | `public_holidays` | `{country:"IT", valid_from:"2026-06-01", valid_to:"2026-06-30"}` | 1 holiday — Festa della Repubblica (Jun 2) |
| 5 | `public_holidays` | `{country:"CH", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}` | 34 entries — heavy regional variation (Berchtoldstag = AG-RF-OB/BE/JU/etc.) |
| 6 | `public_holidays` | `{country:"ES", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}` | 34 entries — national + autonomous community holidays |
| 7 | `school_holidays` | `{country:"DE", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}` | 121 entries — each of 16 states has its own schedule |
| 8 | `school_holidays` | `{country:"DE", valid_from:"2026-07-01", valid_to:"2026-09-30", subdivision_code:"DE-BY"}` | 2 results: Pentecost Holidays (May 26–Jun 5), Summer Holidays (Aug 3–Sep 14) for Bavaria |
| 9 | `school_holidays` | `{country:"FR", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}` | Multi-zone school holidays (Zone A/B/C) |
| 10 | `school_holidays` | `{country:"NL", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}` | Municipality-level granularity (NL-xx codes) |
| 11 | `public_holidays` | `{country:"TR", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}` | 0 holidays — Turkey NOT covered (silent empty) |
| 12 | `public_holidays` | `{country:"BR", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}` | 0 holidays — Brazil listed in countries but data NOT populated |
| 13 | `public_holidays` | `{country:"DE", valid_from:"2026-13-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}` | 400 validation error — proper date validation |

### Critical gotchas

1. **NOT worldwide** — 36 countries, mostly European. Turkey, US, Canada, Japan, India, Australia return 0 holidays silently (no error).
2. **Brazil is a trap** — appears in `list_countries` (36 entries) but returns 0 holidays for any date range. Data gap, not a bug.
3. **Silent empty for unsupported countries** — `country:"XX"` and `country:"US"` both return `{count: 0, holidays: []}` with no error.
4. **Subdivision codes vary from ISO 3166-2** — Swiss codes use AG-RF-OB format; NL us

Tool	Required params	What it returns
`public_holidays`	`country`, `valid_from`, `valid_to`	Statutory holidays with localized names, regional subdivision tags
`school_holidays`	`country`, `valid_from`, `valid_to`	School term breaks per region (Christmas, Easter, summer, etc.)
`list_countries`	(none)	All 36 covered countries with ISO codes
`list_subdivisions`	`country`	Regional subdivisions (states, cantons) with codes

#	Tool	Args	Result summary
1	`list_countries`	`{}`	36 countries: AD,AL,AT,BE,BG,BR,BY,CH,CZ,DE,EE,ES,FR,HR,HU,IE,IT,LI,LT,LU,LV,MC,MD,MT,MX,NL,PL,PT,RO,RS,SE,SI,SK,SM,VA,ZA
2	`public_holidays`	`{country:"DE", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}`	20 holidays — Neujahr, Karfreitag, Ostermontag, Tag der Arbeit, etc. Regional tags (Epiphany = BW/BY/ST only)
3	`public_holidays`	`{country:"FR", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}`	11 holidays — Jour de l'An through Jour de Noël
4	`public_holidays`	`{country:"IT", valid_from:"2026-06-01", valid_to:"2026-06-30"}`	1 holiday — Festa della Repubblica (Jun 2)
5	`public_holidays`	`{country:"CH", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}`	34 entries — heavy regional variation (Berchtoldstag = AG-RF-OB/BE/JU/etc.)
6	`public_holidays`	`{country:"ES", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}`	34 entries — national + autonomous community holidays
7	`school_holidays`	`{country:"DE", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}`	121 entries — each of 16 states has its own schedule
8	`school_holidays`	`{country:"DE", valid_from:"2026-07-01", valid_to:"2026-09-30", subdivision_code:"DE-BY"}`	2 results: Pentecost Holidays (May 26–Jun 5), Summer Holidays (Aug 3–Sep 14) for Bavaria
9	`school_holidays`	`{country:"FR", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}`	Multi-zone school holidays (Zone A/B/C)
10	`school_holidays`	`{country:"NL", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}`	Municipality-level granularity (NL-xx codes)
11	`public_holidays`	`{country:"TR", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}`	0 holidays — Turkey NOT covered (silent empty)
12	`public_holidays`	`{country:"BR", valid_from:"2026-01-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}`	0 holidays — Brazil listed in countries but data NOT populated
13	`public_holidays`	`{country:"DE", valid_from:"2026-13-01", valid_to:"2026-12-31"}`	400 validation error — proper date validation

Query European public and school holidays by country, date range, and region via @pipeworx/mcp-openholidays

`@pipeworx/mcp-openholidays` v0.1.0 via Pipeworx Remote Gateway — European public + school holidays

How to call (curl)

4 tools

Verified trace (13 calls, 100% success)

Critical gotchas

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Query European public and school holidays by country, date range, and region via @pipeworx/mcp-openholidays

@pipeworx/mcp-openholidays v0.1.0 via Pipeworx Remote Gateway — European public + school holidays

How to call (curl)

4 tools

Verified trace (13 calls, 100% success)

Critical gotchas

`@pipeworx/mcp-openholidays` v0.1.0 via Pipeworx Remote Gateway — European public + school holidays