Combine Public Holidays From Multiple Countries
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Work with people in another country and you need to know when their offices are closed. Subscribing to each country's holidays separately clutters your calendar. iCal Merge combines public holidays from multiple countries into one feed, so every region sits in a single view.
Why one combined holiday feed helps
Google, Apple, and several public sources publish each country's holidays as its own iCal feed: US, UK, Australia, plus regional ones like a specific Canadian province. On their own they're separate subscriptions. Merged, one calendar shows at a glance when a holiday lands in any country you track. That makes meetings easier to schedule and spares you the "wait, they're off today?" surprise.
Step 1: Find each country's holiday feed
Each region's public-holiday calendar has a subscribe or iCal/ICS link. Copy the link for every country (or region) you want to track. New to these links? The iCal feed explainer covers where to find them.
Step 2: Add them as sources
Create a calendar in iCal Merge and add each link as a source, one per country or region. Each event is prefixed with the source name, so a holiday shows its country right in the title.
Add Calendar Source
| Source Name | Calendar Title | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Holidays in United States | |
| United Kingdom | Holidays in United Kingdom | |
| Australia | Holidays in Australia | |
| Germany | Feiertage in Deutschland |
Step 3: Subscribe once and forget it
iCal Merge gives you one feed with every region's holidays. Subscribe to it in Google, Apple, or Outlook and it refreshes on its own each year. You never re-subscribe when next year's dates are published. Share the link with your team so everyone works from the same picture.
A quick tip
Some calendars give you a link that starts with webcal://. Paste it in as-is. iCal Merge handles webcal:// links automatically, so you don't need to change it to https:// first.
Frequently asked questions
Where do I get a country’s public-holiday feed?
Google and Apple publish each country’s holidays as an iCal feed, and several public sources do too. Copy the subscribe/ICS link for each country or region you want to track.
Do I need to re-subscribe each year?
No. The merged feed re-fetches its sources automatically, so next year’s holiday dates appear on their own once the source publishes them.
Can I mix countries and regions?
Yes. Add as many country or regional holiday feeds as you like. Each holiday is labelled with its source, so you can see which country is off.
Is it free?
Yes. Merging is free with no credit card; paid plans add more calendars, more sources and faster refresh.
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