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How many working days in year 2053?

Here is the detail of the calculation:

Because 2053 is not a leap year, it has 365 days.

Let's remove 52 saturdays and 52 sundays. It remains 261 days.

Now, let's remove 7 public holidays that do not fall during a weekend and we obtain 254 working days in 2053.

Here is the list of these 7 public holidays:

1. Nieuwjaar : Wednesday, 1 January, 2053
2. Goede Vrijdag : Friday, 4 April, 2053
3. Tweede Paasdag : Monday, 7 April, 2053
4. Hemelvaartsdag : Thursday, 15 May, 2053
5. Tweede Pinksterdag : Monday, 26 May, 2053
6. Eerste Kerstdag : Thursday, 25 December, 2053
7. Tweede Kerstdag : Friday, 26 December, 2053

And here are the 3 public holidays falling on a weekend:

1. Eerste Paasdag : Sunday, 6 April, 2053
2. Koningsdag : Saturday, 26 April, 2053
3. Eerste Pinksterdag : Sunday, 25 May, 2053