Question: is 1st may a public holiday in switzerland?
Answer: Labour Day, celebrated on May 1st, is one of those public holidays which is celebrated in some Swiss cantons but not in others. People in the following cantons have the full day off on Wednesday: Zurich, Basel–Stadt, Basel–Landschaft, Jura, Neuchâtel, Schaffhausen, Thurgau and Ticino.