The August bank holiday marks the last three-day weekend of the year for Brits until Christmas.
And the weather has been on our side as people in Manchester basked in sunshine and 27C temperatures on Saturday, and 25C on Monday.
But as this is the last statutory day off for four months, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) is asking for more.
Workers in Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland and Cyprus are entitled to 15 bank holidays a year, which is almost twice as many as in the UK.
The average bank holiday allowance for countries across Europe is 12, however England has just eight.
The TUC said that Brits 'could all do with something to look forward to' as the days start to get shorter in winter.
General secretary, Frances O’Grady, said: "As new technology changes our economy, the benefits should be shared by working people. That means less time at work, more time with family and friends, and decent pay for everyone.
"But, instead, work is becoming more intense. Workers in Britain put in millions of hours of unpaid overtime every year but get fewer public holidays than their counterparts across Europe.
"Working people deserve a break and, as the days start to get shorter, we could all do with something to look forward to.
"The Government should create a new public holiday between now and Christmas."
A Business Department spokesman told Sky News: "We regularly receive requests for additional bank and public holidays to commemorate a variety of occasions, such as cultural, history, military and religious events and we consider them on a case-by-case basis.
"We have no current plans to add to the well established and acknowledged bank holidays already in place, but next year’s early May bank holiday will be on May 8 to ensure as many people as possible can mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day."
A think tank previously estimated the cost of each bank holiday in 2012 to be £2.3billion.
