Public Holidays in Belgium 2021

Date	Day	Holiday
1 January	Friday Fri	New Year's Day
5 April	Monday Mon	Easter Monday
1 May	Saturday Sat	Labour Day
13 May	Thursday Thu	Ascension Day
24 May	Monday Mon	Whit Monday
21 July	Wednesday Wed	National Day
15 August	Sunday Sun	Assumption
1 November	Monday Mon	All Saints' Day
11 November	Thursday Thu	Armistice Day
25 December	Saturday Sat	Christmas

Other important days

Date	Day	Holiday
6 January	Wednesday Wed	Epiphany
14 February	Sunday Sun	Valentine's Day
9 May	Sunday Sun	Mother's Day
13 June	Sunday Sun	Father's Day
11 July	Sunday Sun	Flemish Community Day
15 August	Sunday Sun	Mother's Day Antwerp
27 September	Monday Mon	Wallonia-Brussels Federation Day
31 October	Sunday Sun	Halloween
2 November	Tuesday Tue	All Souls' Day
15 November	Monday Mon	German-speaking Community Day
6 December	Monday Mon	Saint Nicholas Day
24 December	Friday Fri	Christmas Eve
31 December	Friday Fri	New Year's Eve

About Belgian public holidays

Belgium has 10 official public holidays per year. On these days, most businesses, government services and schools are closed.

Three of the ten holidays fall on a variable date: Easter Monday, Ascension Day and Whit Monday depend on the date of Easter, which changes every year.

If a public holiday falls on a weekend, every employee is entitled to a replacement day.