Public Holidays in Belgium 2023

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

Other important days

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