Public Holidays in Belgium 2024

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

Other important days

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