| Date | Holiday | Comment |
January 1
(Sunday) | New Year's Day | |
January 9
(Monday) | Christmas holiday - Kerstvakantie (end) | |
February 17
(Friday) | Carnival - Krokusvakantie (beginning) | |
February 27
(Monday) | Carnival - Krokusvakantie (end) | |
March 31
(Saturday) | Easter holiday - Paasvakantie (beginning) | |
April 9
(Monday) | Easter Monday | Religious - Catholic or protestant |
April 17
(Tuesday) | Easter holiday - Paasvakantie (end) | |
May 1
(Tuesday) | Labor Day/May Day | |
May 16
(Wednesday) | Ascension holiday - Hemelvaart (beginning) | |
May 17
(Thursday) | Ascension | Religious - Catholic or protestant |
May 21
(Monday) | Ascension holiday - Hemelvaart (end) | |
May 28
(Monday) | Whit Monday | Religious - Catholic or protestant |
June 29
(Friday) | summer holiday (beginning) | |
July 11
(Wednesday) | Flemish community Day (state of Flanders only) | |
July 21
(Saturday) | National Day | National Day |
August 15
(Wednesday) | Assumption | Religious - Catholic |
September 3
(Monday) | summer holiday (end) | |
September 27
(Thursday) | French Community Day | |
October 26
(Friday) | All Saints - Herfstvakantie (beginning) | |
November 1
(Thursday) | All Saints' Day | Religious - Catholic |
November 2
(Friday) | Civil Servants Day | |
November 5
(Monday) | All Saints - Herfstvakantie (end) | |
November 11
(Sunday) | Liberation Day 1918 | |
November 15
(Thursday) | Dynasty Day (civil servants only) | |
December 21
(Friday) | Christmas holiday - Kerstvakantie (beginning) | |
December 25
(Tuesday) | Christmas Day | Religious - Catholic or protestant |
December 26
(Wednesday) | Boxing Day (civil servants only) | |
