Public Holidays in Belgium 2018

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

Other important days

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