Public holidays in Belgium
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed In Belgium, there are ten official public holidays. Other particular days are also celebrated, but these are not official public holidays and employers are not obliged to give their employees a day off. However, some employers do award a day's holiday in accordance with union.
Public holidays
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Dutch | French | German | |
| 1 January (fixed) | New Year's Day | Template:Lang | Template:Lang | Template:Lang |
| 23 March – 26 April (floating Monday using Computus) |
Easter Monday | Template:Lang | Template:Lang | Template:Lang |
| 1 May (fixed) |
Labour Day | Template:Lang | Template:Lang | Template:Lang |
| 40 days after Easter (floating Thursday) |
Ascension Day | Template:Lang | Template:Lang | Template:Lang |
| 50 days after Easter (floating Monday) |
Whit Monday | Template:Lang | Template:Lang | Template:Lang |
| 21 July (fixed) |
National Day | Template:Lang | Template:Lang | Template:Lang |
| 15 August (fixed) |
Assumption Day | Template:Lang | Template:Lang | Template:Lang |
| 1 November (fixed) |
All Saints' Day | Template:Lang | Template:Lang | Template:Lang |
| 11 November (fixed) |
Armistice Day | Template:Lang | Template:Lang | Template:Lang |
| 25 December (fixed) |
Christmas Day | Template:Lang | Template:Lang | Template:Lang |
In addition to the above, the same legal text names all Sundays as public holidays (which is why Easter and Pentecost, which always fall on Sundays, are "feasted" by extending the Sunday holiday to the following Monday).
Particular days celebrated in Belgium that are not official public holidays
| Holiday | Date | Location | Dutch | French | German |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Epiphany | 6 January | National | Driekoningen | Épiphanie | Erscheinung des Herrn |
| Valentine's Day | 14 February | National | Valentijnsdag | Saint-Valentin | Valentinstag |
| Veterans Day | 7 April<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | National | Veteranendag | Journée des Vétérans | Veteranentag |
| Iris Festival | 8 May | Brussels-Capital Region | Irisfeest | Fête de l'Iris | Iris-Festival |
| Day of the Flemish Community | 11 July | Flemish Community | Feest van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap | Fête de la Communauté flamande | Feiertag der Flämischen Gemeinschaft |
| Meyboom | 9 August | Brussels-Capital Region | Meyboom | Meyboom | Meyboom |
| French Community Holiday | 27 September | French Community | Dag van de Franse Gemeenschap | Fête de la Communauté française | Feiertag der Französischen Gemeinschaft |
| Day of the Walloon Region | third Sunday of September | Wallonia | Feest van het Waalse Gewest | Fête de la Région wallonne | Festtag der Wallonischen Region |
| Halloween | 31 October | National | Halloween | Halloween | Halloween |
| All Souls' Day | 2 November | National | Allerzielen | Jour des morts | Allerseelen |
| Saint Martin's Day | 11 November | Ostbelgien, parts of Flanders | Sint-Maarten | Saint-Martin | Sankt Martin |
| Day of the German-speaking Community | 15 November | Ostbelgien | Dag van de Duitstalige Gemeenschap | Fête de la Communauté germanophone | Tag der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft |
| King's Feast | National | Koningsdag | Fête du Roi | Festtag des Königs | |
| Saint Verhaegen | 20 November | Brussels-Capital Region | Sint-Verhaegen | Saint-Verhaegen | Sankt Verhaegen |
| Saint Nicholas Day | 6 December | National | Sinterklaas | Saint-Nicolas | Sankt Nikolaus |
| Second Day of Christmas | 26 December | National | Tweede kerstdag | Lendemain de Noël | 2. Weihnachtstag |
The days of the three communities are holidays for their civil servants and for employees of institutions controlled, supervised or financed by them (e.g. municipalities, universities) and may also be observed by banks in the community concerned. King's Feast is a holiday observed by all (i.e. federal, community or regional, provincial and local) administrations, including some of the schools they organize.