Public holidays · 2026 and 2027
Public holidays in Belgium 2026
Belgium has 12 public holidays in 2026: 8 on working days and 4 on a weekend. The next one is All Saints' Day on Sunday, November 1, 2026, in 34 days.
Dates as of Monday, September 28, 2026. Source: the open-source holidays library, version 0.105.How 2026 falls in Belgium
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 8 of the 12 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and 4 on a weekend.
Counting Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, 8 of the 12 holiday dates in 2026 fall on a working day and 4 on a weekend. The most common weekday for a holiday is Monday, Thursday or Friday, with 2 dates.
Four of the 12 dates land on a Monday or Friday, next to the weekend, so they make a long weekend without using any leave: Easter Monday on Monday, April 6, Labor Day on Friday, May 1, Pentecost Monday on Monday, May 25 and Christmas Day on Friday, December 25. Three more holidays sit one working day away from the weekend, so a single day of leave turns each into a four-day break: New Year's Day on Thursday, January 1 (take Friday off), Ascension Day on Thursday, May 14 (take Friday off) and National Day on Tuesday, July 21 (take Monday off).
May is the busiest month, with 4 holiday dates. Five months have no public holiday at all (February, March, June, September and October). The longest stretch between two holidays is 94 days, from New Year's Day on January 1 to Easter Sunday on April 5, the natural window for a longer break.
2027 brings 12 public holidays, the same number as 2026. 7 of the 12 dates fall on a working day, and 4 land next to the weekend.
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2026 public holidays in Belgium
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | New Year's Day | |
| SundayWeekend | Easter Sunday | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| Friday | Labor Day | |
| Thursday | Ascension Day | |
| SundayWeekend | Pentecost | |
| Monday | Pentecost Monday | |
| Tuesday | National Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Assumption Day | |
| SundayWeekendNext | All Saints' Day | |
| Wednesday | Armistice Day | |
| Friday | Christmas Day |
2027 public holidays in Belgium
12 holidays on 12 dates.
| Date | Weekday | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | |
| SundayWeekend | Easter Sunday | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Labor Day | |
| Thursday | Ascension Day | |
| SundayWeekend | Pentecost | |
| Monday | Pentecost Monday | |
| Wednesday | National Day | |
| SundayWeekend | Assumption Day | |
| Monday | All Saints' Day | |
| Thursday | Armistice Day | |
| SaturdayWeekend | Christmas Day |
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