Public holidays 2026 in Belgium

There are 12 public holidays in 2026.

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DateWeekdayHolidayLocal nameCountdown
ThursdayNew Year's DayNieuwjaar
SundayEaster SundayPasen
MondayEaster MondayPaasmaandag
FridayLabor DayDag van de Arbeid
ThursdayAscension DayO. L. H. Hemelvaart
SundayPentecostPinksteren
MondayPentecost MondayPinkstermaandag
TuesdayNational DayNationale feestdag
SaturdayAssumption DayO. L. V. Hemelvaart
SundayAll Saints' DayAllerheiligen
WednesdayArmistice DayWapenstilstand
FridayChristmas DayKerstmis

Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.

Long weekends 2026

12 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:

Take leaveOffDays of leaveDays offRatioOccasion
Fri 2 Jan1 Jan – 4 Jan 2026144New Year's Day
Tue 7 Apr, Wed 8 Apr, Thu 9 Apr, Fri 10 Apr4 Apr – 12 Apr 2026492.3Easter Sunday, Easter Monday
Mon 27 Apr, Tue 28 Apr, Wed 29 Apr, Thu 30 Apr25 Apr – 3 May 2026492.3Labor Day
Mon 11 May, Tue 12 May, Wed 13 May9 May – 14 May 2026362Ascension Day
Fri 15 May14 May – 17 May 2026144Ascension Day
Tue 26 May, Wed 27 May, Thu 28 May, Fri 29 May23 May – 31 May 2026492.3Pentecost, Pentecost Monday
Mon 20 Jul18 Jul – 21 Jul 2026144National Day
Wed 22 Jul, Thu 23 Jul, Fri 24 Jul21 Jul – 26 Jul 2026362National Day
Mon 9 Nov, Tue 10 Nov7 Nov – 11 Nov 2026252.5Armistice Day
Thu 12 Nov, Fri 13 Nov11 Nov – 15 Nov 2026252.5Armistice Day
Mon 21 Dec, Tue 22 Dec, Wed 23 Dec, Thu 24 Dec19 Dec – 27 Dec 2026492.3Christmas Day
Mon 28 Dec, Tue 29 Dec, Wed 30 Dec, Thu 31 Dec25 Dec – 3 Jan 20274102.5Christmas Day, New Year's Day

Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.

Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.

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