14 official public holidays in 2016, with 0 still ahead and around 250 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Jan 1 | Friday | New Year's Day Nieuwjaar | Public |
| Fri, Mar 25 | Friday | Good Friday Goede Vrijdag | Bank |
| Sun, Mar 27 | Sunday | Easter Sunday Pasen | Public |
| Mon, Mar 28 | Monday | Easter Monday Paasmaandag | Public |
| Sun, May 1 | Sunday | Labour Day Dag van de arbeid | Public |
| Thu, May 5 | Thursday | Ascension Day Onze Lieve Heer hemel | Public |
| Fri, May 6 | Friday | Day after Ascension Day | Bank |
| Mon, May 16 | Monday | Whit Monday Pinkstermaandag | Public |
| Thu, Jul 21 | Thursday | Belgian National Day Nationale feestdag | Public |
| Mon, Aug 15 | Monday | Assumption Day Onze Lieve Vrouw hemelvaart | Public |
| Tue, Nov 1 | Tuesday | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen | Public |
| Fri, Nov 11 | Friday | Armistice Day Wapenstilstand | Public |
| Sun, Dec 25 | Sunday | Christmas Day Kerstdag | Public |
| Mon, Dec 26 | Monday | St. Stephen's Day Boxing Day | Bank |
Fri, Jan 1 · Friday
New Year's Day
Nieuwjaar
Public
Fri, Mar 25 · Friday
Good Friday
Goede Vrijdag
Bank
Sun, Mar 27 · Sunday
Easter Sunday
Pasen
Public
Mon, Mar 28 · Monday
Easter Monday
Paasmaandag
Public
Sun, May 1 · Sunday
Labour Day
Dag van de arbeid
Public
Thu, May 5 · Thursday
Ascension Day
Onze Lieve Heer hemel
Public
Fri, May 6 · Friday
Day after Ascension Day
Bank
Mon, May 16 · Monday
Whit Monday
Pinkstermaandag
Public
Thu, Jul 21 · Thursday
Belgian National Day
Nationale feestdag
Public
Mon, Aug 15 · Monday
Assumption Day
Onze Lieve Vrouw hemelvaart
Public
Tue, Nov 1 · Tuesday
All Saints' Day
Allerheiligen
Public
Fri, Nov 11 · Friday
Armistice Day
Wapenstilstand
Public
Sun, Dec 25 · Sunday
Christmas Day
Kerstdag
Public
Mon, Dec 26 · Monday
St. Stephen's Day
Boxing Day
Bank
Total holidays
14
in 2016
Working days remaining
250
across all of 2016
Upcoming holidays
0
during 2016
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Belgium recognises ten federal public holidays under the Loi du 4 janvier 1974 sur les jours fériés. The list is shorter than its neighbours and mixes Catholic and civic dates: New Year's Day, Easter Monday, Labour Day, Ascension, Whit Monday, National Day on 21 July, Assumption, All Saints', Armistice Day on 11 November and Christmas Day. Each of the three regions and three communities adds its own community-level holiday: the Flemish community on 11 July, the French community on 27 September, the German-speaking community on 15 November. These community days are paid leave for public-sector employees of the relevant community only; private-sector observance is at the employer's discretion.
Belgian labour law sets a 38-hour standard working week. The Code judiciaire article 53 rolls procedural deadlines falling on a Saturday, Sunday or a recognised public holiday to the next working day. The standard private-sector week is Monday to Friday with banks operating Monday to Friday. Settlement of euro transactions runs on TARGET2, with domestic Belgian banking using the National Bank of Belgium's calendar that mirrors the federal list of ten. Stock exchange holidays at Euronext Brussels follow the same federal list plus a few exchange-specific days such as 24 December afternoon and 31 December.