14 official public holidays in 2036, with 14 still ahead and around 250 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Jan 1 | Tuesday | New Year's Day Nieuwjaar | Public |
| Fri, Apr 11 | Friday | Good Friday Goede Vrijdag | Bank |
| Sun, Apr 13 | Sunday | Easter Sunday Pasen | Public |
| Mon, Apr 14 | Monday | Easter Monday Paasmaandag | Public |
| Thu, May 1 | Thursday | Labour Day Dag van de arbeid | Public |
| Thu, May 22 | Thursday | Ascension Day Onze Lieve Heer hemel | Public |
| Fri, May 23 | Friday | Day after Ascension Day | Bank |
| Mon, Jun 2 | Monday | Whit Monday Pinkstermaandag | Public |
| Mon, Jul 21 | Monday | Belgian National Day Nationale feestdag | Public |
| Fri, Aug 15 | Friday | Assumption Day Onze Lieve Vrouw hemelvaart | Public |
| Sat, Nov 1 | Saturday | All Saints' Day Allerheiligen | Public |
| Tue, Nov 11 | Tuesday | Armistice Day Wapenstilstand | Public |
| Thu, Dec 25 | Thursday | Christmas Day Kerstdag | Public |
| Fri, Dec 26 | Friday | St. Stephen's Day Boxing Day | Bank |
Tue, Jan 1 · Tuesday
New Year's Day
Nieuwjaar
Public
Fri, Apr 11 · Friday
Good Friday
Goede Vrijdag
Bank
Sun, Apr 13 · Sunday
Easter Sunday
Pasen
Public
Mon, Apr 14 · Monday
Easter Monday
Paasmaandag
Public
Thu, May 1 · Thursday
Labour Day
Dag van de arbeid
Public
Thu, May 22 · Thursday
Ascension Day
Onze Lieve Heer hemel
Public
Fri, May 23 · Friday
Day after Ascension Day
Bank
Mon, Jun 2 · Monday
Whit Monday
Pinkstermaandag
Public
Mon, Jul 21 · Monday
Belgian National Day
Nationale feestdag
Public
Fri, Aug 15 · Friday
Assumption Day
Onze Lieve Vrouw hemelvaart
Public
Sat, Nov 1 · Saturday
All Saints' Day
Allerheiligen
Public
Tue, Nov 11 · Tuesday
Armistice Day
Wapenstilstand
Public
Thu, Dec 25 · Thursday
Christmas Day
Kerstdag
Public
Fri, Dec 26 · Friday
St. Stephen's Day
Boxing Day
Bank
Total holidays
14
in 2036
Working days remaining
250
across all of 2036
Upcoming holidays
14
during 2036
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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.