Belgium Public Holidays 2026
Belgium has 10 national public holidays in 2026, starting with New Year's Day on 1 January 2026 and ending with Christmas Day on 25 December 2026. Three well placed days of leave buy 12 days away from work in 2026, because three holidays sit exactly one working day from a weekend.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's DayNouvel An | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Easter MondayLundi de Pâques | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Labour DayFête du travail | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Ascension DayAscension | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Whit MondayLundi de Pentecôte | Monday | Public holiday | |
| National HolidayFête nationale | Tuesday | Public holiday | |
| Assomption | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| All Saints' DayToussaint | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Armistice | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| Christmas DayNoël | Friday | Public holiday |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2026 needs no separate publication.
- Last verified
- The last full review of the dataset behind the Belgium calendar. No correction specific to Belgium has been needed since.
- Source
- date-holidays open dataset (ISC and CC BY 3.0), with no corrections needed for Belgium.Always confirm official dates with a local authority before booking travel. How these calendars are built. Spotted an error? Tell us and we will check it.
May is the densest month for holidays, which tends to shape travel and shopping patterns. Two of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2026, which is worth checking if you are counting on days off from work. Use the table below to see each 2026 holiday in Belgium, when it happens and which day of the week it lands on. We track national holidays only, leaving out regional variations, so the list stays consistent and easy to compare with other countries.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Belgium have in 2026?
Belgium has 10 national public holidays in 2026. The first is New Year's Day on 1 January 2026 and the last is Christmas Day on 25 December 2026.
What is the first public holiday of 2026 in Belgium?
The first public holiday of 2026 is New Year's Day, which falls on 1 January 2026.
When is New Year celebrated in Belgium in 2026?
In 2026, New Year's Day in Belgium is on 1 January 2026.
Are regional holidays included for Belgium?
No. This calendar lists national public holidays only, so it stays consistent across countries. Holidays that apply to just part of Belgium are listed separately on the Belgium holiday hub, together with the regions and language communities that observe them.
Do the Belgium holiday dates change from 2026 to the next year?
Some of them do. Three of the 10 holidays in 2026 sit on a moving rule (linked to easter), so their date has to be recalculated for every year. The rest keep the same calendar date and only change weekday. Moving ones this year include Easter Monday on 6 April 2026, Ascension Day on 14 May 2026 and Whit Monday on 25 May 2026.
How far ahead is the Belgium calendar actually fixed?
Through 2027. The holidays are set in law rather than announced year by year, so the dates repeat predictably. What can still change is a law amendment, a one-off holiday declared for a national event, and the exact day of any holiday on the Islamic calendar, which is confirmed by moon sighting. No corrections to the underlying dataset were needed for Belgium.
Which Belgium holidays are regional, and which move?
The table above is the national calendar for 2026. Some holidays keep the same date every year while others are tied to Easter, to a lunar calendar or to a named weekday, and some parts of the country add their own days off. The Belgium holiday hub breaks that down: which holidays are fixed, which move and why, and which ones are observed in certain regions only. To compare Belgium with other countries in the same year, see the 2026 worldwide overview.
Other years for Belgium
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Belgium public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Belgium 2026 calendar
Knowing the dates is half the question. The other half is what they add up to: which of them create a long weekend on their own, and where a single day of leave turns a holiday into a four day break. That is on the Belgium long weekends page for 2026, alongside how many working days 2026 actually has once weekends and holidays come out. The same figures are available as JSON, and the dates as a calendar file.