Belgium Public Holidays 2027
Belgium has 10 national public holidays in 2027, starting with New Year's Day on 1 January 2027 and ending with Christmas Day on 25 December 2027. Christmas Day lands on a Saturday in 2027, on 25 December 2027, and no substitute weekday is granted for it here, so it costs the calendar a day off compared with a year when it falls midweek.
| Holiday | Date | Weekday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Year's DayNouvel An | Friday | Public holiday | |
| Easter MondayLundi de Pâques | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Labour DayFête du travail | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| Ascension DayAscension | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Whit MondayLundi de Pentecôte | Monday | Public holiday | |
| National HolidayFête nationale | Wednesday | Public holiday | |
| Assomption | SundayWeekend | Public holiday | |
| All Saints' DayToussaint | Monday | Public holiday | |
| Armistice | Thursday | Public holiday | |
| Christmas DayNoël | SaturdayWeekend | Public holiday |
- Status
- Set in lawThe calendar is set in standing law rather than announced year by year, so 2027 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.
Expect the most closures around May (3 holidays), so schedule deliveries and appointments with that in mind. Three of them fall on a Saturday or Sunday in 2027, which is worth checking if you are counting on days off from work. The table below lists every Belgium public holiday for 2027 with its exact date and the weekday it falls on, so you can see the long weekends at a glance. Regional and local observances are excluded, so what you see are the holidays recognised across Belgium.
Frequently asked questions
How many public holidays does Belgium have in 2027?
Belgium has 10 national public holidays in 2027. The first is New Year's Day on 1 January 2027 and the last is Christmas Day on 25 December 2027.
What is the first public holiday of 2027 in Belgium?
The first public holiday of 2027 is New Year's Day, which falls on 1 January 2027.
When is New Year celebrated in Belgium in 2027?
In 2027, New Year's Day in Belgium is on 1 January 2027.
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 2027 to the next year?
Some of them do. Three of the 10 holidays in 2027 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 29 March 2027, Ascension Day on 6 May 2027 and Whit Monday on 17 May 2027.
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 2027. 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 2027 worldwide overview.
Other years for Belgium
Planning further ahead or looking back? Compare the Belgium public holiday calendar across years:
Plan around the Belgium 2027 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 2027, alongside how many working days 2027 actually has once weekends and holidays come out. The same figures are available as JSON, and the dates as a calendar file.