Public holidays in Belgium 2026
10 national public holidays in Belgium in 2026. The weekend is Saturday and Sunday. Next: All Saints' Day on 1 November (Sunday).
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Thursday | New Year's Day |
| 6 April | Monday | Easter Monday |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day |
| 14 May | Thursday | Ascension Day |
| 25 May | Monday | Whit Monday |
| 21 July | Tuesday | National Holiday |
| 15 August | Saturday | Assumption |
| 1 November | Sunday | All Saints' Day |
| 11 November | Wednesday | Armistice |
| 25 December | Friday | Christmas Day |
Other observances
Bank holidays, optional and observance days. Most are not days off for everyone.
- 6 January · Epiphany (observance)
- 14 February · Valentine's Day (observance)
- 5 April · Easter Sunday (observance)
- 10 May · Mother's Day (observance)
- 24 May · Pentecost (observance)
- 2 November · All Souls' Day (observance)
- 15 November · Fête du Roi (observance)
- 6 December · Saint Nicholas (observance)
Regional holidays
Some holidays apply only in parts of Belgium. The API returns them with the region parameter, e.g. region=BRU for Bruxelles. Regions: Bruxelles, Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Communauté française.
Source: date-holidays rules v3.26.5 (ISC (data: CC BY-SA 3.0)). About our data
Get this data from the API
Get these dates as JSON, check whether a date is a working day in Belgium, or add working days that skip weekends and holidays.
curl "https://apistack.online/api/data/public-holidays/v1?country=BE&year=2026" \
-H "x-api-key: $APISTACK_API_KEY"