Vlaams Gewest, Belgium

Accurate, up-to-date public holidays, bank holidays, and observances in Vlaams Gewest, Belgium for 2025 ready to be integrated into your application.

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a sovereign state located in Western Europe. Originally, this area was referred to as part of the Low Countries, and was a prosperous center of commerce and culture throughout the Middle Ages until the 17th century. From the 16th-19th centuries, many battles were fought between differing European powers, giving Belgium the nickname the “Battlefield of Europe.” Following the Belgian Revolution, on October 4, 1830, Belgium seceded from the Netherlands and was established as a country.

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Date Weekday Name Notes
January 1st Wednesday New Year's Day
January 6th Monday Epiphany Long weekend.
February 14th Friday Valentine's Day Long weekend.
March 4th Tuesday Shrove Tuesday
March 20th Thursday March Equinox
April 18th Friday Good Friday Long weekend.
April 20th Sunday Easter
April 21st Monday Easter Monday Long weekend.
May 1st Thursday Labor Day
May 11th Sunday Mother's Day
May 29th Thursday Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ
June 8th Sunday Pentecost
June 8th Sunday Father's Day
June 9th Monday Pentecost Monday Long weekend.
June 21st Saturday June Solstice
July 11th Friday Day of the Flemish Community Long weekend.
July 21st Monday Belgian National Day Long weekend.
August 15th Friday Assumption of Mary Long weekend.
September 21st Sunday Day of the Walloon Region
September 22nd Monday September Equinox Long weekend.
September 27th Saturday French Community Holiday
October 31st Friday Halloween Long weekend.
November 1st Saturday All Saints' Day
November 2nd Sunday All Souls' Day
November 11th Tuesday Armistice Day
November 15th Saturday Day of the German-speaking Community
November 15th Saturday King's Feast
December 6th Saturday Saint Nicholas' Day
December 21st Sunday December Solstice
December 24th Wednesday Christmas Eve
December 25th Thursday Christmas Day
December 31st Wednesday New Year's Eve
Public holidays (national, legal, government, civic, etc) are denoted in bold.
Holiday data for far-reaching years is subject to change due to laws and government decrees.
Long weekends are based on non-working days and not Saturday and Sunday explicitly.

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To retrieve this list of holidays, simply make a GET request to /v1/holidays:
GET /v1/holidays
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$ curl -G -d country="BE-VLG" -d year="2025" -d pretty
-d key="__YOUR_API_KEY__"
"https://holidayapi.com/v1/holidays"
import "github.com/joshtronic/go-holidayapi"
hapi := holidayapi.NewV1("__YOUR_API_KEY__")
holidays, err := hapi.Holidays(map[string]interface{}{
  "country": "BE-VLG",
  "year": "2025",
})
import { HolidayAPI } from 'holidayapi';
const key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
const holidayApi = new HolidayAPI({ key });
holidayApi.holidays({
  country: 'BE-VLG',
  year: '2025',
});
$key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__';
$holiday_api = new \HolidayAPI\Client(['key' => $key]);
$holidays = $holiday_api->holidays([
  'country' => 'BE-VLG',
  'year' => '2025',
]);
$Body = @{}
$Body.key = "__YOUR_API_KEY__"
$Body.country = "BE-VLG"
$Body.year = "2025"
$Result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $Url -Body $Body
$Result.holidays
import holidayapi
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = holidayapi.v1(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'BE-VLG',
  'year': '2025',
})
require 'ruby-holidayapi'
key = '__YOUR_API_KEY__'
hapi = HolidayAPI::V1.new(key)
holidays = hapi.holidays({
  'country': 'BE-VLG',
  'year': '2025',
})