Thursday, 25 May 2028
Confirmed — source checked
This is the first listed date for this year; a separate observance date has not been assigned.
Ascension Day is a Belgian statutory holiday on the sixth Thursday after Easter. Dutch and French official names include Hemelvaart and Ascension, and its Thursday position can affect workplace planning.
Bank, office and school arrangements require the applicable authority or institution notice. Missing scope data does not mean open.
Thursday, 6 May 2027 · Confirmed — source checked
Next listed holiday day on or after today; this can be a closure day rather than the festival date.
Recorded confirmation and independent source review are shown separately. An institution-specific notice does not establish closure for every employer or school.
Official public holiday law or calendar
Confirmed · Scope: public · Checked 2026-09-27
Belgium has ten statutory public holidays. A weekend or normal non-working-day holiday is replaced at workplace level; no single national substitute date is invented here.
Private-sector workers generally may not be employed on this statutory holiday, except where Belgian law permits Sunday work. The employer owes holiday remuneration and, where applicable, compensatory rest or a substitute day under the federal rules.
The National Bank of Belgium publishes its own closure calendar and lists this observance for 2026. Commercial-bank hours and payment-system availability should be checked separately because the NBB list is not a universal retail-bank schedule.
Belgium’s education calendars are community-specific. Families should consult the calendar for the relevant Flemish, French-speaking or German-speaking system and the individual school.
Ascension Day is a movable Christian feast observed on the Thursday 39 days after Easter Sunday. Belgium includes it in the statutory ten-holiday list.
Ascension is both a Christian feast and a Thursday statutory holiday, with substitute rules relevant when normal inactivity patterns apply.
Church observance reflects the Ascension feast, while the Thursday can also form part of a longer break. No uniform celebration is required by the holiday legislation.
Ascension’s Thursday timing can affect individual travel plans, but service levels come from operators rather than the holiday act. Confirm the timetable for the specific year.
It is the sixth Thursday after Easter.
No. A bridge day or other arrangement depends on the relevant public-service, sector or employer rules.
Yes.
View all Belgium public holidays 2028