Public holidays in Belgium
In Belgium there are ten official public holidays. Other particular days are also celebrated, but these are not official public holidays and employers are not obliged to give their employees a day off. However, some employers do award a day's holiday in accordance with union negotiations.
Public holidays
In addition to the above, the same legal text names all Sundays as public holidays but shops are free to select a different weekday as their "weekly closing day" if they wish; they must then declare near the entry to the shop which day it is: French "Jour de fermeture hebdomadaire: <dayname in French>" and/or Dutch "Wekelijke rustdag: <dayname in Dutch>".Particular days celebrated in Belgium that are not official public holidays
| Holiday | Date | Dutch | French | German |
| Epiphany | January 6 | Driekoningen | Épiphanie | Erscheinung des Herrn |
| Valentine's Day | February 14 | Valentijnsdag | Saint-Valentin | Valentinstag |
| Iris Day | May 8 | Irisfeest | Fête de l'Iris | — |
| Day of the Flemish Community | July 11 | Feest van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap | Fête de la Communauté flamande | — |
| French Community Holiday | September 27 | Dag van de Franse Gemeenschap | Fête de la Communauté française | — |
| Day of the Walloon Region | third Sunday of September | Feest van het Waalse Gewest | Fête de la Région wallonne | Festtag der Wallonischen Region |
| Halloween | October 31 | Halloween | Halloween | Halloween |
| All Souls' Day | November 2 | Allerzielen | Toussaint | Allerseelen |
| Day of the German-speaking Community | November 15 | Dag van de Duitstalige Gemeenschap | Fête de la Communauté germanophone | Tag der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft |
| King's Feast | November 15 | Koningsdag | Fête du Roi | Festtag des Königs |
| Saint Nicholas | December 6 | Sinterklaas | Saint-Nicolas | Sankt Nikolaus |
| Second Day of Christmas | December 26 | Tweede kerstdag | Lendemain de Noël | 2. Weihnachtstag |
The days of the three communities are holidays for their civil servants and for employees of institutions controlled, supervised or financed by them and may also be observed by banks in the concerned community. King's feast is a holiday observed by all administrations, including some of the schools they organize.