Public holidays
2024 public holidays in België
De feestdagen van 2024 in België beïnvloeden bezetting, payrolltiming, projecten en facturatie. Deze pagina koppelt de volledige feestdagentabel aan werkdagencontext zodat niet alleen de data, maar ook de impact op de zakelijke kalender zichtbaar wordt. Met 10 feestdagen en ongeveer 253 werkdagen is het jaarritme relevant voor verlof en afsluitingen.
Total holidays
10
Weekday holidays
9
Weekend days
104
Working days
253
Complete holiday table
Use the table for planning leave, payroll processing, staffing and invoicing around non-working dates.
| Date | Holiday | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 jan 2024 | Nieuwjaarsdag | national | National baseline |
| 01 apr 2024 | Tweede paasdag | national | National baseline |
| 01 mei 2024 | Dag van de Arbeid | national | National baseline |
| 09 mei 2024 | Hemelvaart | national | National baseline |
| 20 mei 2024 | Tweede pinksterdag | national | National baseline |
| 21 jul 2024 | Belgische nationale feestdag | national | National baseline |
| 15 aug 2024 | Maria-Hemelvaart | national | National baseline |
| 01 nov 2024 | Allerheiligen | national | National baseline |
| 11 nov 2024 | Wapenstilstandsdag | national | National baseline |
| 25 dec 2024 | Eerste kerstdag | national | National baseline |
National baseline and regional checks
This page focuses on the nationwide holiday calendar. Regional observances should be reviewed separately when they affect staffing or payroll timing.
Use this page as the national starting point for België. If your teams operate in Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels-Capital, review regional or state-level holiday rules before finalizing leave approvals, payroll cut-offs or staffing plans.
How it works
The holiday page combines the year-specific calendar with working-day counts and bridge-day opportunities. That matters because a holiday table on its own rarely tells the whole operational story.
Example use case
An HR manager can check whether a holiday lands on a weekday, identify a four-day bridge weekend, and then move into the working-day and salary routes to model payroll deadlines or leave approval risk.
Long weekend opportunities
These bridge-day ideas help make the holiday page useful for operational planning, not just for date lookup.
- 2024-01-01: direct long weekend opportunity
- 2024-04-01: direct long weekend opportunity
- 2024-05-09: take Friday off for a four-day break
- 2024-05-20: direct long weekend opportunity
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