Labor Day/May Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Regional holiday
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Saturday may 4, 2024
Secular holiday : Https://fetedeliris.brussels/ in Brussels only - lasts 2 days 2024 edition confirmed
Ascension holiday - Hemelvaart (beginning)
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Wednesday may 8, 2024
School holidays : some schools may work on Friday
Bruges Holy Blood procession
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Thursday may 9, 2024
Culture : Sanguis Christi
Ascension
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Thursday may 9, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Forty days after Easter, always on a Thursday. After his resurrection, Jesus appeared before his disciples and gathered them to tell them to baptize and spread the good word. He then ascended to heaven on a cloud.
Banks are closed
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Friday may 10, 2024
Banks only :
Mother's Day
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Sunday may 12, 2024
cards/flowers : Probably linked with a celebration in England in the 1600s ( Mothering Sunday ). Honored all mothers in England. Mothering Sunday gave poor servants who lived and worked for the wealthy a day off to actually go home and dedicate time to their mothers. Mothering Cake , a special cake, was common for the celebration.
Mid-term holiday (end) - French schools
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Monday may 13, 2024
School holidays :
Ascension holiday - Hemelvaart (end)
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Monday may 13, 2024
School holidays :
Pentecost holiday (beginning)
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Friday may 17, 2024
School holidays :
Pentecost
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Sunday may 19, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
Whit Monday
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Monday may 20, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Seven weeks after Easter Monday -Marking the day the Holy Spirit entered the disciples left behind and the beginning of their ministry.
Pentecost holiday (end)
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Tuesday may 21, 2024
School holidays :
European elections
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Sunday june 9, 2024
Special Events :
Parliamentary election
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Sunday june 9, 2024
Special Events :
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 9, 2024
cards/flowers : except in Antwert
Summer holiday (beginning) - Flemish schools
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Friday june 28, 2024
School holidays :
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday july 5, 2024
School holidays :
Flemish community Day (state of Flanders only)
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Thursday july 11, 2024
Secular holiday : Applies to the Flemish-speaking civil servants Celebrates the Battle of the Golden Spurs (11 July 1302)
International Street Theatre Festival
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Friday july 19, 2024
Culture : Lasts 5 days -
www.gentsefeesten.be in Ghent 2024 edition confirmed
National Day
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Sunday july 21, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrates the 1831 separation from the Netherlands, as well as the formal establishment of the kingdom. Leopold I of Saxe-Coburg was crowned and supported the constitution drawn up by National Congress. Paid holiday when falling on Sunday (Labour law 4 Jan 1974)
F1 Grand Prix
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Sunday july 28, 2024
Sports events : Www.formula1.com in Spa-Francorchamps - Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 2024 edition confirmed
Assumption
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Thursday august 15, 2024
Catholic : Dogma defined by the Catholic Church on November 1, 1950, when Pope Pius XII declared that at the end of her life, Mary's body and soul were assumed into Heaven.
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday august 26, 2024
School holidays :
Summer holiday (end) - Flemish schools
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Monday september 2, 2024
School holidays :
Namur - Festival international du film
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Friday september 27, 2024
Culture : Www.fiff.be lasts one week -- in Namur 2024 edition confirmed
French Community Day
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Friday september 27, 2024
Secular holiday : Applies to the French-speaking community civil servants
Brussels Marathon
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Sunday september 29, 2024
Sports events : Www.bruxelles.be 2024 edition confirmed
Rosh Hashanah
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Thursday october 3, 2024
cards/flowers : Jewish New Year
Gand. Flanders International Film Festival
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Tuesday october 8, 2024
Culture : Http://www.filmfestival.be in Gent 2024 edition confirmed
Municipal election
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Sunday october 13, 2024
Special Events :
European Open
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Monday october 14, 2024
Sports events : Https://www.atptour.com in Antwerp 2024 edition confirmed
All Saints (beginning) - French schools
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Friday october 18, 2024
School holidays :
Antwerp Marathon
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Sunday october 20, 2024
Sports events : Https://antwerpmarathon.com 2024 edition confirmed
All Saints - Herfstvakantie (beginning)
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Friday october 25, 2024
School holidays :
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday october 27, 2024
Special Events : At 1:00 a.m. local times