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Belgium : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months

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    Wednesday december 6, 2023Saint Nicholascards/flowers
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    Wednesday december 6, 2023AgribexTradeshows
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    Friday december 22, 2023Christmas holiday - Kerstvakantie (beginning)School holidays
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    Monday december 25, 2023Christmas DayCatholic or protestant
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    Tuesday december 26, 2023Civil Servants holidaySecular holiday
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    Tuesday december 26, 2023Banks are closedBanks only
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    Monday january 1, 2024New Year's DaySecular holiday
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    Saturday january 6, 2024Epiphanycards/flowers
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    Monday january 8, 2024Christmas holiday - Kerstvakantie (end)School holidays
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    Wednesday january 24, 2024Summit of Sustainable DestinationsTradeshows
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    Friday february 9, 2024Carnival - Krokusvakantie (beginning)School holidays
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    Sunday february 11, 2024Binche CarnivalEvents, celebrations...
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    Wednesday february 14, 2024Valentine's Daycards/flowers
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    Monday february 19, 2024Carnival - Krokusvakantie (end)School holidays
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    Friday february 23, 2024Carnaval (beginning) - French schoolsSchool holidays
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    Monday march 11, 2024Carnaval (end) - French schoolsSchool holidays
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    Friday march 29, 2024Easter holiday - Paasvakantie (beginning) -Flemish schoolsSchool holidays
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    Saturday march 30, 2024Ronde van Vlaanderen - Tour des Flandres (cycling race)Sports events
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    Sunday march 31, 2024Daylight Saving TimeSpecial Events
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    Monday april 1, 2024Easter MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Thursday april 4, 2024Foire du Livre de BruxellesEvents, celebrations...
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    Wednesday april 10, 2024End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)cards/flowers
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    Monday april 15, 2024Easter holiday - Paasvakantie (end) - Flemish schoolsSchool holidays
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    Friday april 26, 2024Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French schoolsSchool holidays
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    Monday april 29, 2024Passovercards/flowers
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    Wednesday may 1, 2024Labor Day/May DaySecular holiday
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    Saturday may 4, 2024Regional holidaySecular holiday
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    Wednesday may 8, 2024Ascension holiday - Hemelvaart (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday may 9, 2024Bruges Holy Blood processionEvents, celebrations...
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    Thursday may 9, 2024AscensionCatholic or protestant
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    Friday may 10, 2024Banks are closedBanks only
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    Sunday may 12, 2024Mother's Daycards/flowers
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    Monday may 13, 2024Ascension holiday - Hemelvaart (end)School holidays
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    Monday may 13, 2024Mid-term holiday (end) - French schoolsSchool holidays
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    Friday may 17, 2024Pentecost holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Sunday may 19, 2024PentecostCatholic or protestant
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    Monday may 20, 2024Whit MondayCatholic or protestant
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    Tuesday may 21, 2024Pentecost holiday (end)School holidays
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    Thursday june 6, 2024European electionsSpecial Events
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    Sunday june 9, 2024Parliamentary electionSpecial Events
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    Sunday june 9, 2024Fathers' Daycards/flowers
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    Friday june 28, 2024Summer holiday (beginning) - Flemish schoolsSchool holidays
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    Saint Nicholas

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    Wednesday december 6, 2023
    cards/flowers : A festival for children related to surviving legends of the saint, and particularly his reputation as a bringer of gifts.

    Agribex

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    Wednesday december 6, 2023
    Tradeshows : Lasts 3 days - http://www.agribex.be/ in Brussels 2023 edition confirmed

    Christmas holiday - Kerstvakantie (beginning)

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    Friday december 22, 2023
    School holidays :

    Christmas Day

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    Monday december 25, 2023
    Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Year’s Day on Christmas Day.

    Civil Servants holiday

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    Tuesday december 26, 2023
    Secular holiday : Boxing Day

    Banks are closed

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    Tuesday december 26, 2023
    Banks only :

    New Year's Day

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    Monday january 1, 2024
    Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

    Epiphany

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    Saturday january 6, 2024
    cards/flowers :

    Christmas holiday - Kerstvakantie (end)

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    Monday january 8, 2024
    School holidays : Www.enseignement.be
    calendar issued by the Ministry of Education
    With numerous levels of national and local bureaucracy, the school system can seem difficult to understand. However, as Belgium is the capital of the EU, the education system is well developed to serve international and working families (state schools, subsidised or free private schools, bilingual schools, method schools and private and international schools)
    Instruction is dispensed in either Flemish, French, German or English
    PISA ranking (average 493): 502
    number of instructional hours per year in lower secondary education: 650
    School day duration: 6:00 hours
    Number of teaching days: 185 (FR), 180 (DE), 185 (NL)
    University of Liege ranking: Shanghai (2023) #301-400
    School may open on Saturday morning
    No uniform required

    We carry confirmed dates till Oct 2025

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    Summit of Sustainable Destinations

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    Wednesday january 24, 2024
    Tradeshows : Https://ec.europa.eu lasts 2 days, in Brussels 2024 edition confirmed

    Carnival - Krokusvakantie (beginning)

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    Friday february 9, 2024
    School holidays :

    Binche Carnival

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    Sunday february 11, 2024
    Culture : Http://www.carnavaldebinche.be/home-nl.html Drums, dances, masks. - Festivities last 2 days.

    Valentine's Day

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    Wednesday february 14, 2024
    cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February

    Carnival - Krokusvakantie (end)

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    Monday february 19, 2024
    School holidays :

    Carnaval (beginning) - French schools

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    Friday february 23, 2024
    School holidays :

    Carnaval (end) - French schools

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    Monday march 11, 2024
    School holidays :

    Easter holiday - Paasvakantie (beginning) -Flemish schools

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    Friday march 29, 2024
    School holidays :

    Ronde van Vlaanderen - Tour des Flandres (cycling race)

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    Saturday march 30, 2024
    Sports events : Https://www.uci.org/ 2024 edition confirmed

    Daylight Saving Time

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    Sunday march 31, 2024
    Special Events : At 1:00 am local times

    Easter Monday

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    Monday april 1, 2024
    Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
    Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.

    Foire du Livre de Bruxelles

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    Thursday april 4, 2024
    Culture : Https://flb.be/ lasts 5 days - 2024 edition confirmed

    End of Ramadan (may be changed to the nearest day)

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    Wednesday april 10, 2024
    cards/flowers : The month of Ramadan is that in which was revealed the Quran; a guidance for mankind, and clear proofs of the guidance, and the criterion (of right and wrong). And whosoever of you is present, let him fast the month, and whosoever of you is sick or on a journey, a number of other days. Allah desires for you ease; He desires not hardship for you; and that you should complete the period, and that you should magnify Allah for having guided you, and that perhaps you may be thankful [Wikipedia]

    Easter holiday - Paasvakantie (end) - Flemish schools

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    Monday april 15, 2024
    School holidays :

    Mid-term holiday (beginning) - French schools

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    Friday april 26, 2024
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    Passover

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    Monday april 29, 2024
    cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus

    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.

    Ascension holiday - Hemelvaart (end)

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    Monday may 13, 2024
    School holidays :

    Mid-term holiday (end) - French schools

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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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    Thursday june 6, 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 :