Year planner · Belgium

The best time to book annual leave in 2027

The Belgium year planner for 2027 is a free list of the public holidays in Belgium. It shows the days of annual leave that turn each one into a proper break.

Best value in 2027

Easter Sunday

Sat 27 Mar – Sun 4 Apr

2.3× your annual leave

4 days of annual leave gets you 9 days away.

Saturday 27 March, weekend
Sunday 28 March, Easter Sunday
Monday 29 March, Easter Monday
Tuesday 30 March, leave
Wednesday 31 March, leave
Thursday 1 April, leave
Friday 2 April, leave
Saturday 3 April, weekend
Sunday 4 April, weekend

Book off: Tue 30 Mar – Fri 2 Apr

Count optional holidays

Good Friday, Day after Ascension Day and St. Stephen's Day. Many employers don’t give them off.

Every good window in 2027

Each one puts your annual leave next to a weekend and one of the public holidays. You get at least twice as many days away as you book. In date order, for Belgium.

10days
New Year
Fri 1 Jan – Sun 10 Jan
5 days of annual leave · 2× your annual leave
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5
6. 6
7. 7
8. 8
9. 9
10. 10
Book off Mon 4 – Fri 8 Jan
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9days
Easter Sunday
Sat 27 Mar – Sun 4 Apr
4 days of annual leave · 2.3× your annual leave
1. 27
2. 28
3. 29
4. 30
5. 31
6. 1
7. 2
8. 3
9. 4
Book off Tue 30 Mar – Fri 2 Apr
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12days
Ascension Day
Thu 6 May – Mon 17 May
6 days of annual leave · 2× your annual leave
1. 6
2. 7
3. 8
4. 9
5. 10
6. 11
7. 12
8. 13
9. 14
10. 15
11. 16
12. 17
Book off Fri 7 May, Mon 10 – Fri 14 May
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9days
Belgian National Day
Sat 17 Jul – Sun 25 Jul
4 days of annual leave · 2.3× your annual leave
1. 17
2. 18
3. 19
4. 20
5. 21
6. 22
7. 23
8. 24
9. 25
Book off Mon 19 – Tue 20 Jul, Thu 22 – Fri 23 Jul
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16days
All Saints' Day
Sat 30 Oct – Sun 14 Nov
8 days of annual leave · 2× your annual leave
1. 30
2. 31
3. 1
4. 2
5. 3
6. 4
7. 5
8. 6
9. 7
10. 8
11. 9
12. 10
13. 11
14. 12
15. 13
16. 14
Book off Tue 2 – Fri 5 Nov, Mon 8 – Wed 10 Nov, Fri 12 Nov
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Annual leave to book
Holiday
Weekend

Long weekends that cost nothing

Weekends next to public holidays in 2027: three or four days away without booking any annual leave.

New Year · Fri 1 Jan · 3 days
Easter Sunday · Sat 27 Mar · 3 days
Whit Monday · Sat 15 May · 3 days
All Saints' Day · Sat 30 Oct · 3 days

2027 at a glance

Every day of 2027 in Belgium: the public holidays, and the days of annual leave that each window above asks you to book.

Public holidays and the best annual leave windows in Belgium, 2027. Optional holidays are counted as working days. Open full size

Public holidays in Belgium, 2027

Public holidays in Belgium in 2027
Date	Holiday
Fri 1 January	New Year's Day
Fri 26 March	Good FridayOptional
Sun 28 March	Easter Sunday
Mon 29 March	Easter Monday
Sat 1 May	Labour Day
Thu 6 May	Ascension Day
Fri 7 May	Day after Ascension DayOptional
Mon 17 May	Whit Monday
Wed 21 July	Belgian National Day
Sun 15 August	Assumption Day
Mon 1 November	All Saints' Day
Thu 11 November	Armistice Day
Sat 25 December	Christmas Day
Sun 26 December	St. Stephen's DayOptional

Already used some annual leave? Plan around what you have left.

Tell Be Outside your allowance and how many days you have left. We start you at 20 days, a common starting point in Belgium, and plan around trips you have already booked. Then turn a window into a trip, or start from a plan someone else has published.

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Questions

When is the best time to book annual leave in 2027?

Easter Sunday is the best value in 2027. 4 days of annual leave (Tue 30 Mar – Fri 2 Apr) gives you 9 days away, Sat 27 Mar – Sun 4 Apr. The other public holidays each turn 4 days of annual leave into as many as 9 days off.

How do you work out the windows?

We look at every run of 6 to 16 days around weekends and public holidays. For each one, we count the working days you'd need to book. We keep the runs that give you at least twice as many days away as days of leave. Where two overlap, only the better one is kept.

What if I have already used some of my annual leave?

Tell Be Outside your allowance and how many days you have left. The year planner plans around trips you have already booked, only suggests dates from tomorrow on, and shows the annual leave you have left as you plan.

Which countries does the year planner cover?

It covers 26 countries. In Europe: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. In the Americas: Canada and United States. In Asia-Pacific: Australia and New Zealand. Each has its own regions where their holidays differ. Inside Be Outside, the planner uses the holidays where you work. That can be a different country from where you live.

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Public holidays from Nager.Date. Check substitute days with your employer.