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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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    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, 2024Mid-term holiday (end) - French schoolsSchool holidays
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    Monday may 13, 2024Ascension holiday - Hemelvaart (end)School 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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    Sunday june 9, 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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    Friday july 5, 2024Summer holiday (beginning)School holidays
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    Thursday july 11, 2024Flemish community Day (state of Flanders only)Secular holiday
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    Friday july 19, 2024International Street Theatre FestivalEvents, celebrations...
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    Sunday july 21, 2024National DayNational Day
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    Sunday july 28, 2024F1 Grand PrixSports events
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    Thursday august 15, 2024AssumptionCatholic
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    Monday august 26, 2024Summer holiday (end)School holidays
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    Monday september 2, 2024Summer holiday (end) - Flemish schoolsSchool holidays
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    Friday september 27, 2024Namur - Festival international du filmEvents, celebrations...
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    Friday september 27, 2024French Community DaySecular holiday
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    Sunday september 29, 2024Brussels MarathonSports events
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    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
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    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.

    Mid-term holiday (end) - French schools

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    Monday may 13, 2024
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    Ascension holiday - Hemelvaart (end)

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    Monday may 13, 2024
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    Pentecost holiday (beginning)

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    Friday may 17, 2024
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    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
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    Summer holiday (beginning)

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    Friday july 5, 2024
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    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
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    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