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The Polish-Belgian calendar: dates to remember if you are doing business in Poland or in Belgium

The Belgian Business Chamber is happy to present you the Polish-Belgian calendar for 2024 with dates to remember if you are doing business in Poland and/or in Belgium. 

 

Check out the business calendar below! 

POLAND 

Polish legal holidays 

1st of January 2024 -  New Year (Monday)

6th of January 2024 – Three Kings (Sunday)

31st of March 2024 - Easter (Sunday)

1st of April 2024 - Easter Monday 

1st of May 2024 – International Labour Day (Wednesday)

3rd of May 2024 – National Celebration of the 3rd of May (Friday)

19th of May 2024 - Pentecost (Sunday)

30th of May 2024 – Corpus Christi (Thursday)

15th of August 2024 – Assumption (Thursday)

1st of November 2024 – All Saint's Day (Friday)

11th of November 2024 – Independence Day (Monday)

25th of December 2024 – Christmas (Wednesday)

26th of December 2024 – Second Day of Christmas (Thursday)

Polish school holidays 

Winter holidays (different according to the voivodeship)

  • 15th of January - 28th of January 2024: dolnośląskie, mazowieckie, opolskie, zachodniopomorskie
  • 22th of January – 4th of February 2024: podlaskie, warmińsko-mazurskie
  • 29th of January – 11th of February 2024: lubelskie, łódzkie, podkarpackie, pomorskie, śląskie
  • 12th of February – 25th of February 2024: kujawsko-pomorskie, lubuskie, małopolskie, świętokrzyskie, wielkopolskie

Easter holidays: 28th of March - 2nd of April 2024 

End of the schoolyear: 21st of June 2024 (Friday)

Summer holidays: 22nd of June - 31st of August 2024

Elections in Poland

The municipal elections will take take place on Sunday, the 7th of April 2024 (to be confirmed).

The next elections to the European Parliament will take place on Sunday, the 9th of June 2024.

 

BELGIUM

Belgian legal holidays 

1st of January - New Year (Monday)

1st of April 2024 - Easter (Monday)

1st of May 2024 - Labour Day (Wednesday)

9th of May 2024 - Ascension Day (Thursday)

20th of May 2024 - Pentecost (Monday)

21st of July 2024 - National Day of Belgium (Sunday)

15th of August 2024 – Assumption

1st of November 2024 - All Saint's Day (Friday)

11th of November 2024 - Armistice (Monday)

25th of December 2024 - Christmas (Wednesday)

Belgian school holidays

Carnival holidays: 26th of February - 8th of March 2024 

Easter holidays: 29th of April - 10th of May 2024 

Summer holidays begin on the 6th of July (Saturday)

Elections in Belgium

The next elections to the European Parliament, the House of Representatives and the Regional and Community Parliaments will take place on Sunday, the 9th of June 2024.

The municipal elections will take take place on Sunday, the 13th of October 2024. 

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