Reading room: closing days

On Tuesday morning 21 January, the library and reading room will be exceptionally closed. From 12:00 we will welcome you back.

The reading room is closed on Sundays, public holidays and certain additional closing days. The latter are decided upon in an official decree by the government, which is issued at the beginning of the year.

  • 1 January (New Year’s Day)
  • 21 April (Easter Monday)
  • 1 May (Labour Day)
  • 29 May (Ascension Day)
  • 9 June (Whit Monday)
  • 21 July (Belgian National Day)
  • 15 August (Assumption Day)
  • 1 and 2 November (All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day)
  • 11 November (Armistice Day)
  • 15 November (King’s Feast)
  • Closed from 25 December to 1 January
  • Closed on Saturdays in July and August