Traditions

The rituals: the opening, the 21st of July (Belgian National Day) always inside the ten days, the parades and the stoet, and the closing Monday — "de dag van de lege portemonnees", the day of the empty wallets.

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1. 1990 — The 21st of July. The ten days always wrap around 21 July, Belgium’s National Day — fireworks and festivities folded into the festival — and end on a Monday known as "de dag van de lege portemonnees", the day of the empty wallets.