Address and opening hours

Address
Bordewijklaan 15
NL-2591 XR The Hague
Netherlands
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T +31 70 349 11 11
info@boip.int

Postal address
Benelux Office for Intellectual Property
P.O. Box 90404
NL-2509 LK The Hague
Netherlands

Opening hours
Monday - Thursday 09:00 -12:00 am, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm.
Friday 10:00 -12:00 am, 1:00 and 5:00 pm.

Would you like to visit us at our office? Please call our Information Centre beforehand to make an appointment. Please bring a valid form of identification with you when you visit our premises, e.g. a passport, ID card or driving licence.


No-business days in 2024

Our office is closed on certain statutory public holidays in the Benelux countries.

Public holidayDayDate
ChristmasMonday25 December 2023
Boxing DayTuesday26 December 2023
New Year's DayMonday1 January 2024
Easter Monday  1 April 2024
Ascension DayThursday9 May 2024
Closing dayFriday 10 May 2024
Whit MondayMonday  20 May 2024
ChristmasWednesday25 December 2024
Boxing DayThursday26 December 2024
Closing dayFriday27 December 2024
New Year’s DayWednesday1 January 2025

Days on which, for the purpose of determining compliance with deadlines, the Office is deemed to be closed in 2024. 

Public holidayDayDate
Closing dayTuesday2 January 2024
Labour DayWednesday1 May 2024
Assumption Thursday15 August 2024
All SaintsFriday1 November 2024
Armistice Thursday11 November 2024
King’s Day in BelgiumTuesday15 November 2024
Closing dayThursday2 January 2025
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