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 to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please call our Information Centre 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 2023

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

Public holiday Day Date
Boxing Day Monday 26 décembre 2022
New year's day Sunday 1 janvier 2023
Easter Monday Monday   10 April 2023
King’s Day in the Netherlands Thursday 27 April 2023
Ascension Thursday 18 May 2023
Closing Day Friday  19 May 2023
Whit Monday Monday   29 May 2023
Christmas Monday 25 December 2023
Boxing Day Tuesday 26 December 2023
New year’s day Monday 1 January 2024

Days in 2023 on which the Office is deemed to be closed in connection with determining compliance with terms and deadlines 

Public holiday Day Date
January 2nd Monday 2 January 2023
Labour Day Monday 1 May 2023
Liberation Day in the Netherlands Friday 5 May 2023
Europe Day Tuesday 9 May 2023
National Day Luxembourg Friday 23 June 2023
National Day Belgium Friday 21 July 2023
Assumption  Tuesday 15 August 2023
All Saints’ Day  Wednesday  1 November 2023
All Souls’ Day  Thursday 2 November 2023
King’s Day Belgium Wednesday 15 November 2023
 January 2nd Tuesday 2 January 2024
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