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Public holidays in Bulgaria in 2026
Bulgaria has 12 public holidays in 2026, 9 of them on working days, leaving 252 working days. 4 fall on a Monday or Friday, giving a long weekend automatically.
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan 2026 | Thursday | New Year's Day |
| 3 Mar 2026 | Tuesday | Liberation Day |
| 10 Apr 2026 | Friday | Good Friday |
| 12 Apr 2026 | Sunday | Easter Sunday |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Monday | Easter Monday |
| 1 May 2026 | Friday | Labour Day |
| 6 May 2026 | Wednesday | St. George's Day |
| 24 May 2026 | Sunday | Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Sunday | Unification Day |
| 22 Sept 2026 | Tuesday | Independence Day |
| 24 Dec 2026 | Thursday | Christmas Eve |
| 25 Dec 2026 | Friday | Christmas Day |
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Long weekends in Bulgaria, 2026
Take one day of leave to turn these holidays into four-day (or longer) weekends:
- 1 Jan 2026 – 4 Jan 2026: book Friday 2 Jan 2026 (New Year's Day)
- 28 Feb 2026 – 3 Mar 2026: book Monday 2 Mar 2026 (Liberation Day)
- 9 Apr 2026 – 13 Apr 2026: book Thursday 9 Apr 2026 (Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Easter Monday)
- 30 Apr 2026 – 3 May 2026: book Thursday 30 Apr 2026 (Labour Day)
- 5 May 2026 – 6 May 2026: book Tuesday 5 May 2026 (St. George's Day)
- 22 May 2026 – 24 May 2026: book Friday 22 May 2026 (Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day)
- 4 Sept 2026 – 6 Sept 2026: book Friday 4 Sept 2026 (Unification Day)
- 19 Sept 2026 – 22 Sept 2026: book Monday 21 Sept 2026 (Independence Day)
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