Public holidays 2027
Public holidays in Bulgaria 2027
Bulgaria has 14 nationwide public holidays in 2027, 10 of them on a working day. None of its public holidays is regional.
Bulgaria 2027 at a glance
- Nationwide public holidays
- 14
- Of those, on a working day
- 10
- Of those, on a weekend
- 4
- Regional only
- 0
- Longest break
- 4 days (30 April to 3 May)
- Bridge days
- 1
- Most nationwide holidays in
- May (6)
The weekend is taken as Saturday and Sunday for the working-day count, the long weekends and the bridge days.
All public holidays in Bulgaria, 2027
| Date | Day | Holiday | Local name | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday | New Year's Day | Нова година | Nationwide | |
| Wednesday | Liberation Day | Ден на oсвобождението на България от Oсманско робство | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Good Friday | Разпети петък | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Holy Saturday | Велика събота | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | International Workers' Day | Ден на труда и на международната работническа солидарност | Nationwide | |
| Sundayweekend | Easter Sunday | Великден | Nationwide | |
| Monday | Easter Monday | Велики понеделник | Nationwide | |
| Thursday | Saint George's Day | Гергьовден, ден на храбростта и Българската армия | Nationwide | |
| Monday | Saints Cyril and Methodius Day | Ден на Българската просвета и култура и на славянската писменост | Nationwide | |
| Monday | Unification Day | Ден на съединението | Nationwide | |
| Wednesday | Independence Day | Ден на независимостта на България | Nationwide | |
| Friday | Christmas Eve | Бъдни вечер | Nationwide | |
| Saturdayweekend | Christmas Day | Рождество Христово | Nationwide | |
| Monday | Second day of Christmas | Рождество Христово | Nationwide |
Source: Nager.Date, checked on . Regions are ISO 3166-2 codes.
Long weekends and bridge days in Bulgaria
A long weekend is three or more days off in a row made by a nationwide holiday and the weekend. A bridge day is a working day with a day off on both sides: one leave day there joins a holiday to the weekend, or two holidays to each other.
Long weekends (5)
- Friday 1 January to Sunday 3 January 2027: 3 days off, with New Year's Day.
- Friday 30 April to Monday 3 May 2027: 4 days off, with Good Friday, Easter Monday.
- Saturday 22 May to Monday 24 May 2027: 3 days off, with Saints Cyril and Methodius Day.
- Saturday 4 September to Monday 6 September 2027: 3 days off, with Unification Day.
- Friday 24 December to Monday 27 December 2027: 4 days off, with Christmas Eve, Second day of Christmas.
Bridge days (1)
- Friday 7 May: one leave day gives 4 days off in a row, Thursday 6 May to Sunday 9 May 2027 (next to Saint George's Day).
Regional holidays are left out of both lists: they depend on where the employee works.
Regional holidays
Every public holiday in Bulgaria applies nationwide, so one list covers all employees there.
Add Bulgaria to your calendar
Download the 2027 calendar (.ics), or paste its address into Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar to subscribe. It holds one all-day event per public holiday and marks none of them as busy.
https://hoursquare.com/public-holidays/bulgaria/2027.ics
Plan leave around these dates
Check how many working days a trip really needs, with Bulgaria's holidays taken out, in the vacation calculator. The glossary explains what a public holiday is in HR terms.
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