Public Holidays in Bulgaria 2022 🇧🇬
Bulgaria has 18 public holidays in 2022. The next public holiday is Unification Day on 6. Sep. The table below lists every national public holiday with its date and weekday, so you can plan travel, business days and time off in Bulgaria.
| Date | Day | Holiday Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | New Year's Day | Public holiday | |
| Monday Long weekend | New Year's Day (observed) | Public holiday | |
| Thursday Bridge day | Liberation Day | Public holiday | |
| Friday Long weekend | Good Friday | Public holiday | |
| Saturday | Holy Saturday | Public holiday | |
| Sunday | Easter | Public holiday | |
| Monday Long weekend | Easter | Public holiday | |
| Sunday | Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day | Public holiday | |
| Monday Long weekend | Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day (observed) | Public holiday | |
| Friday Long weekend | Saint George's Day (Day of the Bulgarian Army) | Public holiday | |
| Tuesday Bridge day | Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture | Public holiday | |
| Tuesday Bridge day | Unification Day | Public holiday | |
| Thursday Bridge day | Independence Day | Public holiday | |
| Saturday | Christmas Eve | Public holiday | |
| Sunday | Christmas Day | Public holiday | |
| Monday Long weekend | Christmas Day | Public holiday | |
| Tuesday Bridge day | Christmas Eve (observed) | Public holiday | |
| Wednesday | Christmas Day (observed) | Public holiday |
Long weekends in Bulgaria 2022
These public holidays fall next to the weekend or just one bridge day away, making it easy to plan an extended break.
- New Year's Day (observed) — (Monday) — long weekend
- Liberation Day — (Thursday) — take Friday off to bridge into the weekend
- Good Friday — (Friday) — long weekend
- Easter — (Monday) — long weekend
- Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day (observed) — (Monday) — long weekend
- Saint George's Day (Day of the Bulgarian Army) — (Friday) — long weekend
- Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture — (Tuesday) — take Monday off to bridge into the weekend
- Unification Day — (Tuesday) — take Monday off to bridge into the weekend
- Independence Day — (Thursday) — take Friday off to bridge into the weekend
- Christmas Day — (Monday) — long weekend
- Christmas Eve (observed) — (Tuesday) — take Monday off to bridge into the weekend
Holidays that change date in Bulgaria
Some holidays are movable and land on a different date each year. Here is how these dates shift from 2022 to 2023.
- New Year's Day (observed): →
- Good Friday: →
- Holy Saturday: →
- Easter: →
- Easter: →
- Christmas Day: →
