Public holidays in Bulgaria 2028

There are 17 public holidays in 2028. 12 of them fall on a working day.

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All 17 public holidays in Bulgaria 2028

Date	Weekday	Holiday	Local name
1 Jan 2028	Saturday	New Year's Day	Нова година
3 Jan 2028	Monday	New Year's Day (observed)	Нова година (почивен ден)
3 Mar 2028	Friday	Liberation Day	Ден на Освобождението на България от османско иго
14 Apr 2028	Friday	Good Friday	Велики петък
15 Apr 2028	Saturday	Holy Saturday	Велика събота
16 Apr 2028	Sunday	Easter	Великден
17 Apr 2028	Monday	Easter	Великден
1 May 2028	Monday	Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day	Ден на труда и на международната работническа солидарност
6 May 2028	Saturday	Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army	Гергьовден, Ден на храбростта и Българската армия
8 May 2028	Monday	Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army (observed)	Гергьовден, Ден на храбростта и Българската армия (почивен ден)
24 May 2028	Wednesday	Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture	Ден на светите братя Кирил и Методий, на българската азбука, просвета и култура и на славянската книжовност
6 Sep 2028	Wednesday	Unification Day	Ден на Съединението
22 Sep 2028	Friday	Independence Day	Ден на Независимостта на България
24 Dec 2028	Sunday	Christmas Eve	Бъдни вечер
25 Dec 2028	Monday	Christmas Day	Рождество Христово
26 Dec 2028	Tuesday	Christmas Day	Рождество Христово
27 Dec 2028	Wednesday	Christmas Eve (observed)	Бъдни вечер (почивен ден)

Days marked "observed" are substitute days off when a holiday falls on a weekend. Holidays based on a lunar calendar can shift by a day once the official announcement is made.

Long weekends 2028

12 times a public holiday lies close to a weekend – with a little leave it becomes a long weekend:

Take leave	Off	Days of leave	Days off	Ratio	Occasion
Tue 4 Jan, Wed 5 Jan, Thu 6 Jan, Fri 7 Jan	1 Jan – 9 Jan 2028	4	9	2.3	New Year's Day, New Year's Day (observed)
Mon 28 Feb, Tue 29 Feb, Wed 1 Mar, Thu 2 Mar	26 Feb – 5 Mar 2028	4	9	2.3	Liberation Day
Mon 10 Apr, Tue 11 Apr, Wed 12 Apr, Thu 13 Apr	8 Apr – 17 Apr 2028	4	10	2.5	Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter, Easter
Tue 18 Apr, Wed 19 Apr, Thu 20 Apr, Fri 21 Apr	14 Apr – 23 Apr 2028	4	10	2.5	Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter, Easter
Tue 2 May, Wed 3 May, Thu 4 May, Fri 5 May	29 Apr – 8 May 2028	4	10	2.5	Labor Day and International Workers' Solidarity Day, Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army, Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army (observed)
Tue 9 May, Wed 10 May, Thu 11 May, Fri 12 May	6 May – 14 May 2028	4	9	2.3	Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army, Saint George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army (observed)
Mon 22 May, Tue 23 May	20 May – 24 May 2028	2	5	2.5	Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture
Thu 25 May, Fri 26 May	24 May – 28 May 2028	2	5	2.5	Day of Slavonic Alphabet, Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture
Mon 4 Sep, Tue 5 Sep	2 Sep – 6 Sep 2028	2	5	2.5	Unification Day
Thu 7 Sep, Fri 8 Sep	6 Sep – 10 Sep 2028	2	5	2.5	Unification Day
Mon 18 Sep, Tue 19 Sep, Wed 20 Sep, Thu 21 Sep	16 Sep – 24 Sep 2028	4	9	2.3	Independence Day
Thu 28 Dec, Fri 29 Dec	23 Dec – 1 Jan 2029	2	10	5	Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Christmas Day, Christmas Eve (observed), New Year's Day

Counted are gaps of up to four working days between a public holiday and the weekend or another public holiday. "Ratio" = days off per day of leave. Weekends follow the local working week.

Dates are generated from the open-source library python-holidays and automatically cross-checked against Nager.Date and the public Google Calendar holiday calendars; every holiday on a working day must be confirmed by a second source. Official announcements take precedence, especially for holidays that depend on the moon or are declared at short notice.

Frequently asked questions

How many public holidays does Bulgaria have in 2028?

17 public holidays. 5 of them fall on a weekend in 2028.

Which public holiday gives the best long weekend in 2028?

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Christmas Eve (observed), New Year's Day: take 2 days of leave (28 Dec, 29 Dec) and you get 10 days off in a row, 23 Dec – 1 Jan 2029.

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Sources

Data: python-holidays 0.105 (MIT licence), country code BG (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Nager.Date public holiday API (MIT licence) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)
Cross-check: Google Calendar public holiday calendar (en.bulgarian) (retrieved Sep 28, 2026)

Last updated: Sep 26, 2026