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All 15 official holidays in Bulgaria for 2026 — with clearly marked bridges, long weekends and an exact breakdown of working days. Plan your vacations in advance.
The Labor Code defines 15 official holidays for 2026. Of them 3 fall on a Saturday or Sunday (May 24, September 6), which is slightly unfavorable for workers.
Additionally, there is an opportunity for 5 bridges — days between a holiday and the weekend, where with a little leave you can extend your rest significantly.
A bridge is a working day between two days off — for example, a Friday between Maundy Thursday and the weekend. If you take it as paid leave, you get a long break for a minimum number of days.
When a public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the first working day after it is a day off (art. 154, para. 2 of the Labor Code). For 2026, this applies to May 24 (Sun) and September 6 (Sun) — compensated accordingly on Monday.
Orthodox Easter for 2026 is on April 12 (Sunday). The holidays are:
Good Friday — April 10 · Holy Saturday — April 11 · Easter — April 12 · Easter Monday — April 13.
This is a 4-day break with no need for leave — one of the most convenient ones of the year.
The Christmas period. Christmas Eve (Dec 24) is Thursday, Christmas — Friday and Saturday, the second day of Christmas — Sunday. With 4 days of leave (Monday 21 — Wednesday 23 and Monday 28) you can extend it to 9 days of continuous rest.
249 working days for a full 5-day work week — after subtracting 104 weekend days and 12 public holidays that do not fall on a weekend.
This is a 1 day more than in 2025. due to the distribution of holidays within the week.
Yes. Download the .ics file from the "Export" section and import it into Settings → Add calendar → Import in Google Calendar. All 15 public holidays will appear in your calendar as one-day events.
The file is also compatible with Apple Calendar, Outlook, and Proton Calendar.
Yes. According to Article 264 of the Labor Code, for every hour worked on a public holiday, you are entitled to at least double the remuneration, unless a higher rate is agreed upon. In cases of summarized working time tracking, specific rules apply — consult for a specific case.
We see our clients wasting time every year — comparing websites, asking their accountant, confusing Easter dates. That is why we created this calendar: a single source of truth, updated once and accessible everywhere.
Holidays are updated according to the Labor Code and the decisions of the Council of Ministers. When the government announces a change — an added day off or moving a bridge day — we publish the update up to 24 hours.
The calendar is free and ad-free. It is enough that you use it — this tells us that Smetalnik is useful.
And from the published Council of Ministers decisions for the specific year.
If there is a change in working/non-working days — you will know immediately.
Archive of past years and projection for the next one.
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