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Bulgaria Guide - Public holidays

Sun, Feb 01 2009 09:13 CET

byThe Sofia Echo staff

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January 1 – New Year’s Day
March 3 –  National Holiday (Bulgaria’s Day of Liberation from Ottoman rule)
May 1 – Labour Day
May 6 – St. George’s Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army
May 24 – Day of Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture and of Slavonic Alphabet
September 6 – Bulgaria’s Unification Day
September 22 – Bulgaria’s Independence Day
November 1 – Enlightenment Leaders Day – a day-off for educational institutions only  
December 24 – Christmas Eve
December 25 and 26 – Christmas
Easter – two days (Sunday and Monday); moveable holiday

Public holidays are generally non-working days for state institutions, schools and most private businesses. Banks are closed on the day itself.

Restaurants, bars and cafes are open. Large shops are often open, but not on Easter Sunday, Christmas Day or New Year's Day, though you may find small corner shops are open.

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