Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire in 1908.

Public holidays in Bulgaria

The official public holidays in Bulgaria are listed in the table below.

Bulgaria

Country in Southeast Europe

Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia…

Ottoman Empire

Turkish empire (c. 1299–1922)

The Ottoman Empire, also called the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th…