1 dayWed, Jan 1
New Year's Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
1
Stretch it: take 2 days of leave (Dec 30–31) for 5 days off (Dec 28 – Jan 1).
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Long Weekends in Bulgaria 2025
Bulgaria has 3 long weekends (3 or more consecutive days off) in 2025, counting public holidays and Sat–Sun weekends; the longest natural break runs 4 days (Apr 18 – 21). Placed well, 1 day of leave stretches a break to 5 consecutive days off — every option is below.
- Long weekends
- 3
- Longest break
- 4 days
- Best bridge
- +1 → 5 days
- Weekend
- Sat–Sun
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Every break in 2025
Public holidayWeekendLeave day
3 daysSat, Mar 1 – Mon, Mar 3
123
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Mar 4–7) for 9 days off (Mar 1 – 9).
4 daysFri, Apr 18 – Mon, Apr 21
Good Friday · Easter Sunday · Easter Monday
18192021
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Apr 14–17) for 10 days off (Apr 12 – 21).
1 dayThu, May 1
Labour Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
1
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (May 2) for 4 days off (May 1 – 4).
1 dayTue, May 6
St. George's Day — a lone day off, bridge it:
6
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (May 5) for 4 days off (May 3 – 6).
2 daysSat, May 24 – Sun, May 25
Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day
2425
2 daysSat, Sep 6 – Sun, Sep 7
67
3 daysSat, Sep 20 – Mon, Sep 22
202122
Stretch it: take 4 days of leave (Sep 23–26) for 9 days off (Sep 20 – 28).
2 daysWed, Dec 24 – Thu, Dec 25
2425
Stretch it: take 1 day of leave (Dec 26) for 5 days off (Dec 24 – 28).
All bridge plans, ranked by date
Each plan books leave only on working days between two natural breaks, so every one of them returns more than one day off per day of leave.
| Days off | Leave | Span |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2d · Dec 30–31 | Dec 28 – Jan 1 |
| 9 | 4d · Dec 30–31 + Jan 2–3 | Dec 28 – Jan 5 |
| 5 | 2d · Jan 2–3 | Jan 1 – 5 |
| 9 | 4d · Mar 4–7 | Mar 1 – 9 |
| 10 | 4d · Apr 14–17 | Apr 12 – 21 |
| 10 | 4d · Apr 22–25 | Apr 18 – 27 |
| 6 | 3d · Apr 28–30 | Apr 26 – May 1 |
| 9 | 4d · Apr 28–30 + May 2 | Apr 26 – May 4 |
| 4 | 1d · May 2 | May 1 – 4 |
| 6 | 2d · May 2 + May 5 | May 1 – 6 |
| 4 | 1d · May 5 | May 3 – 6 |
| 9 | 4d · May 5 + May 7–9 | May 3 – 11 |
| 6 | 3d · May 7–9 | May 6 – 11 |
| 9 | 4d · Sep 23–26 | Sep 20 – 28 |
| 6 | 2d · Dec 22–23 | Dec 20 – 25 |
| 9 | 3d · Dec 22–23 + Dec 26 | Dec 20 – 28 |
| 5Best value | 1d · Dec 26 | Dec 24 – 28 |
| 9 | 4d · Dec 26 + Dec 29–31 | Dec 24 – Jan 1 |
| 6 | 3d · Dec 29–31 | Dec 27 – Jan 1 |
| 9 | 4d · Dec 29–31 + Jan 2 | Dec 27 – Jan 4 |
Computed from Bulgaria's public holidays plus Sat–Sun weekends. Substitute days count as days off; observances don't. Bridges spend at most 4 leave days, booked only on working days.