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Unification Day

Sunday, September 6, 2026
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🏪 What's open

  • Banks Closed
  • Government offices Closed
  • Schools Closed
  • Shops Mostly closed
  • Restaurants Reduced
  • Public transit Reduced
  • Stock market Closed
  • Post office Closed

📣 Traveler notes

Bulgaria is a country in the Balkan region of Europe, located west of the Black Sea and south of the Danube River.

  • Bulgaria observes several national holidays beyond major religious dates:
  • March 3rd (Liberation Day)
  • May 1st (International Workers' Day/Labor Day)
  • May 6th (Feast of St. George/Day of the Bulgarian Armed Forces)
  • May 24th (Day of Bulgarian Education and Culture and the Cyrillic Alphabet)

About this holiday

Unification Day, observed on September 6th, commemorates the 1885 unification of Eastern Rumelia and the Principality of Bulgaria.