Public Holidays for the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and for the Consular Service in 2025

• 1^st January (Wednesday) – New Year’s Day
• 3^rd March (Monday) – Day of Liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Oppression – public holiday
• 18^th April (Friday) - Good Friday (orthodox)
• 21^st April (Monday) - Easter Monday (second day of Easter)
• 1^st May (Thursday) – International Workers’ day
• 5^th May (Monday) – Liberation Day in the Netherlands (Bevrijdingsdag)
• 6^th May (Tuesday) – Saint George's Day; Armed Forces Day
• 24^th May (Saturday) – Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and of the Slavonic literature
• 26^th May (Monday) – public holiday on the occasion of the Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and of the Slavonic literature
• 29^th May (Thursday) – Ascension Day
• 9^th June (Monday) – Whit Monday
• 6^th September (Saturday) – Unification day
• 8^th September (Monday) – public holiday on the occasion of Unification day
• 22^nd September (Monday) – Independence day
• 24^th December (Wednesday) – Christmas Eve
• 25^th December (Thursday) – Christmas Day
• 26^th December (Friday) – Second Christmas Day

During the public holidays, in case of emergency, Bulgarian nationals could get in contact with the Embassy’s staff via the emergency hotline at the following number: +3168621361 (for urgent cases only).