Location

Bulgaria is located in Southeastern Europe, in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula. The country is bordered by Romania to the north, by Serbia and Macedonia to the west, and by Turkey and Greece to the south. The Black Sea is its natural boundary to the east.

Area: 111 001.9 m²

Population: 6 447 710 (2022)

Capital: Sofia

Official language: Bulgarian

Alphabet: Cyrillic

Currency: The monetary unit is the Bulgarian Lev (BGN), which is pegged to the Euro: EUR 1 = BGN 1.95583

Time zone: GMT +2:00 hours

Public holidays

January 1^st – New Year
March 3^rd – Day of Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman Rule
May 1^st – Labor Day
May 6^th – St. George's Day, Day of the Bulgarian Army
May 24^th - Day of Bulgarian Enlightenment and Culture and of Slavonic Alphabet
September 6^th – Unification Day
September 22^nd – Independence Day
November 1^st   – Day of the Bulgarian Revival Leaders
December 24^th – Christmas Eve
December 25^th and 26^th – Christmas Day, Nativity of Christ
Easter – four days (Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday), which are determined in the year of celebration.