Little Saturday (Bulgarian: малката събота, Bokmål and Danish: lille lørdag, Finnish: pikkulauantai, Nynorsk: litle laurdag, Swedish: lillördag) is a European concept especially celebrated in Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Bulgaria that adds Wednesday to the list of "drinking days".
[1][2][3] In Bulgaria, малката събота or Little Saturday is well known among the youths and the elderly generations as well.
In Sweden and Norway, the tradition comes from 'the maid's Saturday' Swedish: piglördag, which fell on a Wednesday.
[4][5] "Little Saturday" referring to Wednesday is also a well known concept amongst South Africans, young and old and is used to justify a mid-week tipple when the week seems too long.
In Bulgaria, Малката събота or "Little Saturday" is very common for people to go out and drink.