Some people refer to blocks 67 and 68 in the Druzhba 1 housing estate as the Bulgarian ‘twin towers’. Although this nickname is not strictly accurate, it helps to raise the profile of one of Sofia’s most unusual buildings. The two residential blocks, seemingly joined together in the shape of the letter ‘H’, were built […]
Want to see how the average Bulgarian lives? Take the metro towards Obelya and get off at Lyulin – Sofia’s largest district, with nearly 130,000 residents, more than enough to easily qualify as the country’s seventh-largest city. The vast labyrinths of identical prefabricated blocks in typical socialist-era style span a full ten micro-districts. The characteristic, […]
Sofia’s Largo, officially known as ‘Independence Square’, is the spot right in the heart of Sofia where you’ll find yourself at the crossroads of the city’s several thousand years of history. Covering an area of around two hundred square metres, you can witness a remarkable blend of cultural, historical, religious and ethnic layers, the unique […]
The National History Museum (NIM) is situated at the foot of Vitosha Mountain, in the Boyana district. Established in 1973, the museum houses Bulgaria’s most valuable treasures and relics – a total of over half a million cultural artefacts, treasures, textiles, icons, ethnographic artefacts, archaeological finds and historical archives. In 2000, the museum was moved […]
The bar is actually a restaurant and has been a favourite spot for tourists and locals alike for over 10 years. There you can try the most delicious meatballs and kebabs, traditional ‘Snezhanka’ and ‘Shopska’ salad, ‘Gypsy’ pastry and hundreds of types of rakia. And the genuinely entertaining waiters are famous for their clever jokes, […]
