@@oscarwolf2758 Some parts are really nice. Obviously, like any other major capital city, it has its bad parts, ugly parts, under developed areas and its fair share of problems. But there's no denying that Sofia has really come on a lot in the last 15 years since they joined the EU. It used to be really bad and run down before! And the main train station really was a disgrace! Yet considering Bulgaria is one of the poorest countries in the EU, I don't think it's too bad at all.
Great walk. I love the cold steel and glass market. I can almost smell the food. Would love to get to Sophia sometime and the rest of Bulgaria. Thanks so much for this little taste of such a cool country. - Henry
Thanks Henry. I did another walk in Plovdiv the day before which was good. Bulgaria is a country with a population of 7 million. Varna and Burgas are known to be some budget-friendly vacation spots on the black sea still popular with Russian tourists. Elsewhere the tourism didn't develop and can't really recommend *only* going to Bulgaria or Sofia. I went from Istanbul to Plovdiv by bus, then Sofia, Skopje (North-Macedonia) and Serbia etc..
@@poptravelorg elsewhere in Bulgaria tourism clearly developed. Only someone with limited knowledge and research abilities would claim this. Bulgaria is one of richest countries in Europe in terms of history and historical artifacts as well as nature and biodiversity. We have 11 Unesco sites. These are all over the country. Most tourists choose to go to Sofia or a few of the bigger cities, which everybody will tell you do not represent Bulgaria. Very few foreigners visit our medieval capitals or historical towns like Koprvishtitsa, Triavna....do not know that Bulgatia has mineral springs, mountains etc. .it is not for the lack of tourism, which is quite well developed. all of these places have decent hotels, tour guides, etc. Most tourists just take a cheap Ryan Air flight, go to Sofia or maybe Plovdiv for one or two days and think they have seen Bulgaria and that there is nothing else to see. they often even miss the major tourist sites in these cities.
You might, but your leader Putin keeps on destabilizing Bulgaria by poisoning Bulgarians such as the arm dealer Gebrev and promoting corruption in the political system.
Thanks. I made another (longer) walk in Sofia via side streets and through several parks which show a bit the less touristy and quieter side of Sofia. It's coming later being also less interesting
@Aleks Kevyn I am so happy that Plovdiv impress you. Yes , you are rigth Plovdiv is very ancient city with many churches,and many others intersting things to do.
@Aleks Kevyn To be fair, Sofia is a lot better than it used to be. Joining the EU has helped the city get many improvements in the last 15 years or so. Obviously there's still lots to be done but it will be a work in progress. But yes, you're right, Sofia is never going to complete with the bigger and richer capital cities of Europe. I also agree about Plovdiv. A nice city, albeit obviously smaller, but is definitely worth a visit or two.
Catholic church form 13:50 to 14:10. Behind you when you're looking at the church is an Antique book store (Антикварна Книжарница) with a number of books on Bulgarian culture, folk dance and folk songs.
The inside of St. Alexander Nevski Cathedral is as beautiful as the outside, even though it was built in the 20th century it has a real 2nd Bulgarian Empire feel to it.
I visited Sofia in 2018. There are few lazy things there, but generally the city was okay, even I liked better Plovdiv. This is still not a touristy city, but have few interesting historical places, really old churches etc. The byzantine influence obvious, as the ottoman too....I liked that the streets was full with bulgarians, and not needed to search too long for a native (as in all around Western Europe).... Sofia worth to visit once in a life!
Daniel, I really enjoyed your walk through Sofia. Thank you for another great filming. Unlike Germany, with so many clocks everywhere, I saw none here.
This is because in Bulgaria we are not worry too much about time like in Germany. Seeing so many clocks must be a constant remind that our days to live are numbered 😀
Thank you! The city itself is good to look at yet as a tourist you may get some challenges starting with taxi drivers... It's also a bit out of the way though when in the area it's good to check out. There is a direct train connection from Istanbul. I first took the bus from Istanbul to Plovdiv and then to Sofia which was convenient. I always enjoy my time in Bulgaria
I'll post some Sofia walk around the back streets sometime in a few weeks. There is less to see yet gives a less touristy picture. You may decide then better if it's worth checking out. The Balkans for me were a good summer adventure: Istanbul - Plovdiv - Sofia - Skopje - Niš - Guča (trumpet festival) - Belgrade - Novi Sad - Budapest...
@@poptravelorg taxi drivers are bad everywhere. Western European do not know anything about Bulgaria or where it is on the map, but feel entitled to have a prejudiced based on all the media propaganda they are fed about Eastern Europe and Bulgaria in particular, which.is always negative. Then they come to Bulgaria and are surprised that Bulgarians do not live in the trees...
I have a question and I mean this in the best way possible? Is Sofia and also Bulgaria under-populated? I went to Sofia a few years ago (also to Plovdiy, I love Plovdiv) but it felt a lot less 'crowded' than other European capitals.
Bulgaria has a declining population. Young educated people often find jobs in Western Europe and live their lives there. Wikipedia has some stats: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Bulgaria
Pity that after the bombing in WW2 many buildings with historical meaning were completely destroyed, most of them in the central part. Basically all these government buildings with soviet architecture are built by the communists after the war. Ive seen old pictures of Sofia, it is completely different view of the center...
The same happened in Bucharest but not due to war but mostly due to communist systematizations(demolishing many old buildings and replacing them with soviet ones) and also due to the devastating earthquake from 77. I visited Sofia as well and to be honest it reminded me a bit of our capital in the center. However I have to admit Plovdiv is nicer.
Sofia was founded 7000 years ago and is the oldest capital in Europe. Rome was created in 753 BC, and Sofia - 5000 years BC or 7000 years ago. Sofia is the seventh capital of Bulgaria. The first Bulgarian capital is the capital of Old Great Bulgaria - the city of Fanagoria in Russia, the second capital - Pliska, the third capital - Preslav, the fourth capital Skopje - the capital of modern Macedonia, the fifth capital - the city of Ohrid in modern Macedonia, the sixth capital is Veliko Tarnovo and the seventh capital of Bulgaria is Sofia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Great_Bulgaria en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phanagoria en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliska en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliki_Preslav en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohrid en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliko_Tarnovo
@@flagflow1232 You're right! The ancestors of the Bulgarians, the Thracians certainly created the first civilization in Europe and according to some historians the oldest civilization in the world. The oldest gold treasure in the world is discovered in Bulgaria. The oldest cities in Europe and some of the oldest cities in the world are located in Bulgaria. DISCOVER BULGARIA The Mystery of The Thracians ruclips.net/video/QgAROA7ckkk/видео.html BULGARIA THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION ruclips.net/video/u9UhAjTQ9es/видео.html The First Civilization in Europe and the Oldest Gold in the World - Varna, Bulgaria ruclips.net/video/pk9YMY-Fldc/видео.html The Bulgarian city of Plovdiv is the oldest city in Europe and one of the oldest cities in the world. ruclips.net/video/4o5wrLaMNlk/видео.html
What a beautiful city. It's too bad Bulgaria was never part of Yugoslavia. It could have been a huge country, and the culture is really similar, we are all South Slavs :)
@@nikolasirovica3250 no unification given what you have done to us. You consider us Tatars, gypsies, basically the scum of the Earth. You claim our history. Tito was an abomination. His crimes should be known. Yugoslavia was a disasterous project of Greater Serbia that still lives on.
@@nikolasirovica3250 You seem to be a very friendly person and I'd like to be around people like you Nikoka. Sadly, most serbs and north macedonians don't think like you. Tito's regime did a massive brainwash campaign in the Macedonia region with anti-bulgarian propaganda. We will also never forget the stab in the back that led to the second balkan war after you secretly signed a treaty with Greece to not let Macedonia be part of Bulgaria even though macedonians are mostly ethnicly bulgarians. Not only to mention that you sided with our common historic enemy just because it was too much to ask to leave Macedonia remain a region of Bulgaria.
@@antonyapostolov8252 We all have our historical grievances. I still think Bulgarians are south slavs and that Yugoslavia should have included you guys in it, it would have been a cool country.
nice video but a bigoted and narrow-minded presenter, with even more racist commenters on this channel. I am glad that CV has given us a break from such people.
After that walk I filmed some area around the parks and side streets: ruclips.net/video/erZ_mObNqTE/видео.html - the nicest scene there was some dance around minute 57) I'll see when I return to film some more around NDK though it may take a while until I'm in the area again
@@poptravelorg Wow! thank you for sharing! I was in Sofia in 2016 and had an intership there. You took me back those good old days again. Thank you very much :)
My dear, how the heck you forgot to film NDK and Vithosha boulevard, to me the most interesting places in Sofia? To be that close to them and not film it is like you have never even been to Sofia. Also, visiting all the countries in the "block" but not visiting Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina, I can definitely tell you that you missed a ton of great content.
There is another Sofia walk that I recorded just after the video here: ruclips.net/video/erZ_mObNqTE/видео.html I didn't post it yet as it looks less interesting and there wasn't anything happening at NDK at the time. My visits to Sofia always have been short. Back in August 2019 I was on a trip from Istanbul to Germany and really wanted to check out Guča in Serbia for the trumpet festival, which was great to see once. As you may be aware there are hardly routes served from Serbia into the direction of Kosovo etc.. I've surely been to all the other places you mentioned: Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina - though earlier than 2019 when I recorded videos. I still have plenty of these left to post as I recorded 250 walks that year... Surely when the situation gets more normal again I'll revisit them and may record some walks. Kotor and Budva are among my favourite summer locations and surely Croatia with Split and Dubrovnic should be good to revisit with fewer tourists. I also have good memories to Sarajevo and Mostar. We'll see when such trip happens again. Thanks for watching!
For sure Sofia is way smaller than Barcelona. Many people, especially youth, try to find jobs elsewhere in Europe. Few tourists go to Sofia as Bulgarian tourism revolves more around the black sea cities of Varna and Burgas. I corrected the population of Sofia to 1.2 Million which still seems larger than what I experienced on the streets in this Sunday
POPtravel The population of Sofia is 1.2 million according to Wikipedia but it’s more like around 2 million people. Also the city looks emptier because of two simple reasons - it’s summer and most people are travelling , it’s Sunday also so much less people are working, usually many people just stay home on Sundays or travel somewhere as I’ve mentioned. If anything Sofia is overpopulated and that’s one of the biggest issues in the city and Bulgaria in general. It has absolutely nothing to do with the demographic crisis which is reality but not in the big cities. People in Bulgaria travel a lot during weekends
All of these comments just show that we still have a shitty rep, especially to people who have never visited. Sofia is touristy - visited by ~ 1.5 million (2017 data) foreign tourists mostly from Italy, UK, Greece, Germany, Israel and USA. Sofia gets empty during the summer as both locals and foreign tourists spend time at the seaside resorts. Sofia is well above the 1.2 million mark, closer to 2 million. Standard of living (PPP) within the city limits exceeds the EU average and is way above the country's average. That doesn't mean you should fall in love with Sofia or find it beautiful. I'm just correcting some of the misconceptions given and bringing up numbers. FWIW, if you search for Plovdiv (2nd largest city in BG) on RUclips maybe you find it more appealing and beautiful. I personally think Sofia is a very vibrant and interesting city (though rough on the edges)r, but Bulgaria is the oldest country in Europe - it has a lot more to offer than just a capital city.
Overall, Sofia didn't like it very much. It's nice, cozy, picturesque, there are beautiful buildings. But Sofia does not give the impression of a capital. Everything is somehow provincial there: the chaotic development of the city center, there are no architectural ensembles, the massive buildings of the times of the country's dependence on the Soviet bloc do not fit into the general style.
It is obvious that Sofia is nearly a 3rd world ex-soviet city and that higher culture is not so common there although they have a lot of book shops and university. I was there 3 times .Service in private businesses is usually rude (even a specific wizz air worker was rude and this is unfamiliar to me)and many people seem gloomy. Some people disobey the law (See the smoking in public places , including restaurants.See how people park on pavements . Even a policeman was seen smoking inside his room in the airport )and violance is not rare. You can even see in this video how some streets are somewhat dirty and I can testify that even the sidewalk near the high court was broken. Anyway, I will be back for shopping, for cheap & good hotels and for its owsome nature landscape - even inside the city . I already know some nice businesses in which the clients are welcomed as if they were in the Arab world. I really enjoyed a long walking in the eastern outskirts , encountering lovely strawberry trees in many private yards on June. Sorry, no generalization can be found in the above text.
You haven't seen other parts of Europe then... Valencia, Rome, Athens, Bucharest, Barcelona, not to mention LONDON... these capitals are all as dirty or even more dirty than Sofia... and there are rude people everywhere, and violence everywhere you go. I have seen way more violence in Athens than in Sofia. Also, from this footage, Sofia does not look dirty at all. What is "Higher Culture" mean to you? Higher culture requires money, and if you ask me Culture should not be defined by how golden your spoons are.
Nobody said that Sofia is among Europe's worst cities. If I compare it to Warsaw/Wroclaw/Budapest/Rome which I visited many times than I can see a problem. It is even better for me than many west European cities which became "multicultural". I even do not visit Greek or Bucharest for some reasons. Culture is defined by people's manners and behavior . Nobody becomes cultural for living in an expensive house or having an expensive vehicle. Anyway, everything is relational when we deal with people.
I agree. Bulgaria is part of the EU and they'll hopefully improve their standards. Visiting one of this year's "European Capital of Culture" Plovdiv gave me some hope. It was my 2nd time in Sofia. There the first thing to notice after arrival is usually the attitude of taxi drivers - this didn't improve much since my first visit over 10 years ago. It's a bit tricky being recognized as a tourist so they kinda harm their tourism development by not getting recommended enough. I should revisit Romania sometime if they improved and became more welcoming
Ha 🤗, was on my way from Istanbul - Plovdiv to Sofia and went to Skopje and all the way back up North to Poland / Germany on land. My 2nd time in Sofia after 2007 so wanted to see what has changed. Pretty cool trip
Beautiful city! One of the most underrated cities ever!
I definitely agree 👍
Beautiful? Disagree
@@oscarwolf2758 Some parts are really nice. Obviously, like any other major capital city, it has its bad parts, ugly parts, under developed areas and its fair share of problems. But there's no denying that Sofia has really come on a lot in the last 15 years since they joined the EU. It used to be really bad and run down before! And the main train station really was a disgrace! Yet considering Bulgaria is one of the poorest countries in the EU, I don't think it's too bad at all.
Absolutely agree
@@linndrumfan1959 It's actually the poorest one in EU
God Bless Bulgaria!
Thanks fellow walker. A place I've never been to, so it's especially interesting to me, watched all the way through.
You should visit !
It's definitely an underrated city.
Wonderful Sofia! Greetings from Belém do Pará, Brazil!
Great walk. I love the cold steel and glass market. I can almost smell the food. Would love to get to Sophia sometime and the rest of Bulgaria. Thanks so much for this little taste of such a cool country. - Henry
Thanks Henry. I did another walk in Plovdiv the day before which was good. Bulgaria is a country with a population of 7 million. Varna and Burgas are known to be some budget-friendly vacation spots on the black sea still popular with Russian tourists. Elsewhere the tourism didn't develop and can't really recommend *only* going to Bulgaria or Sofia. I went from Istanbul to Plovdiv by bus, then Sofia, Skopje (North-Macedonia) and Serbia etc..
POPtravel thanks for the great info. I will file that away for later.-H
@@poptravelorg elsewhere in Bulgaria tourism clearly developed. Only someone with limited knowledge and research abilities would claim this. Bulgaria is one of richest countries in Europe in terms of history and historical artifacts as well as nature and biodiversity. We have 11 Unesco sites. These are all over the country. Most tourists choose to go to Sofia or a few of the bigger cities, which everybody will tell you do not represent Bulgaria. Very few foreigners visit our medieval capitals or historical towns like Koprvishtitsa, Triavna....do not know that Bulgatia has mineral springs, mountains etc. .it is not for the lack of tourism, which is quite well developed. all of these places have decent hotels, tour guides, etc. Most tourists just take a cheap Ryan Air flight, go to Sofia or maybe Plovdiv for one or two days and think they have seen Bulgaria and that there is nothing else to see. they often even miss the major tourist sites in these cities.
Thank you for walking. Amazing quality!
Люблю Болгарию 🇧🇬❤️🇧🇬❤️🇧🇬
You might, but your leader Putin keeps on destabilizing Bulgaria by poisoning Bulgarians such as the arm dealer Gebrev and promoting corruption in the political system.
@@gunitg1378 what can we do? He's doing exactly same things to Russians
Te ví otra vez corriendo. Te felicito por tu esfuerzo y trabajo!
Gran video Sofía la Capital de Bulgaria!...👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬
Ooh, it`s a beautiful city!
Beautiful city... can't wait to visit this summer ❤
I loved the combination of styles at minute 3, and that theatre was amazing too! Thanks!
Thanks. I made another (longer) walk in Sofia via side streets and through several parks which show a bit the less touristy and quieter side of Sofia. It's coming later being also less interesting
@@poptravelorg did you upload this second walk in Sofia somewhere? I used to live there so it's interesting to me to see more of it...
Thanks for the nice video. Sofia's indeed a place with a great potential but needs a renovation.
The area where the Theatre is, is the best part in the city. Lots of trees, and people walking. There's a place to vibe in.
Sofia piena di verde un bel ambito paesano👍👍👍
A typical European architectural building design, which is beautifully old, with almost the same signature.
What on earth are you talking about? Bulgarian architecture is not “typical European”. Do you know what typical means?
This is typical on the Balkans, but the rest of Europe is totally different.
Very nice city and all attractions are here to see. It was very wonderfull experiance to be here just for few days. Good video! 👍
My lovely Sofia :)
Capital of tatars
@@e.v.5456 stfu
Next time take a walk in Plovdiv, its also very beatifull city.
Yes, I was positively surprised by Plovdiv as it was my first stop coming from Istanbul. A video is coming soon
@Aleks Kevyn I am so happy that Plovdiv impress you. Yes , you are rigth Plovdiv is very ancient city with many churches,and many others intersting things to do.
@Aleks Kevyn To be fair, Sofia is a lot better than it used to be. Joining the EU has helped the city get many improvements in the last 15 years or so. Obviously there's still lots to be done but it will be a work in progress. But yes, you're right, Sofia is never going to complete with the bigger and richer capital cities of Europe.
I also agree about Plovdiv. A nice city, albeit obviously smaller, but is definitely worth a visit or two.
I was in plovdiv once and it was amazing
@@pixiethecanary7666 I have been to Plovdiv 3 times now. Definitely overlooked by a lot of people I find.
Beautiful Church
Nice video, thanks for sharing!
Catholic church form 13:50 to 14:10. Behind you when you're looking at the church is an Antique book store (Антикварна Книжарница) with a number of books on Bulgarian culture, folk dance and folk songs.
The inside of St. Alexander Nevski Cathedral is as beautiful as the outside, even though it was built in the 20th century it has a real 2nd Bulgarian Empire feel to it.
I visited Sofia in 2018. There are few lazy things there, but generally the city was okay, even I liked better Plovdiv. This is still not a touristy city, but have few interesting historical places, really old churches etc. The byzantine influence obvious, as the ottoman too....I liked that the streets was full with bulgarians, and not needed to search too long for a native (as in all around Western Europe).... Sofia worth to visit once in a life!
Привіт з України✩ болгари дійсно поважають свою столицю та її історію!!♡♡ РЕСПЕКТ★ нам би так...
О, привіт)) Так, Болгари дуже добре знають свою історію. Я теж вважаю, що нам є чому вчитись у Болгар)))
Huge respect to our Ukrainian brothers for their bravery against the russian occupants!
Да ну, в Украине прекраснейший Киев)
@@gunitg1378 why you speak about politic?
He just say about city!
Comments it is bad place for politic discussion!
Благодаря от сърце, не видях в канала ви видео за Тбилиси, столицата на Грузия. Много ще е хубаво ако направите.
My city !
Daniel, I really enjoyed your walk through Sofia. Thank you for another great filming. Unlike Germany, with so many clocks everywhere, I saw none here.
Interesting observation. There are some clocks in parks and at buildings yet many of the clocks that I saw in Sofia weren't working properly
I nearly rest my case.
This is because in Bulgaria we are not worry too much about time like in Germany. Seeing so many clocks must be a constant remind that our days to live are numbered 😀
@@poptravelorg ha! It's funny, but most foreigners say Bulgarians have their own time 🤣
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Thanks.
woow bella bulgaria i confused it with russia greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽🇧🇬
Well, I never been to Sofia. From this footage,I don't get why lots of Western European hates this city. Anyway, thanks a lot for your walk mate.
Thank you! The city itself is good to look at yet as a tourist you may get some challenges starting with taxi drivers... It's also a bit out of the way though when in the area it's good to check out. There is a direct train connection from Istanbul. I first took the bus from Istanbul to Plovdiv and then to Sofia which was convenient. I always enjoy my time in Bulgaria
@@poptravelorg Thanks, I'd likely to try to visit this city perhaps next year.
I'll post some Sofia walk around the back streets sometime in a few weeks. There is less to see yet gives a less touristy picture. You may decide then better if it's worth checking out. The Balkans for me were a good summer adventure: Istanbul - Plovdiv - Sofia - Skopje - Niš - Guča (trumpet festival) - Belgrade - Novi Sad - Budapest...
@@poptravelorg taxi drivers are bad everywhere. Western European do not know anything about Bulgaria or where it is on the map, but feel entitled to have a prejudiced based on all the media propaganda they are fed about Eastern Europe and Bulgaria in particular, which.is always negative. Then they come to Bulgaria and are surprised that Bulgarians do not live in the trees...
The Romanian church is on the left at 11:45 thru 12:12.
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but it’s SOOOO NICE
dope.
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My city.
супер
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0:51 INDONESIA 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩
Pirotska Street is from 12:20 to 13:25.
I have a question and I mean this in the best way possible? Is Sofia and also Bulgaria under-populated? I went to Sofia a few years ago (also to Plovdiy, I love Plovdiv) but it felt a lot less 'crowded' than other European capitals.
Bulgaria has a declining population. Young educated people often find jobs in Western Europe and live their lives there. Wikipedia has some stats: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Bulgaria
@@poptravelorg thanks for the reply. I was wondering that when I was there.
Pity that after the bombing in WW2 many buildings with historical meaning were completely destroyed, most of them in the central part. Basically all these government buildings with soviet architecture are built by the communists after the war. Ive seen old pictures of Sofia, it is completely different view of the center...
The same happened in Bucharest but not due to war but mostly due to communist systematizations(demolishing many old buildings and replacing them with soviet ones) and also due to the devastating earthquake from 77. I visited Sofia as well and to be honest it reminded me a bit of our capital in the center. However I have to admit Plovdiv is nicer.
Entrance to the city subway at 15:45 on the right.
Nice but it would be better with some explanations in order to better understand what you're filming ;-)
Sofia was founded 7000 years ago and is the oldest capital in Europe. Rome was created in 753 BC, and Sofia - 5000 years BC or 7000 years ago.
Sofia is the seventh capital of Bulgaria. The first Bulgarian capital is the capital of Old Great Bulgaria - the city of Fanagoria in Russia, the second capital - Pliska, the third capital - Preslav, the fourth capital Skopje - the capital of modern Macedonia, the fifth capital - the city of Ohrid in modern Macedonia, the sixth capital is Veliko Tarnovo and the seventh capital of Bulgaria is Sofia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Great_Bulgaria
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phanagoria
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliska
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliki_Preslav
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohrid
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliko_Tarnovo
Sure, next thing you're gonna tell me is that the Bulgarians are the oldest ethnicity on the planet, right?
@@flagflow1232 You're right! The ancestors of the Bulgarians, the Thracians certainly created the first civilization in Europe and according to some historians the oldest civilization in the world.
The oldest gold treasure in the world is discovered in Bulgaria. The oldest cities in Europe and some of the oldest cities in the world are located in Bulgaria.
DISCOVER BULGARIA The Mystery of The Thracians
ruclips.net/video/QgAROA7ckkk/видео.html
BULGARIA THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION
ruclips.net/video/u9UhAjTQ9es/видео.html
The First Civilization in Europe and the Oldest Gold in the World - Varna, Bulgaria
ruclips.net/video/pk9YMY-Fldc/видео.html
The Bulgarian city of Plovdiv is the oldest city in Europe and one of the oldest cities in the world.
ruclips.net/video/4o5wrLaMNlk/видео.html
StarS shut up and stop embarrassing normal Bulgarians with your nationalistic bullshit. No one is buying this propaganda!!
@@iusemathinreallife Ignorance is the greatest evil on earth. Read, inform yourself and stop being ignorant and part of the greatest evil.
StarS Осъзнай се малко човек 😂 стига си ни излагал, само вредиш на България...
I liked some of the buildings but overall the city is pretty run down and looks quite depressing.
God belaae buligrea
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What a beautiful city. It's too bad Bulgaria was never part of Yugoslavia. It could have been a huge country, and the culture is really similar, we are all South Slavs :)
you took huge parts of Bulgaria, so enough.
@@RositsaPetrovarjp7 But you agree we are south slavs? It would have been better for all of us to unite in one country.
@@nikolasirovica3250 no unification given what you have done to us. You consider us Tatars, gypsies, basically the scum of the Earth. You claim our history. Tito was an abomination. His crimes should be known. Yugoslavia was a disasterous project of Greater Serbia that still lives on.
@@nikolasirovica3250 You seem to be a very friendly person and I'd like to be around people like you Nikoka. Sadly, most serbs and north macedonians don't think like you. Tito's regime did a massive brainwash campaign in the Macedonia region with anti-bulgarian propaganda. We will also never forget the stab in the back that led to the second balkan war after you secretly signed a treaty with Greece to not let Macedonia be part of Bulgaria even though macedonians are mostly ethnicly bulgarians. Not only to mention that you sided with our common historic enemy just because it was too much to ask to leave Macedonia remain a region of Bulgaria.
@@antonyapostolov8252 We all have our historical grievances. I still think Bulgarians are south slavs and that Yugoslavia should have included you guys in it, it would have been a cool country.
nice video but a bigoted and narrow-minded presenter, with even more racist commenters on this channel. I am glad that CV has given us a break from such people.
Am gasit ceva interesant la 11:55
I'm disappointed that you didn't go to Vitosha street :/
After that walk I filmed some area around the parks and side streets: ruclips.net/video/erZ_mObNqTE/видео.html - the nicest scene there was some dance around minute 57) I'll see when I return to film some more around NDK though it may take a while until I'm in the area again
@@poptravelorg Wow! thank you for sharing! I was in Sofia in 2016 and had an intership there. You took me back those good old days again. Thank you very much :)
My dear, how the heck you forgot to film NDK and Vithosha boulevard, to me the most interesting places in Sofia? To be that close to them and not film it is like you have never even been to Sofia. Also, visiting all the countries in the "block" but not visiting Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina, I can definitely tell you that you missed a ton of great content.
There is another Sofia walk that I recorded just after the video here: ruclips.net/video/erZ_mObNqTE/видео.html
I didn't post it yet as it looks less interesting and there wasn't anything happening at NDK at the time. My visits to Sofia always have been short. Back in August 2019 I was on a trip from Istanbul to Germany and really wanted to check out Guča in Serbia for the trumpet festival, which was great to see once. As you may be aware there are hardly routes served from Serbia into the direction of Kosovo etc..
I've surely been to all the other places you mentioned: Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina - though earlier than 2019 when I recorded videos. I still have plenty of these left to post as I recorded 250 walks that year... Surely when the situation gets more normal again I'll revisit them and may record some walks. Kotor and Budva are among my favourite summer locations and surely Croatia with Split and Dubrovnic should be good to revisit with fewer tourists. I also have good memories to Sarajevo and Mostar. We'll see when such trip happens again. Thanks for watching!
Sofia seems to have a much smaller floating population than Barcelona.
For sure Sofia is way smaller than Barcelona. Many people, especially youth, try to find jobs elsewhere in Europe. Few tourists go to Sofia as Bulgarian tourism revolves more around the black sea cities of Varna and Burgas. I corrected the population of Sofia to 1.2 Million which still seems larger than what I experienced on the streets in this Sunday
POPtravel The population of Sofia is 1.2 million according to Wikipedia but it’s more like around 2 million people. Also the city looks emptier because of two simple reasons - it’s summer and most people are travelling , it’s Sunday also so much less people are working, usually many people just stay home on Sundays or travel somewhere as I’ve mentioned. If anything Sofia is overpopulated and that’s one of the biggest issues in the city and Bulgaria in general. It has absolutely nothing to do with the demographic crisis which is reality but not in the big cities. People in Bulgaria travel a lot during weekends
All of these comments just show that we still have a shitty rep, especially to people who have never visited. Sofia is touristy - visited by ~ 1.5 million (2017 data) foreign tourists mostly from Italy, UK, Greece, Germany, Israel and USA. Sofia gets empty during the summer as both locals and foreign tourists spend time at the seaside resorts. Sofia is well above the 1.2 million mark, closer to 2 million. Standard of living (PPP) within the city limits exceeds the EU average and is way above the country's average. That doesn't mean you should fall in love with Sofia or find it beautiful. I'm just correcting some of the misconceptions given and bringing up numbers. FWIW, if you search for Plovdiv (2nd largest city in BG) on RUclips maybe you find it more appealing and beautiful. I personally think Sofia is a very vibrant and interesting city (though rough on the edges)r, but Bulgaria is the oldest country in Europe - it has a lot more to offer than just a capital city.
@@poptravelorg no, the population of Sofia is close to 2 million. these statistics are wrong. Sofia is not way smaller than Barcelona
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23:19 gotcha
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Overall, Sofia didn't like it very much. It's nice, cozy, picturesque, there are beautiful buildings. But Sofia does not give the impression of a capital. Everything is somehow provincial there: the chaotic development of the city center, there are no architectural ensembles, the massive buildings of the times of the country's dependence on the Soviet bloc do not fit into the general style.
The soviet buildings did not fit because they are built later in place of the destroyed areas.Sofia was bombed very hard in the world war..
Sorry aber Sofia gefällt mir nicht Varner oder Burgas gefällt mir besser 🤷♀️
5:05 americans!
والله انا ماشفت ( رايت ) بلد فى العالم الا وهى انظف منا ( احنا مش شاطرين الا فى قلة الضمير وقلة الادب )
It is obvious that Sofia is nearly a 3rd world ex-soviet city and that higher culture is not so common there although they have a lot of book shops and university. I was there 3 times .Service in private businesses is usually rude (even a specific wizz air worker was rude and this is unfamiliar to me)and many people seem gloomy. Some people disobey the law (See the smoking in public places , including restaurants.See how people park on pavements . Even a policeman was seen smoking inside his room in the airport )and violance is not rare. You can even see in this video how some streets are somewhat dirty and I can testify that even the sidewalk near the high court was broken. Anyway, I will be back for shopping, for cheap & good hotels and for its owsome nature landscape - even inside the city . I already know some nice businesses in which the clients are welcomed as if they were in the Arab world. I really enjoyed a long walking in the eastern outskirts , encountering lovely strawberry trees in many private yards on June. Sorry, no generalization can be found in the above text.
You haven't seen other parts of Europe then... Valencia, Rome, Athens, Bucharest, Barcelona, not to mention LONDON... these capitals are all as dirty or even more dirty than Sofia... and there are rude people everywhere, and violence everywhere you go. I have seen way more violence in Athens than in Sofia. Also, from this footage, Sofia does not look dirty at all. What is "Higher Culture" mean to you? Higher culture requires money, and if you ask me Culture should not be defined by how golden your spoons are.
Nobody said that Sofia is among Europe's worst cities. If I compare it to Warsaw/Wroclaw/Budapest/Rome which I visited many times than I can see a problem. It is even better for me than many west European cities which became "multicultural". I even do not visit Greek or Bucharest for some reasons. Culture is defined by people's manners and behavior . Nobody becomes cultural for living in an expensive house or having an expensive vehicle. Anyway, everything is relational when we deal with people.
I agree. Bulgaria is part of the EU and they'll hopefully improve their standards. Visiting one of this year's "European Capital of Culture" Plovdiv gave me some hope. It was my 2nd time in Sofia. There the first thing to notice after arrival is usually the attitude of taxi drivers - this didn't improve much since my first visit over 10 years ago. It's a bit tricky being recognized as a tourist so they kinda harm their tourism development by not getting recommended enough. I should revisit Romania sometime if they improved and became more welcoming
@@poptravelorg Romania is worse in regards to attitude of Taxi Drivers (Drivers in general) and in service providers.
Romanian cities are loaded with gypsies , gamblers and indigenous thieves. Bucharest too. That is the rumour. I even heared it from a romanian worker.
What are you doing there? Even the bulgarians won't be there
Ha 🤗, was on my way from Istanbul - Plovdiv to Sofia and went to Skopje and all the way back up North to Poland / Germany on land. My 2nd time in Sofia after 2007 so wanted to see what has changed. Pretty cool trip
Веднага разбрах че коментара е от българин и без да чета името. Винаги сте такива за всичко българско.. Смешник!