Category: Sofia

Blink and you’ll miss it. Sofia

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Sofia can give you moments of color and beauty that only exist for brief moments here and there, and only to the people who go out and look. Get behind the wheel and none of that exists. Here are a few moments from my morning walk.

  1. A rose in Sofia Tech Park. Behind – a trace from the real-estate bubble. Not far is the cosplay party G-fest where colorful young people are doing whatever they’re doing. I don’t understand it but their outfits are pretty.

2. A semi-abandoned building near Bulgarian Academy of Science. My usual path doesn’t go there but a door was closed and locked with a padlock. I needed it to be open. So I had to walk around and saw it. These little puffy things? There were a million of them.

3. The beekeeper

Someone is producing honey near BAS. Not sure how that works in an urban area with a very high population density, but as you see from the photo, it happened. These things are hives.

Sofia has the tendency to turn into a jungle and does it here and there. I guess, the bees thrive in those islands wilderness.

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First day of school

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There are two true national holidays in Bulgaria when people actually celebrate and you can sense the spirit in the air. 15th of September and 24th of May. 15th of September is the first day of school, and 24th of May is the Bulgarian alphabet and literacy day.

Happy first day of school! I have a 1st grader this year who released one of these balloons, so a double holiday for our family.

Arena Mladost Cinema

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I saw a rumor published that Arena Mladost is going to open again. Decided to check if there’s any signs of construction around the cinema.

Unfortunately, it looks as if the Zombie Apocalypse happened a decade ago.

I’d say this building is unlikely to open as a cinema. It’s unfortunate because it was a favorite spot for our family before Covid. It has a nice location and a very promising plot of land. Not sure why nobody bought it yet. It could become a great event center for conferences, trainings and so on. Maybe just not a cinema.

Dancers in Sofia

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Young people use the reflection of the large glass windows to practice dancing.

I like how the new generation can make the environment their own in unusual ways.

This is the Largo area – The Cabinet with the large glass windows is on the left, The Parliament in the middle, and The Presidency to the right, with some roman ruins covered with glass domes in the middle.