Sights in Town Sofia

On May 21, 2017 the Culture Directorate of Sofia Municipality, Bulgarian Art and Folklore Center "Nestya" and "Future for the Talents of Bulgaria" organize a Festival of Fire-dancing in Sofia.The feast is dedicated to May 21 - St. Constantine and Elena Day which is also a day of...

The Museum of History of Physics in Bulgaria to the Institute of Solid State Physics "Academic Nadjakov"has a purpose to investigate, collect, keep and popularise history of physics by exhibitions, reading room and depositories.A reading room and small exposition have arranged in the...

"Muzeyko" is an innovative museum and children's educational center in Sofia. Here are used new and modern ways of providing information to the children, that inspire them to learn while playing. The interactive exhibits make science modern and accessible and at the same time - interesting even for...

Aerodum Bulgaria is a new and unique attraction for the Balkans - a vertical wind tunnel. The attraction is suitable for every aged 5 to 75 years (and in range from 20 to 100 kg.).Here everyone has the opportunity to fly without an airplane, a parachute or other facilities, maintained only by the...

The Monument of the Bulgarian Tsar Samuil (997-1014) in Sofia was opened on June 8, 2015 on the occasion of the 1000 anniversary of the death of the great Bulgarian ruler. It is located in the center of the city, in the garden front of the basilica "St. Sofia". The statue was opened...

The Palace of Vrana (aka "Vranya") is a royal palace with park, located 11 km east of the center of Sofia. Here, in the past,  the royal family has spent most of their time. Before the liberation of Bulgaria Vrana was a farm of Osman Pasha. In 1898 Knyaz Ferdinand I bought it for 600 gold levs. The ...

Museum of the Ministry of Interior (in Bulgarian MVR) is located in a beautiful building in the center of Sofia city. It was built in 1912, designed by the famous Bulgarian architect Georgi Fingov and is a monument of culture. The museum preserves and presents the history of the Ministry of the ...

The Boyana Church (Boyanska tsarkva) is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church situated on the outskirts of Sofia in the quarter of Boyana. It is built in the late X-th or early XI-th century. The church is famous with its frescoes from 1259. They form a second layer over the paintings from earlier...

Alexander Nevski Cathedral in city of Sofia was built in 1912 in honour of the Russian and Ukrainian casualties of the 1877-78 War of Liberation from Ottoman Rule. It is one of the finest pieces of architecture in the Balkans. The cathedral has a gold-dome and icons, frescoes, murals and huge ...

"The Museum of the Socialist Art" (also called "Museum of the Totalitarian Art") in Sofia was opened on 19/09/2011. It is located in the metropolitan area between buildings Traffic Police (KAT) and the National Investigation Service. The museum is unique in the Europe and the...