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September 1, 2011
Boyana Church (Unesco World Heritage Site)
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Boyana Church & National Museum of History

Two of the must-sees in Sofia that are not part of Free Sofia Tour because they are in the suburbs of the city – Boyana Church and the National Museum of History The only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sofia and one of the largest history museums on the Balkans. The Boyana Church and the National Museum of History. Together with some hiking in the mountains they make a perfect half-day or day trip outside of the city center. If you get to one of the places, the other is 15 minutes walking distance. But how to get to Boyana Church and the National Museum of History? By BUS  National Museum of History Last stop of trolleybus 2 and the museum is just across the ring road. You can get the trolleybus at the Sofia University. Also, you can use bus 63 from bul. Tsar Boris III and bul. Akad. Ivan Evstatiev Geshov. Boyana Church First, you have to take bus 9TM from the National Palace of Culture and get of at the last stop […]
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September 1, 2011
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Museum of Socialist Art in Sofia

19/11/2011: The museum was recently opened. Check out the Museum of Socialist art here. ARCHIVED ARTICLE: 01/09/2011: Read more about the museum of socialist art that is going to be open very soon in Sofia: Bulgaria opening museum of socialist art by Veselin Toshkov@AP Also in the most recent issue of Vagabond: Cultured minister You can also see some of the future exhibits of the museum that used to be part of our tour and read about them in our blog. Actually, some of them were moved as we were about to show them to our guests during one of our morning tours.
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August 31, 2011
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BG ambassador to the US visited Free Sofia Tour on her birthday

Можете да прочетете тази статия на български език в Actualno.com. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Bulgaria to the United States of America – Her Excellency Elena Poptodorova – paid a visit to the Free Sofia Tour today. Her Excellency joined the tour in the middle of it when the guests were in front of Bulgarian National Bank. She joined a group of 19 visitors from seven different countries, including USA, UK, Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Italy and Bulgaria. Since there were some friends of Ambassador Poptodorova among the group, we were quick to find out that she was born on the exact same day. Therefore the whole group of Free Sofia Tour’s guests sang “Happy Birthday” in her honour. Free Sofia Tour organizers would like to express their gratitude that Ambassador Poptodorova found time to join them on this special date for her. Ambassador Poptodorova listened carefully the stories of the Sofia free tour at the next couple of stops, including the presentation of one of the most cherished Bulgarian […]
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August 31, 2011
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Научи българската история за три дни

По случай честването на Съединението на България, НЧ Бъдеще сега 2006 с методическата подкрепа на Фондация „Професор доктор Георги Лозанов и професор доктор Евелина Гатева“, заедно с Free Sofia Tour организират първия сугестопедичен курс по българска история. English summary: Learn Bulgarian history in… 3 days. NC Future now 2006, supported by Dr. Georgi Lozanov and Prof. Dr. Evelina Gateva Foundation, organizes suggestopedia course, to teach Bulgarian history from antiquity to modern days in… three days. Part of the course would be a visit to the Free Sofia Tour. Потопете се в приказката наречена българска история и преживейте миналото ни по един магически начин. Всички участници ще бъдат предварително запознати с методите на работа, които ще им позволят да научат историята на България от основаването на държавата ни до демократичните промени в рамките на три незабравими учебни дни. Информация и записване: Записвания се приемат до 2 септември 2011 г. – 22.00 часа българско време на електронна поща: home@gudevica.org. След записване всички участници получават предварителните тестове и детайлна информация за програмата на курса. Начало […]
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August 31, 2011
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Interview with Niki

Прочетете интервюто във в. “Дума” с Ники от екипа на Free Sofia Tour. (English: Free Sofia Tour’s Niki was interviewed for the weekend edition of Duma daily, only in Bulgarian, see highlights in English from the article “If young people are successful in Bulgaria, they can also be successful abroad”). Highlights in English: Niki: “What brings our team together is the idea to present our history, culture and traditions in a real way. We want people to see the things the way they are.” Niki: “We want to present the information in an interesting way so that people could feel as part of the city.” Niki: “We wouldn’t hide anything. We would show every aspect of the city, sometimes even what is negative for us is considered ‘exotic’ and ‘interesting’.” Niki: “When something should be done and it’s for the benefit of everyone, despite the difficulties, things happen.” Niki: “I am convinced that young people have a future in Bulgaria. However, the truth is that nothing is done to stimulate young people to stay […]
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August 30, 2011
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Interview with Peter & Kristian

Прочетете интервюто във в. “Пари” с Петър и Кристиан от екипа на Free Sofia Tour. (English: Free Sofia Tour’s Peter & Kristian were interviewed for Pari daily, only in Bulgarian, see highlights from the article “Showing friends around” below). Highlights in English: Peter realized the importance of the Free Sofia Tour when people started telling him: “We read that there’s no reason to visit Sofia but actually it’s one of the nicest places we have visited.” Peter: “It’s a lot of fun, it’s not just a tour around Sofia.” Peter: “The only continent we haven’t had guests from is Antarctica – we expect a penguin to tag along very soon” Peter: “Other places like Budapest, Berlin and Prague use their socialist symbols as a tourist attraction. They are also a part of our history – dark but valuable. Instead, we have almost deleted 50 years of our history.” Peter: “We aim to show not only the clean, the beautiful and the shiny stuff in our city but also other things connected […]
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August 29, 2011
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Sofia is so much better!

Among my group that day in mid April I had two lively girls from Austria doing a Balkan trip. They came from Serbia and after Sofia they were planning to go through Istanbul to Kapadokia, where apart from historical adventure they wanted to do ballooning! Their final destination was Athens and the Greek islands. Nothing could escape from those two girls’ notice – they just saw everything, asked about everything and commented on everything – from cultural to religious to political matters. From the very first minute. Someone had recently died in a car crash close to our first crossing on the way to the church Sveta Nedelya. So – as the tradition in Bulgaria demands – there was an obituary on one of the trees (a memorial with a picture of the person who has passed away) with some flowers. “Welcome to Sofia” – one of the girls said, after I explained what’s this all about. Still, both girls admitted that people actually drive more carefully in Sofia than […]
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August 24, 2011
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Hitchhiking to Sofia

– “So, where do you go next?” – “Oh, we don’t know yet… it’s a destination anywhere.” – “And how did you decide to come to Sofia?” – “We didn’t really decide that. It’s complicated.” – “You took a blind booking?” – “Not quite. It’s a long story…” It’s not on purpose that I constantly write about how our guests decided to come to Sofia. I just happen to meet people with curious travel planning. End of December I had some guests from Cologne, Germany, who chose the “blind booking” option and Germanwings sent them to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Sofia. This is a similar story. A brother and sister from Hamburg, Germany (forget about all your prejudices – those Germans are sometimes much more spontaneous and unpredictable than you can imagine), decided to travel somewhere around Europe. But they wanted to leave the exact destination to destiny. So they packed their things, went to the highway and stretched their thumbs. The first driver that stopped was a Bulgarian, who had […]
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August 23, 2011
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Venezuelans about Sofia

Beginning of April I had a group of two ladies from Venezuela. The younger one lived in Sofia for almost two years, working as a Spanish teacher of very young children. She and her husband have visited many places across Bulgaria, but somehow she felt she didn’t know enough about the capital and its history. Her mum was visiting them, so they joined the tour together. The tour started with a passionate discussion about Geo Milev. It turned out that the younger lady knew his daughter – the children’s writer Leda Mileva. Geo Milev was a Bulgarian writer and poet, the main representative of expressionism in Bulgarian literature. His most famous poem “September”, published a year before the Sveta Nedelya Church assault (visit our tour to learn more), was one of the reasons for his murder in the reprisals after the terrorist act. At that time he just disappeared and the truth about his brutal death was only found out 30 years later. So, Communism became the main topic of discussion […]
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