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Sofia Aesthetic

A boldly coloured peacock mural painted on the side of a building in Sofia Bulgaria.
Sofia Aesthetic - Travel Moodboard pin for Sofia Bulgaria. A collage of photos on an off-white background. Paint is splattered in brown and green on either side of the collage. Main picture is top right of centre, framed like a polaroid. Picture is of a street corner and cobbled sidewalk in Sofia, Bulgaria. Directly in front of the camera is the sidewalk with grey pigeons everywhere, including some flying into the air. A red poll houses a phone box with glass sides. A woman in the left side of the picture is crossing the street. Across the street, a man pushes a yellow cart in front of a rustic orangey-pink building. The building is corner shaped with a rounded front and a third story wrap around balcony. Air conditioning units hang out of all the white second story windows along the street. Cars line the street below. The white bottom of the polaroid reads "Sofia" in all capital handwritten text. Top Left beside the polaroid, a graphic of a black vintage 3 light street lamp with red paint splattered on it. Below the street lamp a strip of two photos in white bordered frames. Top photo is a boldly coloured peacock mural painted on the side of a building. Below it is a cute blocky house, painted in a cartoonish landscape with grassy rolling hills, blues sky, kites, and a boy playing in the grass. The trim around the top of the house is a bright yellow. Cars line the street in front of this muralled house. Beside these photos - and under the Sofia polaroid, a picture of the Palace of National Culture in Sofia Bulgaria. It is a huge round brutalist building with sharp bevels around it. In the front is a round emblem. The building is far from the camera, and a blocked walkway stretches out between the two. Trees are scattered along the walkway and it is lined with street lamps. It is early morning, and slightly misty. In front of this photo, is a graphic of a red retro car.
Sofia Bulgaria

Historical Buildings in Sofia Centre

Picture is of a street corner and cobbled sidewalk in Sofia, Bulgaria. Directly in front of the camera is the sidewalk with grey pigeons everywhere, including some flying into the air. A red poll houses a phone box with glass sides. A woman in the left side of the picture is crossing the street. Across the street, a man pushes a yellow cart in front of a rustic orangey-pink building. The building is corner shaped with a rounded front and a third story wrap around balcony. Air conditioning units hang out of all the white second story windows along the street. Cars line the street below.
Sofia, Bulgaria – City Centre
Vitosha Boulevard, Sofia Bulgaria. A pedestrian street in Sofia centre. It is morning and only a few people are out. The street is orange and red bricks. The street is lined with naked winter trees. Tall buildings follow each side as far as you can see. The sun shines on the top half of the buildings on the right side. The sky is pale blue, with a few fluffy white clouds.
Early morning on Vitosha Boulevard – Sofia, Bulgaria
A little girl stands on a tiled deck and holds onto an abstract geometric iron railing as she looks out over the city of Sofia, Bulgaria. It is slightly foggy in the morning. The girl's short dark hair glows reddish in the sun.She is wearing a dark dress with dark leggings and little fringed suede boots.
A view from a hotel in Sofia, Bulgaria
A view from the same hotel balcony as the last photo. A large red "Hotel" sign frames the right side of the photo, backwards to camera. Across the street, snow dots some of the rooftops of Sofia, Bulgaria. An interesting mix of tall, slightly rundown buildings. The city is foggy and grey.
A view from the same hotel balcony – Sofia, Bulgaria

Eastern European Chic

Part of the Bulgarian aesthetic. A retro grey, or powder blue, car with round head lamps and a missing grill peeks out of a falling down garage in Sofia, Bulgaria. One yellow light still hangs above the right side of the garage, the other one is hanging off by a wire. Above the garage, 4 plant pots sit on the roof with dead plants in them. Debris from boards, bricks, and misc other things is piled in the garage beside the car, and scattered outside on the driveway. A plant sits atop an old barrel in the foreground. Behind it, and beside the garage, a white canopy awning shelters another pile of rubble and a large dark blue tarp.
A rustic garage in Sofia, Bulgaria
A vintage newsstand in a park at night in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is an oval shaped brown kiosk building, with the front window rolled shut. It is covered in graffiti and a few ripped notices. It sits on a sidewalk of octagonal cobblestones. In the park behind, green Christmas lights off camera light up the trees. A single streetlamp glows across the walkway from the news stand.
A closed up news stand in the City Garden – Sofia, Bulgaria
A typical Soviet style apartment block in Sofia Bulgaria. It is a rectangular grey building with simple windows. The first level along the sidewalk, is covered in graffiti. Two people walk along the sidewalk. The opposite side of the street is lined with trees and cars - left side of the photo.
A typical apartment block in Sofia

Sofia Bulgaria Street Art Scene

A boldly coloured peacock mural painted on the side of a building in Sofia Bulgaria.
Amazing!
A cute blocky house in Sofia, Bulgaria, painted in a cartoonish landscape with grassy rolling hills, blues sky, kites, and a boy playing in the grass. The trim around the top of the house is a bright yellow. Cars line the street in front of this muralled house.
A photo in Sofia City Centre taken from a sidewalk corner. Across the cobbled street is a beige building with simple windows and peeling plaster. The first floor is grey cinder block. In a boarded up section of window, someone has painted a black background and two oval black and white portraits of 19th century men in suits and bow ties.

National Palace of Culture

A picture of the Palace of National Culture in Sofia Bulgaria. It is a huge round brutalist building with sharp bevels around it. In the front is a round emblem. The building is far from the camera, and a paving stone walkway stretches out between the two. Trees are scattered along the walkway and it is lined with street lamps. It is early morning, and slightly misty. The sky is pale blue. The few fluffy clouds glow orange, yellow, and taupe in the sunrise.
National Palace of Culture – Sofia Bulgaria
A closer picture of the Palace of National Culture in Sofia Bulgaria from the side. It is a huge round or octagonal brutalist building with sharp bevels around it. In the front is a round emblem. The sidewalk out front is a wide stretch of paving stones with streetlights down the left side. Lumps of snow are scattered in random places. The grass is still green underneath. A woman walks her dog and a man pushes a stroller towards the building.
National Palace of Culture – Sofia Bulgaria
A little girl in a pink coat and boots, stands in a puddle on a sidewalk in Sofia. Rings ripple out around her in the puddle. She is looking ahead to two pigeons a few feet away, also in the puddle. A nearby tree casts a perfect reflection in the water. In the background, trees line the edge of the park and behind that are tall Bulgarian apartment buildings.
Grounds in front of National Palace of Culture – Sofia Bulgaria
A path winds through a pretty park in Sofia, Bulgaria. The park is enclosed by trees and inside is an ecclectic mix of shrubs, grass, rocks and boulders, and a few tall trees. Two vintage looking black street lamps sit beside the path.
Park in front of National Palace of Culture – Sofia Bulgaria

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia Bulgaria. A huge white stone building with multiple green copper coloured domes. The tallest dome is gold, as is the shortest one, which sits over a side door.
Side view of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral “The Nevsky” – Sofia, Bulgaria
Looking straight up under a corner of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia Bulgaria. Sharp angles in stone with filigree patterns rise a few stories high into the blue sky. In the corner of two walls, green pipes snake down the edge of the building.
A corner of the Nevsky

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