Hi everybody, here’s my comprehensive video on Sofia, a historical city that I highly recommend you check out if you get a chance. I hope you will enjoy and wish you a blessed week ahead 🌺
It's around the 9th-10th centuries AD when Bulgaria was the literary and spiritual centre of Slavic Europe and it's lands stretched all the way north to modern Ukraine, all the way west to the Adriatic sea and all the way south to the Aegean.
It is extremely disrespectful and ignorant to call Bulgarian Orthodox Churches Russian churches. The Bulgarian Church is one of the oldest Orthodox Churches. In fact Bulgarian metropolitans were the first heads of Kievan Rus Church. We also gave the world Church Slavonic. You can read this on ANY website. We Bulgarians are tired of churches bring called Russian, our alphabet, created in Bulgarian, Russian, etc. I am extremely disappointed as this video seems nice overall. Banya Bashi Mosque is built on top of a Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The only Russian Orthodox Church is the Russian Church St. Nicholas. There is also a Romanian church. You show Saint Sophia Cathedral, that gave the name of Sofia and yes it is just old as the one in Istanbul, but didn't bother with it. Shame!
This is one of the best made tourist videos i've seen on my city. Kudos! I will allow myself a slight, but very interesting correction. The after liberation architecture of Sofia is heavily influenced by Viennese architects as the building of the national theatre was designed by the same austrian architects that did the Volkstheater in Vienna. The national mineral baths, behind the mosque were designed by the first generation of Bulgarian architects, who studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology. It is not roman architecture, but an attempt to further develop the tradional bulgarian one, which on its own is influenced by the byzantine architectural style, into a more modern 19th, early 20th century style. The central market building, which you visited was designed in the same wave of architecture. All in all, absolutely great video.
I was in Bulgaria over twenty years ago (time flies), Only changed the plane at the Sofia airport and landed in Varna. Hope you will have a video for Varna. Love the country and people. Thank you.
That’s really cool! You much have fond memories. I unfortunately did not make it there as I spent more time in the central part. There’s so much to see 👍😊
I am moving to Bulgaria in 2025. I just found your channel & subscribed. Will be giving you plenty of Hours Watched as I check out all your videos on Bulgaria.
Such a beautiful place. I must note the excellent visual presentation - well done! Did you meet interesting people during your stay? Again, congratulations, I truly enjoyed it! If you allow me - a minor correction: 16:44 The Monument of Eternal Flame commemorates the unknown soldiers of Bulgaria who have fallen defending their country.
Serdika is the name of Sofia since Thracian times. During Roman times the city was fortified and built following Roman architecture rules. It was well-known that where the Roman ruins were, some were unearthed long before the construction of the metro.
Thank you and wishing you great travels. It’s an awesome city! If you have some additional time, make sure to also visit some of the other cities in Bulgaria. There’s so much to see. Check out my videos for more 👍😊
Did you discover all these beautiful places in one day? The Banja Baschi Mosque attract my attention 😍! Thank you Janus for producing this enjoyable video and for showcasing so many diverse and unique places, like Bells monument and Snail House:) Can't wait for the next episode! Greetings from Indonesia 🇮🇩
Nice video. Some clarifications: only one of the churches shown is Russian, all others are Bulgarian. Orthodox churches in general is national not supranational a bit like the Anglican church. Serbian, Greek, Bulgarian, Russian churches are equal in status. The monument with the lion and eternal flame is dedicated to the Bulgarian soldiers fallen in the wars of national unification. The inscription is from a touching poem by Ivan Vazov on a Bulgarian-Serbian war in 1885. Nice touch about the parliament - our politicians are heartily despised almost to a man (woman)
Janus really enjoyed this one. So many choices to see, I would have to see the snail house and basement shops. Did you get a chance to do a service at the Mosque? I would have to ring all the bells at the UNICEF Monument …the US one sure was tiny. The sound of the large ones is amazing….have a great week..another hot one.
The monument of the unknown soldier is attached to a beautiful church that goes unnoticed a lot of the time - the Saint Sofia church, go check it out 😊
When was this video taken? I have been there several times in early May and mid September. This time of year looks beautiful. I truly hope I can get back to this beautiful city.
Hi, I found three factual errors in your depiction of Sofia monuments. Here they are: 1) The Church St Nedelya, as all other Bulgarian churches are Bulgarian orthodoxe, and not Russian orthodoxe; 2) The eternal flame monument with the lion next to Alexander Nevski cathedral is dedicated to the Unknown soldier, symbolizing all Bulgarian soldiers fallen in fight for Bulgaria during all wars Bulgaria participated in; 3) the king Liberator, whose statue is in front of the Patliament has this nickname bacause he abolished the slavery in Russia, not because he liberated Bulgaria in the war between Russia and the Otoman empire. Your sources have mislead you. Otherwise, thank you for the nice video
When we was kids we spend all day on Bells monument ringing every single bell, it was full of people. Many of the bells were dismantled sold or stolen over the years. Saint Sofia Statue is a complete mockery funeral rites we hate it....many of us voted to remove it and put something worthy of this holy place surrounded by all religions.
Als Du beim Snail House warst, war das nur ein Steinwurf von meiner Wohnung entfernt🙂 Falls Du wieder mal in BG bist, empfehle ich Dir Belogradchik zu besuchen. Lohnt sich auf jeden Fall
Many thanks for watching! Unfortunately, I don’t have a separate site to share any maps for now. I mainly produce these for my videos. It’s not ideal but maybe you could screenshot it?
Thanks for the excellent video Janus. I'm paying a solo visit soon before I start my new job and this has been really informative. Looking forward to the trip immensely.
South-Eastern Europe, or Southern Europe, although Bulgaria is in the East of Europe, culturally it is part of the Balkans, and has very little to do with the culture of Eastern European countries. Sofia is pronounced differently, btw. Thanks for the video!
Thanks so much. You could do the tour in a day if you start early in the morning. The distance is definitely walkable so it depends da on how much time you want to spend in each location 😊
@@januslog thank you for the reply, i plan on going to sofia with my girlfriend in the summer and we plan to this walk, we probably are going to skip some locations so we hope to be able to do it within a day!
Awesome footage! It's kinda hard to get decent angles in post-communist cities as there's usually a lot of rust, chipped paint, dilapidated buildings and run-down sidewalks, but you did a great job.
Forn Sofia: late November thru February is between -5 and +5 C on average, sometimes can get to -10 -15. March depends, some years can be cold other pretty warm. From April to mid June anything between 15 and 25, summers between 25 and 32, autumn between 10-20 and from ealey November drops down. It can fluctuate of course but on average is between these temperatures. Eastern Bulgaria and especially South Eastern parts (Upper Thrace valley) is generally warmer since it's surrounded by mountains which can block cold winds and air making it warmer and very hot during summers like 35 C and sometimes more. The hottest I ever experienced was 42 C
ouch, my ears! haha not! what a fabulous way to awaken curiosity. a dedicated complex for children from around the world. i wanna go now and not just play but engage in every bell's design. loved it! thank you so much for sharing.
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Hi everybody, here’s my comprehensive video on Sofia, a historical city that I highly recommend you check out if you get a chance. I hope you will enjoy and wish you a blessed week ahead 🌺
The St. Nedelya Church is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox temple... Christian Russia did not exist back then.
Thank you for the clarification 👍
Great video! Btw Sveta Nedelya is Bulgarian orthodox church, our Church is separate from the Russian and way older.
Thank you for clarifying 👍
It's around the 9th-10th centuries AD when Bulgaria was the literary and spiritual centre of Slavic Europe and it's lands stretched all the way north to modern Ukraine, all the way west to the Adriatic sea and all the way south to the Aegean.
It is extremely disrespectful and ignorant to call Bulgarian Orthodox Churches Russian churches. The Bulgarian Church is one of the oldest Orthodox Churches. In fact Bulgarian metropolitans were the first heads of Kievan Rus Church. We also gave the world Church Slavonic. You can read this on ANY website. We Bulgarians are tired of churches bring called Russian, our alphabet, created in Bulgarian, Russian, etc. I am extremely disappointed as this video seems nice overall. Banya Bashi Mosque is built on top of a Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The only Russian Orthodox Church is the Russian Church St. Nicholas. There is also a Romanian church. You show Saint Sophia Cathedral, that gave the name of Sofia and yes it is just old as the one in Istanbul, but didn't bother with it. Shame!
Thank you for watching for these clarifications. I did not mean any disrespect. Honest mistake on my part. Have a great day 👍
@@januslog Slavic women are harsh, but fair and objective! 😆
@@kosmicheskiprah ахахаха 😎🦁🇧🇬
Same falsehood different name ..
Hello Janus, I have never seen so much of this beautiful city of Sofia like you show on this wonderful tour. As usual, keep up with your great work.
Thank you very much Twii 🙏🌺
Lovely done👍.never been to Bulgaria.Should check in my next visit to Europe .
Thank you Dana. Yes, it’s somewhat underrated but one of the most fascinating places I’ve seen in Europe 👍
МОЯ ХУБАВА, КРАСИВА, ПРЕКРАСНА И ЛЮБИМА СОФИЯ! МНОГО МИ ЛИПСВА! ЩЕ СЕ ВЪРНА СЪВСЕМ СКОРО В МОЯТА ЛЮБИМА СОФИЯ! ЧАКАЙ МЕ!
This is one of the best made tourist videos i've seen on my city. Kudos! I will allow myself a slight, but very interesting correction. The after liberation architecture of Sofia is heavily influenced by Viennese architects as the building of the national theatre was designed by the same austrian architects that did the Volkstheater in Vienna. The national mineral baths, behind the mosque were designed by the first generation of Bulgarian architects, who studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology. It is not roman architecture, but an attempt to further develop the tradional bulgarian one, which on its own is influenced by the byzantine architectural style, into a more modern 19th, early 20th century style. The central market building, which you visited was designed in the same wave of architecture.
All in all, absolutely great video.
Thank you so much, I really appreciate 🙏. Thank you also for the additional info
You make really nice video(s) ! Excellent. I visited Sofia 2 weeks ago.
Thank you! I’m sure you’ve enjoyed 👍😊
LOL! "Rabbit with expired shooting license" stew! Looks yummy. Excellent video, my friend. Now, I know exactly where to go my first trip to Sofia.
Haha, that’s a great restaurant and the titles of the dishes were so funny! Wishing you a great trip!
I was in Bulgaria over twenty years ago (time flies), Only changed the plane at the Sofia airport and landed in Varna. Hope you will have a video for Varna. Love the country and people. Thank you.
That’s really cool! You much have fond memories. I unfortunately did not make it there as I spent more time in the central part. There’s so much to see 👍😊
I recently made a video about varna, it's such a beautiful city! 🙂
I am moving to Bulgaria in 2025. I just found your channel & subscribed. Will be giving you plenty of Hours Watched as I check out all your videos on Bulgaria.
Thanks so much
I’m glad you enjoyed and look forward to hearing what you think of my other videos 👍🌺
Thank you for this wonderful tour of Sofia!
Thank you for watching again 🙏
Such a beautiful place. I must note the excellent visual presentation - well done!
Did you meet interesting people during your stay? Again, congratulations, I truly enjoyed it!
If you allow me - a minor correction: 16:44 The Monument of Eternal Flame commemorates the unknown soldiers of Bulgaria who have fallen defending their country.
Thank you very much! Yes, I met quite a few locals on my trip and all were super nice and hospitable 👍😊
Serdika is the name of Sofia since Thracian times. During Roman times the city was fortified and built following Roman architecture rules. It was well-known that where the Roman ruins were, some were unearthed long before the construction of the metro.
Thank you for these clarifications, very useful 👍
Amazing video! I recorded there too in the summer! I'm glad this city gets more exposure because it's truly underrated! 🙂
Thank you for watching. I agree 👍
Thank you Sir for the great educational and at the same time fun time. Well done job.
Thank you very much Patrick 👍🌺
Congrats!! Awesome video. I am going to visit Sofia in November.
Thanks for the video. I have also subscribed to your channel!!
Thank you and wishing you great travels. It’s an awesome city! If you have some additional time, make sure to also visit some of the other cities in Bulgaria. There’s so much to see. Check out my videos for more 👍😊
Very nice video of Sofia. Thank you for sharing with us this interesting tour. 🥰👍💖
Thank you for watching again Larissa 🌺
Amazing video!
Thank you so much for sharing my city Sofia in such a beautiful way 🙂
Thank you for watching Nadia, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Did you discover all these beautiful places in one day? The Banja Baschi Mosque attract my attention 😍! Thank you Janus for producing this enjoyable video and for showcasing so many diverse and unique places, like Bells monument and Snail House:) Can't wait for the next episode! Greetings from Indonesia 🇮🇩
Hi Dina, I spent several days in Sofia. I think you can probably see all of these in three days if you’re not rushing it 👍😊
Informative & straight forward guide 👍
Thank you 🙏
Thanks for this. Hoping to visit next September. Given me more ideas a d like the chapters and map
Thank you
I’m glad you found the video useful. Safe travels 👍
Amazing city i am coming soon at winter ❤️❤️❤️bulgaria
That’s awesome, wishing you happy travels 👍
@@januslog thanks bro❤️❤️❤️
Nooo, not at Winter! The charm of the city is that it is very green. A lot of trees, grass, etc. Winter time is worst time to visit!
Fantastic video! Thank you very much for all the recommendations! ❤️❤️❤️
You are so welcome! I’m glad you found the video useful
Amazing video! thank you a lot!!!
Thank you 🙏
Glad you liked it!
Nice video. Some clarifications: only one of the churches shown is Russian, all others are Bulgarian. Orthodox churches in general is national not supranational a bit like the Anglican church. Serbian, Greek, Bulgarian, Russian churches are equal in status.
The monument with the lion and eternal flame is dedicated to the Bulgarian soldiers fallen in the wars of national unification. The inscription is from a touching poem by Ivan Vazov on a Bulgarian-Serbian war in 1885.
Nice touch about the parliament - our politicians are heartily despised almost to a man (woman)
Thank you for the clarification 👍
This was very useful for planning by visit to Sofia. Thanks Janus.
Awesome, I’m glad you found the video useful. Safe travels 👍
Very informative, now i have much detailed understanding of the city of Sophia and Bulgaria in general , keep posting sir
Thank you, I will 👍😊
Janus really enjoyed this one. So many choices to see, I would have to see the snail house and basement shops. Did you get a chance to do a service at the Mosque? I would have to ring all the bells at the UNICEF Monument …the US one sure was tiny. The sound of the large ones is amazing….have a great week..another hot one.
Thank you Liz, it’s a fascinating city to visit. I was able to pray there but unfortunately not during the official prayer times
@@januslog sorry to hear that..I know that means a lot to you. Going to be cooler this weekend…..
The monument of the unknown soldier is attached to a beautiful church that goes unnoticed a lot of the time - the Saint Sofia church, go check it out 😊
Yes, I should have added it to the video list 👍👍
When was this video taken? I have been there several times in early May and mid September. This time of year looks beautiful. I truly hope I can get back to this beautiful city.
Hi Steve, this was taken in August last year. Great weather but it was also super hot! 😊
A superb video. Your walking guide is great. I truly enjoy your videos. 👍🏻👍🏻
Many thanks for watching 🙏😊
Sofia'heart belongs to S. Paulo/Brazil. Everything is wonderful in my sweet Bulgária. Rain of kisses to Sofia, brst place to be
It’s beautiful city in a beautiful country 🌺
Hi Janus you have shown the best attractions of Bulgarian culture including the historical buildings as well.
Thank you for watching 🙏
Hi, I found three factual errors in your depiction of Sofia monuments. Here they are: 1) The Church St Nedelya, as all other Bulgarian churches are Bulgarian orthodoxe, and not Russian orthodoxe; 2) The eternal flame monument with the lion next to Alexander Nevski cathedral is dedicated to the Unknown soldier, symbolizing all Bulgarian soldiers fallen in fight for Bulgaria during all wars Bulgaria participated in; 3) the king Liberator, whose statue is in front of the Patliament has this nickname bacause he abolished the slavery in Russia, not because he liberated Bulgaria in the war between Russia and the Otoman empire. Your sources have mislead you. Otherwise, thank you for the nice video
Thank you for the corrections and additional info 👍
Kambanite, The Bells monument is definitely in Sofia, not outside. Bulgaria is in Southeastern Europe
True, I meant outside the city center. It’s a bit of a drive to get there. Many thanks for watching 👍😊
It's outside Okolovrystnoto, so technically it is outside Sofia.
Welcome to Bulgaria!
Thank you 🙏
Awesome! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for watching 👍😊
When we was kids we spend all day on Bells monument ringing every single bell, it was full of people. Many of the bells were dismantled sold or stolen over the years. Saint Sofia Statue is a complete mockery funeral rites we hate it....many of us voted to remove it and put something worthy of this holy place surrounded by all religions.
I loved the bells monument
What a cool idea and location
Informative & straight forward guide 👍
Thank you 😊
Als Du beim Snail House warst, war das nur ein Steinwurf von meiner Wohnung entfernt🙂 Falls Du wieder mal in BG bist, empfehle ich Dir Belogradchik zu besuchen. Lohnt sich auf jeden Fall
Great video, I did not know Sofia was such a beautifull city. I hope to visit it at some time. 😀
Thank you! It's indeed a fantastic city to visit, and still relatively affordable 👍
Bro have better videos and cuts for Sofia,Bulgaria than the national Televisions does or anyone else ....
Thank you so much!
Thanks a lot for a great quality video!
Thank you for watching 👍🌺
Hi.
First of all great video.
Can you please share the map?
Many thanks for watching! Unfortunately, I don’t have a separate site to share any maps for now. I mainly produce these for my videos. It’s not ideal but maybe you could screenshot it?
Thanks for the excellent video Janus. I'm paying a solo visit soon before I start my new job and this has been really informative. Looking forward to the trip immensely.
Thank you for watching
I’m glad you found the video useful
Feel free to also check out my other videos on Bulgaria
Wishing you a great trip
South-Eastern Europe, or Southern Europe, although Bulgaria is in the East of Europe, culturally it is part of the Balkans, and has very little to do with the culture of Eastern European countries.
Sofia is pronounced differently, btw.
Thanks for the video!
I´ve been there and fell in love with the city. Thanks for this video.
Thank you for watching. Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you very much for all the information
Thank you for watching 👍🌺
It's nice that drones haven't been banned in Sofia, so we can get the beautiful views.
Thank you for watching 👍
Excellent video: it remembers me about Aerial America serial.
Thank you Valentin 👍
Where is a link to the map? couldn't find it in the descriptions.
I don’t have the map as a downloadable file. I may do that going forward but for now, I only create the maps for my videos
Thank you for information I watch your videos from Canada 😀👍
Thank you for watching 👍🌺
I ha da great time in Sofia - friendly people, beautiful girls and nice food.
It’s a beautiful city 👍
Best video I have seen about sofia so far, you did a wonderful job. How long do you think doing this tour up until the cathedral would take?
Thanks so much. You could do the tour in a day if you start early in the morning. The distance is definitely walkable so it depends da on how much time you want to spend in each location 😊
@@januslog thank you for the reply, i plan on going to sofia with my girlfriend in the summer and we plan to this walk, we probably are going to skip some locations so we hope to be able to do it within a day!
@@pavelstoykov8946 that’s awesome! Wishing you happy travels 👍
Enjoyed this video debs xx
Thank you Debs 👍😊🌺
13:02 and also do a shit ton of drugs lol, beautiful video man
Thank you 😊
Bravo!!! :)
Thank you Nikolai 🙏
Awesome footage! It's kinda hard to get decent angles in post-communist cities as there's usually a lot of rust, chipped paint, dilapidated buildings and run-down sidewalks, but you did a great job.
Thank you 👍😊
Great travelogue. I’m visiting Sofia next week and will definitely try to follow most of your recommendations. Thankyou.
Thank you and safe travels! If you get some time, you may want to check out my other videos on Bulgaria for some additional tips 👍
keep goin man❤
Thanks for watching again Kurd 👍
Bulgarian is not in eastern Europe!!!
Beautiful video! Thank you so much for this great presentation of our city!❤
Thanks so much for watching
Nice
Thank you 👍
I am sure that drone was detected by the presidential guards :D :D
Haha, it probably was
Tbh, when I flew it, I didn’t know yet that I was flying over the presidential palace 😅
Beautiful video. Thank you! ❤️
Thank you 🙏
Excellent detailed city tour ! Thank you !
Thank you! I’m glad you liked the video 👍
Looks like a beautiful place. I wonder what the weather is like all year round?
I’m not sure. I was always lucky with the weather. In the summer, it’s definitely nice
Forn Sofia: late November thru February is between -5 and +5 C on average, sometimes can get to -10 -15. March depends, some years can be cold other pretty warm. From April to mid June anything between 15 and 25, summers between 25 and 32, autumn between 10-20 and from ealey November drops down. It can fluctuate of course but on average is between these temperatures. Eastern Bulgaria and especially South Eastern parts (Upper Thrace valley) is generally warmer since it's surrounded by mountains which can block cold winds and air making it warmer and very hot during summers like 35 C and sometimes more. The hottest I ever experienced was 42 C
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Thank you for watching
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Thank you for watching 👍
what the story behind the snail
Im actually not sure. Maybe someone on here may know
I'm married to a Bulgarian, and have visited Sofia many times, and you managed to find a few things I haven't seen yet!
Thank you for watching. Im glad you found the video useful 👍
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Thank you 🙏
Най красивия град в България
ouch, my ears! haha not! what a fabulous way to awaken curiosity. a dedicated complex for children from around the world. i wanna go now and not just play but engage in every bell's design. loved it! thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you! It’s amazing place indeed and definitely worth visiting
it looks so empty and communist-ic. I hope i will like it when i visit it soon.
I definitely liked it. Curious what you will say once you’ve been there
Empty and communist-ic? I guess you didn't watch this video 😁. You could barely squeeze in the walking areas in the beginning of the video.
@@huskytail Сигурно е сърбин. Погледни му имената. Типичен арогантен коментар.
Yeah, we like it that way, especially if it keeps serbs away..or croats..or whatever, who is counting how many peals former yugoslavian onion has.