The village of Bistritsa (also Bistritza, Bistrica, or Бистрица in Bulgarian) is now considered a remote district of the capital city Sofia. In recent years a lot of Sofia citizens have settled there to commute daily – they’d rather travel to work twice a day, but enjoy Bistritsa’s fresh air and beautiful nature up in the mountain. Bistritsa is just 10km away from the city.

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Although Sofia is not world-known as a popular touristic place yet, compared to Prague or Budapest for instance, it does not fall short of the other post-communist capital cities in terms of vibrancy and sense of creative community. The city is alive at every moment, filled with good food, music and urban art.

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