In 1968 youth movements all over the world sought to change the world forever. In the wake of the Prague Spring, Communist Sofia hosted The World Festival of Youth and Students, welcoming thousands of young people in its first "grand opening" to the West. Some, as the writer Viktor Paskov, remember it as the Bulgarian "summer of love" - but was it …

"It's going to be magnificent: in the Sea of Sofia, there will be ships, each 30 meters long and 6 meters high. They will sail down tunnels of trees and greenery, saluted by little hotels and nice restaurants." An Engineer of the unrealized project for the Sofia sailing channel speaking to Sofia Magazine, 1959 Sofia is decidedly not a waterfront ci…

Is there another city under Sofia? From the secret Party tunnels supposedly running under the demolished tomb of the communist leader Georgi Dimitrov, to the infrastructure of the beloved heating utility company Toplofikatsiya, we examine one of the most believed urban legends. With the help of: Ivan Bakalov. Here you can see photos from his walk i…

There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. In Sofia it’s even on the map – the so-called Zona B-5 neighborhood. In episode 3 we enter the zone where one of the last architectural utopias of the communism sank. with Architect Aneta Vasileva from WhAT Association, a specialist in modernist architecture; MAD, SGB or Makso, “the fath…

"There’s always somebody cutting something with an angle grinder" - this bizarre observation was grafittied all over Sofia in the 2000s and anyone who's tried to enjoy a nap on the weekend knows it's true. An informal slogan of the city of sorts, it was viral before the age of social media, making its way into short stories and books. But... where …

In E02 we investigate how graffitti culture seeped into Bulgaria and unravel a 20-year-old war! Where did it all start - in Sofia or Targovishte? . The story is told by MAD, SGB or Маxо, Nasimo, Еsteo, ХРОМЕ и Yoko from The Top Stoppers/BassYYokoto/Stick Insect Special thanks to Bulgarian rap band NISHTO! who lent us samples from their pioneering 1…