Mixtape 5

Sofia


The best in Bulgarian and international live rock and alternative acts play here in two good-sized halls located behind the National Palace of Culture (NDK).


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Nearby Sofia attractions

1. National Palace of Culture

0.13 MILES

Sofia's vast concert hall dates from 1981 and houses countless chambers, as well as music clubs and cafes. It watches over an elongated park known as pl…

2. Earth & Man Museum

0.24 MILES

This rather old-fashioned museum is dedicated to geology, with two floors of minerals, crystals, ores and the like. There are some big and impressive…

3. Ploshtad Bulgaria

0.25 MILES

Watched over by the polygonal concrete bulk of the National Palace of Culture, this elongated park, with a fountain, ice-cream kiosks and bars, is popular…

4. Peyo Yavorov House-Museum

0.46 MILES

The Romantic poet and revolutionary Peyo Yavorov (1878–1914) briefly lived in a small apartment here; the three rooms have been restored to their original…

5. Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church

0.59 MILES

Set in a leafy garden, this church dedicated to Sts Cyril and Methodius and their five disciples was originally built as a mosque in 1528; it later became…

6. Ivan Vazov House-Museum

0.76 MILES

Bulgaria’s best-loved author, Ivan Vazov (1850–1921) lived at this house from 1895 until his death. Vazov wrote Under the Yoke, a classic of Bulgarian…

7. Sofia City Art Gallery

0.8 MILES

The chunky building at the southern end of the City Garden park is an art gallery staging rotating exhibitions of mostly contemporary Bulgarian and…