Sofia

I settled to tell you something more about one of the oldest European cities – Sofia. It is located in Western Bulgaria, at the foot of mountain Vitosha and it is administrative, cultural, economic, and educational centre of the country. It is the biggest city in Bulgaria, with population almost 2 million people. In its long past history Sofia had three different names: Serdika, then Sredets and finally Sofia.
A number of low rivers cross the city, including the Vladaiska and the Perlovska. The Iskar River in its upper course flows near eastern Sofia. The city is known for its numerous mineral and thermal springs. Artificial and dam lakes were built in the last century. It is also known with its lots of attractions, for example: The cathedral “Alexander Nevski”, The South Park, The church “Saint George”, The Theater “Ivan Vazov”, Borisova garden, Russian monument, Vitosha boulevard and else. Sofia has and has had lots of mayors like: Stefan Sofiyanski, Ivan Panev, Petar Mezhdurechki, and the present Boyko Borisov – a city councilman since 2005.
Being the country's capital, Sofia is also the centre of Bulgaria's sporting activities, with a large number of sports clubs based in the city. These include most of Bulgaria's primary football teams, such as CSKA, Levski, Lokomotiv Sofia and Slavia, as well as formerly great clubs like Akademik, Spartak Sofia and Septemvri. Some of the biggest and most popular telecommunications companies, TV and radio stations, cable television companies, newspapers, magazines, and web portals are based in Sofia. Some television companies and channels include Bulgarian National Television (featuring BNT Channel 1 and TV Bulgaria), bTV and Nova Television among others. Top-circulation newspapers include 24 chasa, Trud, Sega and others.

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