Bulgaria

Piping banitsa for breakfast, architecture that rewards a slow walk, and one more sidewalk baguette in a region that clearly has an underground bread distribution problem.

Quick facts · checked against public data

Capital

Sofia

Currency

Bulgarian lev

Population

6433302

Part of the world

Eastern Europe

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Sources: population and capital from public World Bank and national data; travel advice from the Government of Canada and the UK Foreign Office. Check the official advice before you book.