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Regionen in Bulgarien

29 Museen Plovdiv Plovdiv · Asenovgrad · Karlovo Entdecken → 22 Museen Sofia City The capital under Mount Vitosha. Entdecken → 16 Museen Pazardzhik Pazardzhik · Batak · Panagyurishte Entdecken → 13 Museen Blagoevgrad Blagoevgrad · Melnik · Razlog Entdecken → 13 Museen Sofia Oblast Koprivshtitsa · Sofia Oblast · Bozhenitsa Entdecken → 13 Museen Stara Zagora Stara Zagora · Chirpan · Kazanlak Entdecken → 13 Museen Varna Varna · Beloslav · Devnya Entdecken → 12 Museen Veliko Tarnovo Veliko Tarnovo · Arbanasi Entdecken → 11 Museen Gabrovo Gabrovo · Dryanovo · Sevlievo Entdecken → 11 Museen Ruse Ruse · Cherven · Dve Mogili Entdecken → 9 Museen Burgas Burgas · Primorsko Entdecken → 7 Museen Kyustendil Dupnitsa · Kyustendil Entdecken → 7 Museen Pleven Pleven · Pordim Entdecken → 7 Museen Shumen Shumen · Pliska · Smyadovo Entdecken → 7 Museen Sliven Sliven Entdecken → 7 Museen Targovishte Targovishte · Omurtag · Sadina Entdecken → 7 Museen Vidin Vidin Entdecken → 6 Museen Lovech Lovech Entdecken → 5 Museen Smolyan Smolyan · Slaveyno · Trigrad Entdecken → 5 Museen Vratsa Vratsa · Kozloduy Entdecken → 4 Museen Montana Montana Entdecken → 4 Museen Razgrad Razgrad Entdecken → 4 Museen Silistra Silistra · Srebarna Entdecken → 3 Museen Haskovo Haskovo Entdecken → 3 Museen Pernik Pernik · Busintsi Entdecken → 2 Museen Dobrich Dobrich Entdecken → 2 Museen Kardzhali Kardzhali Entdecken → 2 Museen Yambol Yambol Entdecken →

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Welcome to Bulgaria

Thracian gold, painted monasteries, the Cyrillic alphabet and the Black Sea.

Bulgaria lies between the Danube and the Black Sea, a land of mountains, roses and old towns. Thracian kings left gold and painted tombs, and the schools of medieval Bulgaria spread the Cyrillic alphabet now used by some 250 million people. See the oldest worked gold in the world in Varna, the frescoes of Boyana and the treasures of the National Historical Museum. Plan your museum days on museumtickets.com, then eat a shopska salad and banitsa. And remember: here a nod means no, and a shake of the head means yes.

  • c. 4500 BCthe Varna gold, the oldest worked gold found in the world
  • 681the first Bulgarian state is founded
  • 1878Bulgaria is freed from Ottoman rule
  • 2007Bulgaria joins the European Union, and Cyrillic becomes an official EU alphabet

Bulgaria through the ages

Thracians, tsars, a long Ottoman rule and liberation.

  1. c. 4500 BC

    Varna gold

    People near Varna bury their leaders with gold, the oldest worked gold known.

    Zu sehen in: Varna Archaeological Museum →
  2. 4th c. BC

    Thracian kings

    Thracian rulers build painted tombs in the Valley of the Kings near Kazanlak.

    Zu sehen in: Kazanlak Historical Museum
  3. c. 893

    The alphabet

    Disciples of Cyril and Methodius create the Cyrillic alphabet in the Bulgarian schools of Preslav and Ohrid.

    Zu sehen in: National Archaeological Institute with Museum
  4. 1396

    Ottoman rule

    Bulgaria falls to the Ottoman Empire for almost five centuries.

    Zu sehen in: National Historical Museum
  5. 1876

    The April Uprising

    Bulgarians rise against Ottoman rule; the uprising is crushed.

    Zu sehen in: Koprivshtitsa House Museums
  6. 1878

    Liberation

    After the Russo-Turkish War, a Bulgarian state is restored.

    Zu sehen in: National Historical Museum

Women who shaped Bulgaria

A flag-maker of the uprising and two great poets.

Raina Knyaginya

A teacher who sewed the flag of the April Uprising in 1876 and was imprisoned for it.

Zu sehen in: Raina Knyaginya House Museum
Elisaveta Bagryana

One of the great Bulgarian poets of the 20th century, writing about freedom and the sea.

Blaga Dimitrova

Poet and dissident who became vice-president of Bulgaria in 1992.

Artists to look for in Bulgaria

From a medieval master to an artist who wrapped buildings.

The Boyana Master

Unknown painter of the lifelike frescoes of Boyana Church in 1259.

Zahari Zograf

19th-century icon painter of the bright frescoes of Rila and Bachkovo monasteries.

Vladimir Dimitrov – Maistora

Painter of glowing peasant women and harvests.

Christo

Born in Gabrovo, he and Jeanne-Claude wrapped the Reichstag and the Pont Neuf in fabric.

Taste Bulgaria

Yoghurt, white cheese and flaky pastry.

Shopska salad

Tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and onion under a snow of grated white cheese.

Banitsa

Flaky filo pastry with eggs and white cheese, eaten for breakfast.

Tarator

Cold soup of yoghurt, cucumber, dill, garlic and walnuts.

Kiselo mlyako

Bulgarian yoghurt, thick and sour.

Lyutenitsa

A spread of roasted peppers and tomatoes, made at home in autumn.

Traditions and festivals through the year

Kukeri masks, Baba Marta, fire dancers and roses.

Kukeri – late winter

Men in huge furry costumes and bells dance to chase away evil spirits; the Surova festival is on the UNESCO list.

Baba Marta – 1 March

People give each other martenitsi, red and white threads, and tie them to a blossoming tree when they see a stork.

Day of the alphabet – 24 May

Bulgaria celebrates the Cyrillic alphabet and Bulgarian culture.

Rose Festival – early summer

In Kazanlak, the Valley of Roses celebrates the rose harvest with parades.

Nestinarstvo – early summer

In a few villages of the Strandzha mountains, people dance barefoot on embers; UNESCO lists the custom.

Verborgene Geschichte

A bacterium named after Bulgaria

The bacterium that makes yoghurt carries Bulgaria's name.

Geschichte lesenSchließen

In 1905 the young Bulgarian scientist Stamen Grigorov, working in Geneva, discovered under his microscope the bacterium that turns milk into yoghurt. It was named Lactobacillus bulgaricus. Bulgarian yoghurt became famous around the world, and there is a small yoghurt museum in Grigorov's home village of Studen Izvor.

Tipps für Kunstliebhaber

Yes and no

A nod means no and a shake of the head means yes; check with words if in doubt.

Cyrillic

Signs are in Cyrillic; many in cities are also in Latin letters.

Monasteries

Dress modestly; shoulders and knees covered.

Closed days

Many museums close on Mondays, some also on Sundays in winter.

Bulgarien: Ihren Besuch planen mit museumtickets.com

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Anreise

Anreise nach Bulgarien

Vom Flughafen mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln ins Stadtzentrum, dann mit Zügen und Nahverkehr zu den Museen.

Anreise mit dem Flugzeug

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Unterwegs in Bulgarien

Linien und Fahrpläne ändern sich. Prüfen Sie vor der Fahrt die Website des Verkehrsbetriebs.

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