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RolandRides<p>Sofias Straßenbahnen im Schnellcheck: Klappernde Oldies, moderne Flitzer und viel Balkan-Charme auf Schienen. Wer braucht schon Auto, wenn’s so bimmelt? Steig ein, dreh ’ne Runde und verlieb dich in die gelbe Flotte! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sofia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transport</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>city</span></a></p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@ava19900x/video/7530921975485697302" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tiktok.com/@ava19900x/video/75</span><span class="invisible">30921975485697302</span></a></p>
// foss.events<p>New on // foss.events: OpenFest on 18-19 October 2025 in "John Atanasoff" forum, Sofia Tech Park, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Sofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofia</span></a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bulgaria</span></a></p><p>Find out more on<br><a href="https://foss.events/2025/10-18-openfest.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">foss.events/2025/10-18-openfes</span><span class="invisible">t.html</span></a></p><p>Follow the official account: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@openfest" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openfest</span></a></span> <br>Connect via official hashtag(s): <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenFest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFest</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/floss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>floss</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>events</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a></p>
Richard "RichiH" Hartmann<p>Dinner and a walk through a park festival at day 0 of <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/confconf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>confconf</span></a> in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Sofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofia</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bulgaria</span></a></p><p>Just in those photos you see people who made <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DENOG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DENOG</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/DebConf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DebConf</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PromCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PromCon</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GrafanaCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrafanaCon</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/CCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCC</span></a> / <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/38c3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>38c3</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/WHY2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WHY2025</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/IndiaFOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndiaFOSS</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/COSCUP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COSCUP</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/FOSSASIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSASIA</span></a>, and others happen. And more people will come tomorrow.</p><p>We're looking to have a packed agenda over this coming weekend, and I will try and do my best to update this thread with tidbits and information.</p>
Tim Richards<p>New at my Patreon... This big sculpture at Sofia Central looks like the kind of dramatic chunky monument erected by Europe's former communist regimes, and indeed it was:</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/image-of-week-133081212" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">patreon.com/posts/image-of-wee</span><span class="invisible">k-133081212</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/sofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sofia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bulgaria</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/station" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>station</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TrainStation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrainStation</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a></p>
Tim Richards<p>Killing time before the night train to Istanbul, at a cafe outside a big chunky Stalinist-style building near my hotel. Sofia is well-supplied with these cafe-bars which expand outdoors in summer. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Sofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bulgaria</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cafe</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/bar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bar</span></a></p>
Tim Richards<p>Belatedly learning sone Bulgarian so I can say thanks for the omelette:</p><p>благодаря (blagodarya) </p><p>I've been a bit slow picking up some Bulgarian, I usually try to get a few phrases of new languages down straight away. </p><p>But this Eurail journey has been language whiplash, after Berlin it's been Polish-Hungarian-Romanian-Bulgarian (with Turkish to come). Still, important to get the basics down.</p><p>So - добър ден (dobur den) to you all.</p><p> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Sofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bulgaria</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/breakfast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>breakfast</span></a></p>
Tim Richards<p>Here's a top travel tip: always ask if they can make you an omelette at breakfast. </p><p>I'm in a cheap 3-star place in Sofia and the scrambled eggs in the Bain-Marie look quite dismal. An alternative didn't seem likely, but I asked politely and shortly received an excellent three-egg omelette! </p><p>Always worth asking.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Sofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bulgaria</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/breakfast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>breakfast</span></a></p>
Tim Richards<p>When I reached my Sofia hotel last night it was after reception hours, so I found a code in my email which allowed me to enter the lobby, take the lift up and enter my room. All without seeing anyone at all. Slightly creepy. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/hotel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hotel</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Sofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bulgaria</span></a></p>
Tim Richards<p>Finally in Sofia! That was such a long train ride yesterday from Bucharest. Interesting scenery towards the end though, it's surprisingly mountainous on the final approach to the city.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/train" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>train</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trains</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Sofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bulgaria</span></a></p>
Jocelyn<p>"Eight cities, primarily in southern, central and eastern Europe, were deemed by the report to be “under-performers,” including <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Marseille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marseille</span></a>, France’s second city, <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rome</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Florence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florence</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Krakow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Krakow</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Budapest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Budapest</span></a> and, in last place, <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Sofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofia</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Bulgaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bulgaria</span></a>. Across the continent, no city, <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/Paris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paris</span></a> included, had done enough to warrant an “A” grade from the report’s authors."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gougere.fr/tags/roadSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roadSafety</span></a> </p><p><a href="http://cleancitiescampaign.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Report-Streets-For-Kids-Cities-For-All.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">cleancitiescampaign.org/wp-con</span><span class="invisible">tent/uploads/2025/05/Report-Streets-For-Kids-Cities-For-All.pdf</span></a></p>
Braid in trains :lesbian_uz: - solidarity with :streik:<p>Good morning 🇧🇬 <a href="https://zug.network/tags/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%96%D1%8F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Софія</span></a> / <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Sofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofia</span></a> 🌇 ! <a href="https://zug.network/tags/AzadiRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AzadiRail</span></a></p>
Braid in trains :lesbian_uz: - solidarity with :streik:<p>2.45 a.m. : my Istanbul-Sofia-Ekspesi arrived.</p><p>My reserved cabin has already been occupied by someone else so I decided to just grab one of the numerous empty compartments in the other carriage.</p><p><a href="https://zug.network/tags/AzadiRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AzadiRail</span></a> good night. Alarm clock set to 🇧🇬 <a href="https://zug.network/tags/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%96%D1%8F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Софія</span></a> / <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Sofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofia</span></a> 😴. <a href="https://zug.network/tags/TeamNightTrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TeamNightTrain</span></a> </p><p>What an eventful day 🙄.</p><p>🚂:flag_krd:🇮🇶🇹🇷🇧🇬</p>
Braid in trains :lesbian_uz: - solidarity with :streik:<p><a href="https://zug.network/tags/AzadiRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AzadiRail</span></a> night 14, homebound night #4 : 🇹🇷 <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Kapikule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kapikule</span></a>.</p><p>The border officers were highly surprised by someone arriving by foot, were checking my ticket and seemed quite amused when they learned I also intended to take the train from 🇹🇷 <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Istanbul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Istanbul</span></a> on but missed it and arrived by bus 🫣.</p><p>Anyways, my Istanbul-Sofia-Express has not arrived yet. Instead, the opposite direction from 🇧🇬 <a href="https://zug.network/tags/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%96%D1%8F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Софія</span></a> / <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Sofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofia</span></a> is still waiting here.</p><p>After a quick but careful luggage and passport check I was told my train is delayed by about an hour ; nothing unusual here. So one more hour of waiting before getting my deserved bed.</p>
Braid in trains :lesbian_uz: - solidarity with :streik:<p>So far, <a href="https://zug.network/tags/AzadiRail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AzadiRail</span></a> day #14, homebound day & night #4 :</p><p>- :tcdd: night train to 🇹🇷 <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Ankara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ankara</span></a> 2 hours late, I missed my :tcdd: YHT to 🇹🇷 <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Istanbul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Istanbul</span></a><br>- next YHT not willing to take me with them, knowing that this let me miss ly connecting train<br>- finally caught an YHT, but that one had 1 hour delay<br>- I missed my alternative connecting bus to 🇹🇷 <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Kapikule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kapikule</span></a><br>- finally found a later bus still eventually making the transfer<br>- I'll hopefully catch my connecting train from 🇹🇷 <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Kapikule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kapikule</span></a> to 🇧🇬 <a href="https://zug.network/tags/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%96%D1%8F" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Софія</span></a> / <a href="https://zug.network/tags/Sofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sofia</span></a> at 2.30 a.m.</p><p>What a bad luck. What a mess. What a chaos. What a stress.</p><p>🚂:flag_krd:🇮🇶🇹🇷🇧🇬</p>
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Some thoughts about #urbanism in #Sofia: it's mixed! On the one hand the metro network is recent, and the Vitosha boulevard is the backbone of the pedestrian area (unfortunately bicycles aren't allowed on it despite the space). The South Park is very pleasant. There are some cycling lanes in the center too.
On the other hand, it's very car-centric with wide highways, that pedestrians can cross with tunnels & bridges. I got honked on a zebra crossing by a car turning left while I had green. 
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