Design Shops and Galleries in Sofia, Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria

I had a great time exploring the Sofia design scene and found some beautiful design shops and small galleries worth visiting.

The post below is a guide to some of the best design shops and small independent galleries in the Bulgarian capital.

If you visit Sofia for a short period of time, these are the streets where you’ll find many of the shops and galleries in the central area of the city.

- Tsar Ivan Shishman - For a lot of great stores for design lovers; some are included in the list below.

The word for “street” in Bulgarian is “ulitsa”. Street signs are in Cyrillic letters, but almost always have the name of the street in Latin script as well.

There’s so much to see in this sweet shop in the centre of Sofia. It’s full of cute illustrations, jewellery, ceramics, souvenirs, Bulgarian crafts, postcards and more, arranged in a lovely colourful display.

This shop features the best of Bulgarian design in what might look like a souvenir shop at first, but is much more than that.

The colourful, curated selection of items by local designers and artists includes books, postcards, magnets, tote bags and more, all in a contemporary, urban style. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).