Our SURPRISING Time In BULGARIA (Underrated Europe)

In today's episode, we take you into the Bulgarian mountains for a beautiful hike along the 7 Rila Lakes, before bringing you to the capital of Sofia to explore its grand avenues and multicultural history. It was a fascinating trip and we really fell in love with our 88th country Bulgaria🇧🇬
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- Instagram: oskaranddan
- Music: share.epidemicsound.com/nqD7H
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We are Oskar & Dan, two boys from Sweden who decided to change the course of our lives, drop out of university, and live life full-time. We're trying to see and learn as much about the world as possible while we're young! Right now, we are trying to visit 100 countries before the end of 2022🌍 Check our KZbin About page for more details!👨🏼‍🤝‍👨🏻
Bulgaria was country #88🌍
We began our Bulgaria trip in Plovdiv before moving our base to the capital of Sofia. We explored the beautiful Rila National Park and the beautiful capital before moving up north to the neighboring country Romania.
Thank you for watching!🙏😍
0:00-5:36 Rila National Park (epic hiking)
5:37-15:28 Exploring Sofia
15:29-16:08 Time to leave...

[@MadroneHumanRights]

I love Bulgarian singing, have seen the Bulgarian women's choir a few times now. Haunting music.

[@Anticommunism99]

It's majestic and pure

[@riofrancisco2562]

Bulgaria is so gorgeous. You’re right, it’s a perfect place for another Wes Anderson film

[@isfahantour5675]

Hello my good friend...have you ever traveled to Isfahan?! Isfahan is famous for half the world..Isfahan is a must see

[@RositsaPetrovarjp7]

Standing in front of Sveta Nedelya Cathedral in the center of Sofia and wondering where the center of Sofia is...pure gold!

[@robincarter6304]

Thanks for opening my eyes to the beauty of Bulgaria. It’s now added to my travel list!

[@jordan9339]

They didn't have time to explore most of it, although they have done a great job . If you are in Europe, Bulgaria should be easily reachable. It's nice in our part of the world, and I mean not only Bulgaria but also our neighbors in Balkans. And you'll be surprised how affordable is it.

[@listan4956]

Glad you loved my city and country, guys! 🇧🇬 Hope you can try more food the next time. Beside the meat dishes we also have many tasty salads, vegan 'postni sarmi', stuffed peppers or tomatoes, potato dishes etc. There's literally a day in the year where all country goes vegan (Christmas Eve) so we have created many tasty vegan dishes for the occasion. ✨

[@rosenpeev7004]

So glad you enjoyed your stay in Bulgaria! The Rila lakes is one of my favorite places here but there are tons more, so make sure you come again soon ☺️

[@rayallaire3274]

Vitoshka is shopping heaven! LOL I moved to Bulgaria from the US 2 years ago and I just LOVE it! My wife and I bought a 100 yr old village home and have been remodeling since. There are still so many places we've not visited! A truly beautiful country with beautiful people. BRAVO! I'm happy you had the opportunity to visit and even happier that you are calling attention to this part of the world!

[@ivanasazdova4172]

I love seeing foreigners in Bulgaria, I'm from Bulgaria glad u liked it 🥰🥰

[@eliza9799]

I just wanna add that Sofia is the only capital in Europe where you can see Mosque, Synagogue and a church within metres as it's called by elder people in our country "the circle of religions", representing how people with diff religions live in harmony with eachother here

[@genew3452]

Twenty years ago I travelled around Europe for a summer, and Sofia was one of my favorite cities I visited (Ljubljana Slovenia would be just a bit ahead of Sofia). Love your channel, and hopefully you will continue your adventures after country 100, because it's wonderful to see your perspectives on the places you visit.

[@elenarazpopova73]

Awww I’m so glad you loved Sofia! I live in Sofia and definitely take the beauty around me for granted

[@elenarazpopova73]

@Денислав бг which part ?

[@Pearlsrat]

@@elenarazpopova73 I’m from Bulgaria too (Sofia) !

[@elenarazpopova73]

@@Pearlsrat SAME OMG. Absolute legend.

[@Pearlsrat]

@@elenarazpopova73 yesss wya? Sofia is soo pretty

[@718mum]

I love Bulgaria, I was there for 5 weeks this summer. ❤️

[@travelbulgariaguide]

The Rila lakes are wonderful!🇧🇬

[@TsvetanVLife]

Hey guys, thank you for sharing my country and my hometown Sofia to the world. Sofia was empty because in the summer most of the people are going to the black sea… but i love Sofia empty… much more room for me! 😁

[@GolfwithShan]

This video convinced me to visit Bulgaria 😍

[@koreanata6951]

Welcome to Bulgaria any time, guys! Love your videos.

[@v.g.4817]

It is all the center, a lot of central streets and squares. Downtown Sofia is deserted in summer because most of the people are at beach towns and villages, on vacations, etc. The mosque is built over older church actually.

[@PandaaArts]

such a nice video!! i LOVE bulgaria and can’t wait to visit София!! ❤️🇧🇬

[@s.b.7598]

Where are you from? :)

[@PandaaArts]

@@s.b.7598 I’m from Denmark but I love balkan and definitely Bulgaria 🇧🇬 I have learned serbian and I am trying to learn bulgarian now

[@s.b.7598]

@@PandaaArts wow how unexpected! Welcome :) if you need help you can ask me :)

[@PandaaArts]

@@s.b.7598 anywhere i can contact you? i have questions about bulgaria

[@s.b.7598]

@@PandaaArts of course ! Where you prefer? Instagram?

[@user-tz4vs4dy3z]

This is the first video of you two I stumble upon, so I checked the previous one as well. You guys showed my city and country in the best way possible. As a person near her 30s, born here, I have never been so excited about what you guys will say. I photographer Sofia Pride and I searched through my RAW footage for 1 hour, but no photos of you, idk how I missed you two.. ICONIC. I hope you will come back soon, so we can go to the seaside together, I would really love to meet you two! Adorable!

[@OskarandDan]

Aaw that’s so sweet! So cute that you went through the footage🥹💕

[@davids_blog1]

i wanted to know more about Bulgaria than just google maps and there we go the mountains really look like photos from a calendar and edit skills on top:)

[@stoikadimitrova2069]

I am from Bulgaria (more specifically Varna) I'm happy you two had a good time at my country!

[@MarkusLoffelsend]

We have to go to Bulgaria. THANKS fot the video. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@davidlogan4329]

Amazing guys! How did you survive the cold? I guess that must be your Swedish strength and tenacity! That ski lift trip must have been awesome. The lakes and mountains look fantastic. Thanks for showing part of Sofia. It looked wonderful. Can't wait to see your next travelogue. Best always, David

[@OskarandDan]

The viking genes help😉

[@TheWien1]

A very interesting city with beautiful gems.

[@bobozeehax]

Thank you a lot for visiting my country 🇧🇬. I am very glad you enjoyed your time here, and we welcome you with open arms to come again.

[@Ralsoluty.]

I absolutely love your plan to visit 100 countries in a year, will be following along! It is also super refreshing to see my home city from the perspective of people who have traveled around quite a lot though you have definitely picked the best time to come to Sofia - in summer when most people are at the seaside even locals feel like they are on vacation :) Travel safe and enjoy!

[@s.b.7598]

Heeey welcome to our country 😊 I hope you're having fun 😊 Please don't swim in the lakes 😂😅 and visit Moma Restaurant to try lamb chops and banitsa. Thank you to the videos! :)

[@abmindprof]

They won't touch the lamb, but if I get there, I will!

[@s.b.7598]

@@abmindprof they don't touch? Why? They are vegetarians or vegans?

[@mariazeroual8617]

@@s.b.7598 they are vegans. Guess you didnt watch the whole episode, or others of them.

[@s.b.7598]

@@mariazeroual8617 oh I didn't know it . I watch the whole episode , but this is the only episode I've watched because was about my country.

[@bekind2475]

OMG Dan, Oskar, I am so happy you visited my home country Bulgaria and enjoyed the best of it- the nature

[@rejaneroe9531]

You both are amazing, thanks for sharing with us this epic journey.

[@hpot53]

I am so glad to hear about the next phase of your channel when you finish with the one hundredth country. Take care and stay safe. Ken

[@alicia2085]

I love watching you guys' videos and this one did not disappoint. Keep up the amazing work.

[@sausagedogggg]

Thank you for the amazing video of our country, we appreciate you!!!!

[@imperion8238]

Yooo I saw you guys filming the vlog but I didn't know what your KZbin channel was. And now it randomly pops up in my recommended.

[@alteredstate42]

So beautiful, you two are doing an incredible job sharing your travels with us

[@benoitquenneville7756]

Love you guys! I’m so impressed with your energy & work ethics. I know it looks like fun, fun, fun… that’s the magic of film making. But I can only imagine the number of hours of work required for each video. Greatly appreciated. And I can’t wait to see more of your adventures.

[@dorotaross2015]

100% Agree

[@OskarandDan]

Thank you so much for acknowledging that Benoit🙏❤️

[@sharonleong7120]

I still love your videos. It's always very interesting. Another great video. Thanks.👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@luchezarnaable]

Love that you loved my home! Come back soon! You have to visit the Black sea coast. Greetings from Bulgaria 🇧🇬

[@OskarandDan]

Hoping we can visit the coast too sometime!

[@gi4384]

Thanks guys,you gave me some goosebumps 🇧🇬 lovemycountry

[@hartmutklause2206]

With all your videos, I am always surprised how inconspicuous and yet how appropriate your music selection is to the respective settings. Congratulation! You really met my taste.

[@mariawerner8447]

Hi from Varna on the Black Sea coast! I’m Swedish too (I thought you were American?) and have travelled all over Bulgaria for the past 20 years 🙂 It’s definitely one of my favourites out of the 51 I have visited!

[@OskarandDan]

Yes vi är svenskar😁

[@irmakalember9403]

Good morning guyz. Sofia and mount biking u guyz did so pretty. I love this video. Stay safe thanks for sharing.

[@ilarcornerofspace]

Loved seeing my own country through your eyes! :) Great video!

[@italkyouwalk]

The sound of music recreation though hahah the resemblance is uncanny. What a gorgeous view at the top!!

[@loradawn]

Hej hej! I found you accidentally because I am researching Sweden, because we are moving there with my family and you have just 1 video in Sweden. I watched it, but I didn't subscribe because I want content mostly about Swe or in Swedish, but then the algorithm suggested your video of Bulgaria Plovdiv (my home town) and I recognised you guys and now I have to sub, because I actually started liking you over the course of the 2 BG videos. You said nice things about BG and are trying to promote the good about it. One thing I'd like is for you to make more videos in Sweden, so we can see more of it. Swe is amazing country and I'm so glad to be moving there even without ever setting foot in it, I am so excited to travel around it and be in nature! Tack så jättemycket for being awesome! 🌲🦌🌈😇

[@meyerseric6997]

As always TOP! 🔥🔥🤩

[@mariawerner8447]

Btw I have never seen Sofia this deserted, and I must have been there a dozen times! It’s very popular with European tourists, and the Vitosha pedestrian street is usually heaving! That and the area around the Cathedral is the very centre of the city! And don’t miss those delicious pizza slices - the best I’ve ever had outside of Italy 😊

[@Metanoy]

It's always like that this time of the year (end of August) ;) The pizza compliment means a lot, thank you.

[@guitraj12]

I love this feels like a continuation from Kara and Nate's video, they were just there in Sofia

[@RG-nz4he]

Thanks for the cute video and presentation of my city and country. I'm a Bulgarian and I work for e Swedish company, so I would be super happy to visit Sweden. 💕💕💕

[@sufjan4877]

Good lord Dan! Can't get 'markets are always fun' out of my head..I'm randomly humming it like a maniac!

[@OskarandDan]

HAHA omg sorry, but yay😂😍

[@denitsazhekova]

I am so happy to see people exploring the natural beauty of Bulgaria. It is very special and I am glad that there are people that explore the country beyond Sunny Beach... Which by the way is one of the worst places to visit in the country. The tourists get so drunk that they make a big mess in the city, have s* on the beach, or do illegal substances.... And what we are known is that place, where only cheap tourists go because of the alcohol and fun. Thank you for showing the other side!

[@mariusc6882]

Lovely video! I would recommend visiting Oradea, Timisoara and Cluj as well, if you get the chance. Enjoy your stay!

[@flysky6248]

Hello Oscar and Dan.Loving your content.Greetings from Czech Republic,please come visit Prague sometimes.

[@mihaelatancheva9797]

Great video!! Glad you liked my country 🤍

[@maciekwr]

Love your videos! Ah I hope you'll go back to Poland one day... There's so much to see there. Would love to watch your 'Polish series'.

[@mattball2700]

That's some great camerawork and editing! PS: "South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut" is the most I've ever laughed at a movie.

[@rasazy1046]

I'm glad to see people enjoy my home country may you be blessed people

[@suevialania]

💚❤️🇵🇹👍🏻amazing Country

[@stj53]

Beautiful!

[@MyApps-uf1dz]

welcome back anytime :)

[@denitsazhekova]

I am so happy to see people exploring the natural beauty of Bulgaria. It is very special and I am glad that there are people that explore the country beyond Sunny Beach... Which by the way is one of the worst places to visit in the country. The tourists get so drunk that they make a big mess in the city, have s* on the beach, or do illegal substances.... And what we are known is that place, where only cheap tourists go because of the alcohol and fun. Thank you for showing the other side! ❤

[@isfahantour5675]

Hello my good friend.have you ever traveled to Isfahan?! Isfahan is famous for half the world..Isfahan is a must see

[@fabiolacroes2322]

LoL @ "Markets are always fun, markets are always fun!" Then, "this market was not so fun." 🤣Great video, guys! 😊

[@awesomeadamfrom2099]

Awesome job you guys

[@banicata]

Bulgaria was founded in the 7th century

[@socialnak]

Everything is always closed in that market :) Park Mart is probably the best supermarket in Sofia though a bit pricey

[@trutacgear]

You want quality so, you have to paid ..! :)And with this energy prices of the gas and electricity it is just insane to work with lower price ..!

[@geomotinside866]

Just love youu!

[@xxrowtrave23xx]

Did two Sweedish boys just say that 12C is cold???

[@OskarandDan]

It's cold in shorts and a t-shirt😂

[@svarahorejsi2959]

You are from Sweden! It's almost next to north pole. I thought you like cold.

[@dqvol4eto1989]

Hey guys, I am so happy you liked my country! I come from the Black sea coast, so I definitely recommend you to visit, it's a different vibe than what you saw in Sofia and Plovdiv. P.S. please avoid Sunny Beach 😁😁

[@NavesNiche]

You guys seem really good hearted

[@karimedinburgh]

Good video , thanks for sharing , I also take landscape videos in UK and sometimes abroad .It's very helpful and interesting . I subscribed to the channel, so I'm looking forward to it. Thank you for the good video

[@galinpetrov8968]

Its not shame that is not allowed to swim in the lakes, its because if people do it, this fine ecosystem will be swamped in some tens of years, we really try to preserve the ecosystem there. :)

[@andreainnesmichailov7169]

I hope you got to eat Bulgarian lyutinitsa!! It is similar to what other countries call Ajvar. Smoked peppers, eggplant and tomatoes pureed. DELICIOUS!🎉🌻

[@Sanecheck1]

A well stocked supermarket, something you won’t see in the UK these days.

[@petercharnley7138]

Another great vlog boy's. Bulgaria looks awesome 👌 Sorry to stick my nose into thing's, but maybe wear a face mask when you're sleeping ? It could help with the air conditioning effects. All the very best Oskar & Dan 👍 👍

[@agadoin]

Don’t use apostrophes for plurals. Boys. Things.

[@hetuzodape16]

Yo I am moving to Sofia for studies 👀👀 can not wait now!!

[@rayhanshakib1841]

Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️ boys,, I hope you come Bangladesh one day & explore my beautiful country 🌈🌿🌅

[@democossacks379]

Ich lebe in Deutschland und habe den Eindruck, dass Sofia viel sauberer ist als hier, es liegt kein einziges Stück Müll auf dem Boden sehr gutes Video Bulgarien top

[@Pinkyearlgrey]

That Mario dance. I think I love Oskar

[@OskarandDan]

😂❤️

[@user-gl8nq3ci1d]

Happy you like my country

[@DimoDim1914]

Also there is a catholic church like 150 meters right to the Sinagoge. Including the "Sveta Nedelia" orthodox church, Banya Bashi and the Sinagoge we call this ""the quarter of tolerance"".

[@ReadByJess]

That dessert looks just like Beavertails in Canada!

[@thebetterayaan]

88th..i dont want this to end😭

[@OskarandDan]

It won't end after 100❤️❤️

[@howardshepherdson2925]

Appreciated the appeal for tolerance amongst the Abrahamic religions. Way to go !

[@Pride610]

I get hungry every time I watch your videos.

[@OskarandDan]

Mission accomplished🤣🙏

[@geminirius]

Tjena! Coola videos om Bulgarien, hur många dagarna spenderade ni i landet?

[@bornwanderer1]

All of us are humans there isn't any different family it's all man made .! Let's love eachother only love .!

[@TravelWithJosianne]

I enjoy watching your videos.❤️❤️ have you ever visited Australia and the Maldive?

[@OskarandDan]

Thank you❤️ Yes, love both😍

[@danieldoncaster111]

💙💙

[@ninettemurk7492]

Instead of using the AC, you could try using anti mosquito plugs against those pesky beasts and earplugs or flat noise canceling headphones in case you stay somewhere noisy. Not perfect, but at least it won't make you sick ;-)

[@singaporenoodles7189]

You guys have shown me that no matter where you guys go there's always a vegetarian or vegan food options I plan to go vegetarian and I like traveling but I'm always afraid that there wouldn't be any vegetarian options and that vegan app happy cow is just genius

[@OskarandDan]

So happy to hear that😄💚

[@Twininghenry]

How is it to drive in Bulgaria? Meaning can you compare with another country to drive in?

[@syafiqtuah5519]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@sheilacarlislepyreneesmom]

It did look like a scene from Super Mario!!!

[@kevinraychua]

The lift was nice but looks intimidating without a seatbelt 😅

[@mosedafsr2192]

😘🤘

[@odalv316]

A little background info about famous landmarks would go a long way. Nice video tho.

[@ivanarnaudov294]

😎🇧🇬✌️

[@rumendimitrov7876]

Bulgaria is not only Sofia, if you have patience, Bulgaria is a lot.

[@jkarandy]

3-4 days of recovery because of air con? Correlation does not imply causation. If you are having this bad a reaction I would consider some other constants that you might be able to mitigate. Allergies maybe?

[@glengamble526]

Something hilarious! If you sing the song/melody (MARKETS ARE ALWAYS FUN) of 14:04 over the music that comes on after (14:18) it works Together! 😂😂😂😂😂 What a perfect bit of subconscious MARKETing! 😂

[@OskarandDan]

HAHA! That's amazing😂😂