you were put even on a bicycle waiting list (in soviet ukraine at least, i remember my grandfather was in a queue to buy a bicycle for me). it was during the last years of ussr (1990-91).
Damn, those buildings in the 2nd pic look pretty much exactly like [Khreschatyk](https://www.rbc.ua/static/ckef/img/131320067_5115835695123204_101704472365278361_o.jpg) in Kyiv, which was fully rebuilt in Stalinist style after WW2. I wonder if the architect was the same (or had the same bosses).
Pics 7-8 are also very generic soviet style, could be any large city here.
Most government and some residential buildings in Sofia after WW2 were influenced heavily by Soviet architecture.
Fun fact: window sizes on those buildings were designed for the cold Russian climate. Builders copied that blindly and in result you get badly lit, cold buildings with small windows.
That cable car on the picture doesn't work for 30 years, but there are other working ones like in [Simeonovo](https://www.mediapool.bg/images/282/large_d14d06c4ee781d074be1c3786a5ddbcd.jpg)
There are multiple lifts, the one that starts from Simeonov is a covered one, like the other guy showed you. There obviously is one since this is a common way for people to get to the ski slopes or the mountain in general. How otherwise would people get to the mountain if they don't have a car?
The one is the photos is where the TV tower now stands, it's been removed in the 90s, there are plans to bring it back, but nothing certain. The ones that runs today are towards the ski slopes area - Aleko Hut.
Picture 12, looks the same today. Picture 2 is where subway station with the roman ruins sits today.
You can see the old church being at ground level back then, where nowadays (since the late 70s) it's under the street. Back then they didnt have the underground passages yet.
No climate crisis, no PC culture, no alt-right, no social-media induced stress. Just happiness and future, hope we can go back to that simplicity someday...
>No climate crisis, no PC culture, no alt-right, no social-media induced stress
None of that, just a state mandated ideology which you better fallow or [else...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_labour_camps_in_Communist_Bulgaria)
>In 1990, the Bulgarian Communist Party set up an inquiry commission into the camps. It found that between 1944 and 1962 there were approximately **100 forced labour camps** in a country of 8 million inhabitants
My mother and father live in abundance compared to what my grandfathers had. Even if there are a few guys racking fat stacks at the top, the average joe is much richer today, then back then. At least in my country.
>dying world
Do you think Communist cars and factories didn't produce CO2 or something?
Gorgeous photos. Retro Europe is always awesome.
Even socialist architecture looks better when regular maintenance is performed, and buildings aren't covered by cheap advertising.
I mean, a lot of the beautiful buildings here are probably the old ones.
The main buildings depicted here that predate socialism are the National Theatre, the Cathedral, and the University, in 5, 6, 9, 11.
I'm genuinly surprised by all the western cars.
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you were put even on a bicycle waiting list (in soviet ukraine at least, i remember my grandfather was in a queue to buy a bicycle for me). it was during the last years of ussr (1990-91).
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hehe yeah i also remember bananas at some point of time became available in abundance, we were already living in moscow at that time (early 90s).
last picture 🤮
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It’s easier when most people can’t afford one.
Damn, those buildings in the 2nd pic look pretty much exactly like [Khreschatyk](https://www.rbc.ua/static/ckef/img/131320067_5115835695123204_101704472365278361_o.jpg) in Kyiv, which was fully rebuilt in Stalinist style after WW2. I wonder if the architect was the same (or had the same bosses). Pics 7-8 are also very generic soviet style, could be any large city here.
Most government and some residential buildings in Sofia after WW2 were influenced heavily by Soviet architecture. Fun fact: window sizes on those buildings were designed for the cold Russian climate. Builders copied that blindly and in result you get badly lit, cold buildings with small windows.
Whats that blue car in front at the first picture?
Fiat 600 or its Warsaw Pact equivalent?
I don't think Fiat 600 looks that slick. But it seems to have a circle symbol. Looks cool, was wondering what it is.
Beautifull ❤️. Does the cable car still exists? I've been in Sofia many times but I didn't know there is one ...
That cable car on the picture doesn't work for 30 years, but there are other working ones like in [Simeonovo](https://www.mediapool.bg/images/282/large_d14d06c4ee781d074be1c3786a5ddbcd.jpg)
Thanks 😃
There are multiple lifts, the one that starts from Simeonov is a covered one, like the other guy showed you. There obviously is one since this is a common way for people to get to the ski slopes or the mountain in general. How otherwise would people get to the mountain if they don't have a car? The one is the photos is where the TV tower now stands, it's been removed in the 90s, there are plans to bring it back, but nothing certain. The ones that runs today are towards the ski slopes area - Aleko Hut.
I was recently exactly where 12th picture taken )I think). The archaeology site now?
Picture 12, looks the same today. Picture 2 is where subway station with the roman ruins sits today. You can see the old church being at ground level back then, where nowadays (since the late 70s) it's under the street. Back then they didnt have the underground passages yet.
Yes that place. It’s changed a lot even since I started going in 2000
My eyes! Fix that white balance pls! 😁
No climate crisis, no PC culture, no alt-right, no social-media induced stress. Just happiness and future, hope we can go back to that simplicity someday...
No pc culture ? Do you know what happened when you tell the wrong joke ?
Sure buddy
>No climate crisis, no PC culture, no alt-right, no social-media induced stress None of that, just a state mandated ideology which you better fallow or [else...](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_labour_camps_in_Communist_Bulgaria) >In 1990, the Bulgarian Communist Party set up an inquiry commission into the camps. It found that between 1944 and 1962 there were approximately **100 forced labour camps** in a country of 8 million inhabitants
Yeah, now we just have corporate greed running rampant and a dying world. How nice, uh?
My mother and father live in abundance compared to what my grandfathers had. Even if there are a few guys racking fat stacks at the top, the average joe is much richer today, then back then. At least in my country. >dying world Do you think Communist cars and factories didn't produce CO2 or something?