Discover Bulgaria: From Poverty to Tourist Paradise? 44 Fascinating Facts

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  • Discover Bulgaria: from poverty to tourist paradise? In this video we dive into 44 fascinating facts about this enchanting corner of Europe.
    We will explore its landscapes, culture, history, people and much more. Stay tuned as we take a closer look into the stunning landscapes, vibrant cities, rich traditions, and secrets only known to locals. Discover how sustainable tourism is shaping Bulgaria's future.
    Whether you're a seasoned traveler or just curious, this video offers an in-depth view of an often-overlooked European gem.

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  • @stan3110
    @stan3110 10 місяців тому +107

    The world's first digital computer was created by John Atanasov, an American of Bulgarian origin

    • @nikolatirol
      @nikolatirol 8 місяців тому +14

      If Atanasov had stayed in Bulgaria, he would have been making compotes, not computers.

    • @stan3110
      @stan3110 8 місяців тому +14

      @@nikolatirol Ignorance is the greatest evil on earth! At the time when John Atanasov invented the world's first digital computer, the population of the United States was more than 200 million, but it was John Atanasov who invented the computer.

    • @benyopanev4622
      @benyopanev4622 8 місяців тому +4

      Atanasov and much later Christof are great persons with bulgarian origin, but what is the point. They both did what they did without Bulgaria involved. It is funny to mention it, because as the guy above stated they would made compotes if they stayed in the country.
      Fun fact of the day: first computer actually is made with von Neumann, and Clifford Berry and Atanasov just made buffed up calculator, which is no doubt a big step for its time in the way of computer's producing.

    • @stan3110
      @stan3110 8 місяців тому +11

      @@benyopanev4622 Ignorance is the greatest evil on earth! John Atanasov created the world's first digital computer without any help or interference from the United States, and besides the computer Atanasov created many other things. There are many other Bulgarians who make new discoveries in science, but ignorant people have not heard of them.

    • @juliahristova1996
      @juliahristova1996 8 місяців тому

      @@benyopanev4622 Никога не забравяй че Българите са първите хора на земята и от нас започва живота и ние сме ви дали абсолютно всичко!!!

  • @stephe417
    @stephe417 6 місяців тому +14

    As a Bulgarian I can say that homemade Rakya is not 40% alchohol in it. Its a lot more :D

    • @doctorjivago5081
      @doctorjivago5081 28 днів тому

      Yup! Because you control the process, you could make it up to 80%! Moreover there is 2-fold and 3-fold distilling...

    • @user-bf7xm3jc6n
      @user-bf7xm3jc6n 5 днів тому

      Само слабаците пият 40 градусова ракия😂

  • @plamenberbenliev610
    @plamenberbenliev610 4 місяці тому +7

    Bulgarians have big hearts,and we are great hosts.Ty for this video you make me proud with my country, other thing's just doesn't matters ❤️

  • @bg4442
    @bg4442 10 місяців тому +44

    This guy has done a lot of work for this video. Congratulations!

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  10 місяців тому +3

      Yes I did, thanks a lot!

    • @loveydovey89
      @loveydovey89 8 місяців тому +1

      @@all-about-europe Yes, but totally butchered most of the pronunciations... Sorry! haha

  • @ampotant
    @ampotant 8 місяців тому +13

    A lot of information in such a short video, kudos for that. Few things were a bit off, but I will mention only one. When we invite guests, we don't expect them to bring a gift of some soft or some type of food or a bottle to add to the table. Its more like a tradition for us to bring something when we visit just as a "thank you" for the invitation. So, if you don't bring anything, its totally fine. 😁

  • @nataliaya1238
    @nataliaya1238 8 місяців тому +15

    The girl showed in 10:16 is actually the Queen of the roses in Karlovo! Both Karlovo and Kazanlak are located in the rose valley and have 2 separate festival of roses, usually not the same time to attract tourist.
    Thank you for the beautiful video

  • @gd3824
    @gd3824 8 місяців тому +29

    Благодаря за клипа, страхотна работа и поздрави от България.
    Thanks for the video, great work and best regards form Bulgaria.

  • @margaritapeeva9181
    @margaritapeeva9181 8 місяців тому +21

    Very good video, fun fact: fire walking or fire dancing (Nestinarstvo) and kukeri festivals are also two very interesting traditions worth observing :)

  • @matollsen2523
    @matollsen2523 8 місяців тому +11

    All of joghurt brands shown here are not Bulgarian. In many places around the world varieties of joghurt is sold as Bulgarian. But in fact lacks the local bacteria, which makes it soo good!!!!

  • @jamesklinckman2363
    @jamesklinckman2363 9 місяців тому +30

    The people of Bulgaria were given a beautiful land.

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  9 місяців тому +1

      they were!

    • @goshu7009
      @goshu7009 8 місяців тому +24

      Not given.... every meter of this land has Bulgarian blood on it, LITERALLY.

    • @nebojsanesic5603
      @nebojsanesic5603 8 місяців тому +8

      @@goshu7009 Tako je bratko pozdrav iz Srbija.

    • @vladpant
      @vladpant 8 місяців тому +10

      It was not given, it was taken. We had to fight the Eastern Roman Empire for centuries to keep it.

    • @linux4e
      @linux4e 8 місяців тому +7

      not given taken by blood

  • @01coltcolt19
    @01coltcolt19 8 місяців тому +15

    I lived in Plovdiv fore 3-4 months. I loved his place!

  • @Pesho0oo
    @Pesho0oo 10 місяців тому +42

    Nice video :) Still missed so many things and facts... The Roman stadium and the ancient theatre in Plovdiv from 1st century AD. Plovdiv was crowned for European Capital of Culture in 2019. The highest peak on the Balkans is Musala in Rila mountain. After Iceland, Bulgaria is 2nd in Europe for source of natural mineral water with more than 500 springs.

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  10 місяців тому +14

      Thank you and thank you for sharing these interesting additional facts. We will for sure make a second video about Bulgaria ☺️

    • @KrUvOpIeCa1
      @KrUvOpIeCa1 8 місяців тому

      Евала Пешо хаахахахахаах

    • @westsidermetalhead4997
      @westsidermetalhead4997 7 місяців тому +2

      Furthermore the theater was created, and Plovdiv got it's name from, Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander the Great, hence why the city before was named Philipopolis.

  • @babiyarnazarismaily6207
    @babiyarnazarismaily6207 8 місяців тому +19

    Bulgarian calendar is the most accurate in the world and is recognised by unesco,but nobody knows that,cause we have a lot of enemies that hate us and dont want us to be glorified or to dissapear at all if possible

  • @gergemall
    @gergemall 2 місяці тому +1

    My grandpa came over age the age of ten from Pleven. It’s on my bucket list and the clock is ticking.. Thank you for your videos. I didn’t know any of the tech history or female aviator. My grandpa talked about the beautiful mountains and the sea. These pictures are beyond my wildest dreams.❤

  • @martinshiderov352
    @martinshiderov352 8 місяців тому +45

    Actually Bulgaria is one of the most richest countries, but politicians are stealing over 30 years.

    • @velko-live
      @velko-live 7 місяців тому

      very right and still same as before

    • @ivanronin8209
      @ivanronin8209 4 місяці тому

      Everyone Is Stealing there , People dont Pay their Taxes too ! Just like Greece used to be !

    • @goshu7009
      @goshu7009 4 місяці тому +2

      This could be said for many countries :)

    • @keepcreationprocess
      @keepcreationprocess 2 місяці тому

      It is not politicians......- but why do you let this happen then ?

    • @yanbu000
      @yanbu000 Місяць тому +2

      I've resided in Bulgaria for nearly 20 years. It's never been, nor will it be, a poor country because its economy revolves around land ownership-real estate, to be exact. It's perhaps the smartest foundational currency I've ever witnessed, even superior to gold. Every Bulgarian owns at least one and up to four properties, outright, without mortgages. Coming from California, known for its affluent landscape, I consider Bulgarians comparable to the top 10% of Californians. Why? Because their real estate holds tremendous value. So, when you hear somebody call Bulgarian the poorest country in the EU and use disparaging remarks about how the villages are falling apart, just be aware, there's an underlying vein of gold running underneath the entire country...

  • @technixbul
    @technixbul 10 місяців тому +25

    Bulgarians not only swim into ice but also walk into fire. John Atanasov invented the first computer.

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  10 місяців тому +2

      Interesting fact, thanks!

    • @technixbul
      @technixbul 10 місяців тому +4

      @@all-about-europe He was the Son of a Bulgarian Emigrant That Changed The World

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  10 місяців тому +2

      @@technixbul and that makes it even more interesting. thanks for adding it!

    • @Uc9uE3pKsS6uQ
      @Uc9uE3pKsS6uQ 8 місяців тому

      yes, check it by google this "нестинарство" @@all-about-europe

    • @thatisme3thatisme38
      @thatisme3thatisme38 7 місяців тому

      First DIGITAL computer

  • @Din9mir
    @Din9mir 8 місяців тому +12

    John Atanasov who invented the computer is also Bulgarian.
    And Plovdiv is the most ancient living city in Europe and ninth in the world.

  • @btsfan7531
    @btsfan7531 8 місяців тому +16

    Great video, and another fact:
    Our flag has never been captured in any battle or war.
    Otherwise congratulations on grinding to find so many facts

  • @nanculito
    @nanculito 10 місяців тому +14

    Mark Zuckerberg is not of Bulgarian origin, but John Atnasov is one of the inventors of the computer, and three Bulgarians participated in the Apollo 11 program, as well as in Elon Musk's space program. Nina Dobreff, Christo Javacheff, Ralitsa Vassileva are Bulgarians as well :)) The oldest still living city in Europe is Plovdiv, it is over 8000 years old. The inventors of the Cyrillic alphabet were Bulgarians, but they are not known, probably disciples of Cyril, but it is not yet clear. But still very nice video for Bulgaria, thank you very much for it!

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  10 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for your corrections and the compliments!

    • @fotis1964
      @fotis1964 9 місяців тому

      8.000 years old? It is before Bulgarians arrived in Europe. Who were the residents?

    • @nanculito
      @nanculito 9 місяців тому

      @@fotis1964 No, of course the inhabitants were not Bulgarians, the Bulgarian Sarmatians appeared on the historical scene under their name Bulgarians much later in the 2nd century AD in the Caspian steppes and came to today's Bulgarian lands a little bit later, first as allies of the Roman Empire, a few centuries later they moved their lands to today's Bulgaria because of the attacks of their cousins the Khazars.
      The first inhabitants of Plovdiv were Neolithic farmers who settled first in Europe 8000 year BC, comming from Anatolia and began to found later organized villages and even the first cities. On the territory of Bulgaria there are many of them such as this in Plovdiv - Sofia, Varna, where the first gold, mined and processed by man was found, but the oldest settelment of these farmers in Bulgaria is located around Stara Zagora, and the oldest sity with fortress walls was this in Provadia - a salt mine where first salt (the ancient gold) in Europe was produced. Due to the lack of written sources and history writings from that time, we do not know how they called themselfs. Some people today call them Thracians, but it is not correct, because the Thracians came much later as well, around 1500-2000 years BC in the territory of today's Bulgaria.

    • @Uc9uE3pKsS6uQ
      @Uc9uE3pKsS6uQ 8 місяців тому

      we Bulgarians there on Balkan from 10K years, the Asians that came later, they was few people who name the country, and that's it. @@fotis1964

    • @margaritapeeva9181
      @margaritapeeva9181 8 місяців тому +1

      Mark does have a Bulgarian thread in family history

  • @GreatCityAttractions
    @GreatCityAttractions 10 місяців тому +25

    A fascinating country.

  • @RosTheXD
    @RosTheXD 10 місяців тому +12

    The oldest monestery in the world is located in Bulgaria!

  • @mariomarchelo3999
    @mariomarchelo3999 9 місяців тому +8

    Have a nice journey to Bulgaria 😊

  • @heyvriendin6329
    @heyvriendin6329 11 місяців тому +13

    Amazing video! Great editing 😍

  • @Krokodil986
    @Krokodil986 27 днів тому +1

    AMAZING VIDEO!! This is the first (mostly) accurate description of how the Bulgarian alphabet was made that i have seen on youtube ever
    Btw the Lev is a tribute to someone who was commonly called Levski (means lion-like), who is regarded as a hero
    Also rakiya is 40% only if you buy it from a shop. If soemone offers you homemade rakiya it could be a lot more so be careful 😂

  • @velko-live
    @velko-live 7 місяців тому +1

    Ooo man, tahnk you very much for this awesome video. I reaaly make me cry :)

  • @ivantsanov3650
    @ivantsanov3650 8 місяців тому +2

    Outstanding work, thank you.
    (Благодаря)

  • @Lexx987
    @Lexx987 Місяць тому

    great work!!

  • @RRRRefuelRideRace
    @RRRRefuelRideRace 4 місяці тому +1

    Very informative. After Romania comes Bulgaria on my trips list. :)

  • @n1kobg
    @n1kobg 8 місяців тому +3

    40c alchohol is the official degrees. Most people drink 40-65C. There is 75C too but its used for desinfection for ex. (ofc. some also drink it). thats in the country side.

  • @byty7403
    @byty7403 11 місяців тому +14

    Hi from Bulgaria. To be hones few things were inaccurate but still big thanks for making this video

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  11 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for watching, appreciates a lot! And no worries, love to make these videos. Which things were inaccurate?

    • @Nik-cg6qr
      @Nik-cg6qr 10 місяців тому +4

      ​@@all-about-europeim bulgarian too and i did not see any inaccuracies ... i think you did a great job researching those intresting facts about Bulgaria

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  10 місяців тому +1

      thank you!!!

    • @CaliSteve169
      @CaliSteve169 10 місяців тому

      Nah, it's pretty accurate.

  • @krishnanaishadham9359
    @krishnanaishadham9359 10 місяців тому +3

    Interesting to know about Bulgaria

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  10 місяців тому

      Hope you liked the video :)

    • @cocoaorange1
      @cocoaorange1 10 місяців тому +1

      True, I have met a few Bulgarian -Americans.

  • @Joker5567.
    @Joker5567. 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for the great job .

  • @cocoaorange1
    @cocoaorange1 10 місяців тому +2

    Great series.

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  10 місяців тому

      Thanks! We will be making more videos. Keep an eye out on our channel

  • @stoilstoilov5572
    @stoilstoilov5572 9 місяців тому +9

    Really nice presentation of Bulgaria! The explanation about the colors of the Bulgarian flag are some what naivе. The (pra)Bulgarians that came to the Balkans and made the Bulgarian state 1300 years ago uniting the Slavs, the Thracians and the Macedonians were from Indoaryan, Iranoaryan and Scythian origin. In the ancient Vedic/Avestan times, some 3500 years ago, the society was divided into three layers. The priests/man of God/diviners are the upper white dressed layer. The peasаnts are the middle green part of the society and the warriors are the defenders, the red colour layer at the bottom. In peaceful days the flag is with white colour at the top, followed by green in the middle and red at the bottom. So the wise and the spiritual man must lead the nation in peaceful times and during war days the warriors must be at the top to defend the state. That is why the Bulgarian flag in days of war changes the upper color from white to red.
    Thank you again for your work!

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  9 місяців тому

      thanks for sharing! and thanks for the compliment :)!!

  • @bgn2022
    @bgn2022 9 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for appreciation!

  • @drewcorry5056
    @drewcorry5056 9 місяців тому +1

    Excellent all around

  • @tonitaj2307
    @tonitaj2307 10 місяців тому +5

    Number 7 fact you used photos for tradition called Vine Pruning, which is on the 14th of February. It marks the day of St Trifon (Trifon Zarezan-the day of wine).

  • @d4n1337l
    @d4n1337l 5 місяців тому

    As a Bulgarian, just a small edit to the last one. Not freezing but FROZEN river waters we jump in for the cross in ALL major cities including jumping in Black sea in cities like Burgas and Varna.

  • @nettvshumen
    @nettvshumen 4 місяці тому

    Bulgaria is very beautiful.

  • @koreanata6951
    @koreanata6951 2 місяці тому

    Nice video!

  • @Nik-cg6qr
    @Nik-cg6qr 10 місяців тому +2

    Very nice vid 👍

  • @mujimax007
    @mujimax007 10 днів тому

    Informative video. Love and regards from Pakistan.

  • @user-br8gd9nt2c
    @user-br8gd9nt2c 9 місяців тому +4

    You have forgotten one of the most important thing that the Bulgarian John Atnasov now the world is developing electronic technology
    He created the computer as much as Danivi likes Americans but it's the truth
    He An American of Bulgarian origin
    But thank you for making this look
    about Bulgaria made me love Bulgaria some more
    Everybody who watches my home country

  • @alcd6333
    @alcd6333 8 місяців тому +1

    One behavior that's difficult for most Americans to get used to is when Bulgarians shake their heads it means 'Yes' and when they nod, it means 'No.'

  • @n1kobg
    @n1kobg 8 місяців тому +1

    The family on the picture on 10:41 This is Hristo, we grew up together as kids. We still chat.

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  8 місяців тому

      Wow!! Honored to feature them in our video. Please give them a greeting from the team!

    • @n1kobg
      @n1kobg 8 місяців тому

      @@all-about-europe I will give him the link of the video :)

  • @juliad77355
    @juliad77355 10 місяців тому +2

    💯💯💯

  • @mamatidea
    @mamatidea 5 місяців тому +1

    Very good video! But if you want bulgarians to appreciate it - you must talk about 444444 facts 😊. Today we don't have nothing to be proud with except incredible nature and ancient culture and traditions, some of them historians found more than 2500 years ago. For example bulgarian calendar is the base of modern zodiac and chinese moon calendar.. A lot of material if you have enough time for Bulgaria 😅.

  • @petarantonov8947
    @petarantonov8947 8 місяців тому +3

    The Cyrillic alphabet was created by the student of Cyril and Methodius, Saint Kliment Ohridski, who, by order of the Bulgarian prince Boris the First, built a school in Ohrid, where he improved and adapted the Glagolitic alphabet created by Cyril and Methodius for the needs of the Bulgarian language..! In honor of his teachers, he called the new script "Cyrillic"! Second omission, Bulgaria is not one of the poorest countries in Europe, but in the European Union..! There is a big difference between the two definitions..! Third omission, Bulgaria has never lost a battle flag in battle! Fourth omission. The first use of the airplane for military purposes was the work of a Bulgarian pilot who threw hand grenades during the Balkan War! There are more, but I won't have enough time to describe them all...!

  • @boskowalker6840
    @boskowalker6840 8 місяців тому

    Grandma March welcomes the Spring. We put not only bracelets, but the 2 red and white little guys shown on 2:29. You take of your Martenitza when you see a flowering plant or a stork(which means Spring has already come).

  • @iznone
    @iznone 9 місяців тому +6

    Note: Stara Planina mountain = Balkan

  • @lemonacidrounds7293
    @lemonacidrounds7293 10 місяців тому +1

    11:50 Well, it didn't work on me as it meant to be! I kept slipping on it over the years. 😂😂

  • @Emilio.Pablo.SRBIJA
    @Emilio.Pablo.SRBIJA 11 місяців тому +9

    Great video. We are still waiting for videos for Serbia, Greece, Montenegro and Bosnia Herzegovina.

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  11 місяців тому +2

      Thank you, all of them are coming for you 😁

  • @lizchan9100
    @lizchan9100 7 місяців тому +1

    I'm sure you did a lot of research, which is amazing, but I just had to write a comment after the wedding invitation part. What most people would call tradition is actually partly folklore and partly tradition and yes, while it's very very rare, there is a chance you might see a couple splitting a loaf of bread (or pitka as we say) above their heads, but even my 70 year old grandparents didn't participate in the wedding rituals. Maybe, just maybe, my grand grandparents did, all of the traditions were basically forgotten after the ottoman rule as the country wanted to be more like western Europe. People always assume that when we say a superstition we believe in it- we don't. Just a few things are off, but of course it's impossible to know unless you live here.

  • @hristinaharizanova4917
    @hristinaharizanova4917 6 місяців тому +1

    Meine Heimland❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤I Love Bulgarien

    • @gizemlikisi6213
      @gizemlikisi6213 15 днів тому

      why dont u live there if u love there so much?

  • @speakbulgariantoday
    @speakbulgariantoday 9 місяців тому +1

    Many countries rely on diverse economic pillars like gold, work ethic, and natural resources. In contrast, Bulgaria's economy is predominantly centered on real estate, which has prospered since the end of communism. Despite misconceptions about Bulgaria's wealth, it ranks among the wealthiest European nations per capita, though this wealth isn't always visible in infrastructure. It's important to note that corruption is deeply ingrained in government, business, and culture here, making it nearly impossible to navigate successfully. The best approach is to avoid doing business in Bulgaria due to its pervasive corruption.

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  9 місяців тому

      thanks for sharing your knowledge with us

    • @goshu7009
      @goshu7009 8 місяців тому

      Yes, thats because we dont want foreighners to buy land or property here. We dont want to be like Greece or like London or like New York. We like Visitors, tourists - sure. But not people who want to buy land or property. Corruption is a WESTERN Thing and its a side effect of Democracy.
      Democracy produces corruption. Thats why it was removed 2 4000 years ago, only after 2 years of experiments on only 2 ancient towns. Restored by British Empire, to keep corrupted, low , divided other lands, so they can drain them out.
      Thats the short-cut version.

  • @camilmoujaber4813
    @camilmoujaber4813 9 місяців тому +4

    Was the Alexandur Nevski Orthodox Memorial Church in Sofia mentioned in this video? If it was I sure don't remember seeing it. And nothing about the Ottoman Turks who occupied Bulgaria for almost 500 years and tried to wipe it off the map, if it wasn't for the Russians who kicked them out in 1877-78.

  • @user-ue5fb3nc3y
    @user-ue5fb3nc3y 3 місяці тому

    You missed another festival that holds place in Gabrovo, The Humour and Satire festival where we express ourselves.

  • @invinsible1100
    @invinsible1100 8 місяців тому +1

    In Bulgaria when you have a bad thought you knock on the wood or your head to prevent it from happening.

  • @clementmawrie487
    @clementmawrie487 6 місяців тому +1

    I like Bulgaria nature and female character.

  • @QuantumS1ngularity
    @QuantumS1ngularity 2 місяці тому +1

    Many people find it really odd how we have the head shake and nod opposite to everyone. This has its roots in the 500 of the Ottoman ruling, which here is called "ottoman slavery". Back then when the ottomans were forcing the locals to convert to Islam, they were going from village to village asking people if they accept Islam as their religion and whoever refused was brutally executed publicly as an example. People starting nodding as this was well accepting sign of agreement, but they actually meant no. This eventually became an unwritten rule and when you have this going for 500 in your society, it becomes the norm.

  • @petarantonov8947
    @petarantonov8947 8 місяців тому +2

    A little-known fact is that Bogomilism arose in Bulgaria during the Early Middle Ages, which is the progenitor of all "heretical" currents in Christianity! Through Bulgarian soldiers who served in the Italian provinces of the Byzantine Empire, this religion spread first in Italy under the name of Catharism, and from there in France and all of Western Europe..! Also, at the beginning of the 20th century, Master Petar Dunov created the White Brotherhood, which preaches Perfection and Merging with nature under the auspices of the Lord Jesus Christ, which manifests itself in music, dances and physical behavior in harmony with the vibrations of Nature..! The most famous ritual is Paneurhythmia, which is a dance with special movements to the music of a violin, people are dressed entirely in white..!In your video there is a shot of this dance, when you explain what "horo" is !!! This teaching is very popular in France, where Master Petar Dunov is called Beinsa Duno..!

  • @MariaKotseva
    @MariaKotseva 10 місяців тому +7

    Sòfia is the correct pronunciation

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  10 місяців тому +1

      Thank you for the correction ❤️

    • @ia3078
      @ia3078 10 місяців тому +1

      SòfiYa. BulgariYa.

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  10 місяців тому

      @@ia3078 Thank you!

    • @speakbulgariantoday
      @speakbulgariantoday 9 місяців тому

      Just a heads-up, you've also mispronounced every other city you've mentioned. HINT: If you're using a text-to-speech application, it might have Western pronunciation tendencies, which don't align with the Bulgarian language.

  • @Nikola_V_1337
    @Nikola_V_1337 8 місяців тому +1

    Actually the color white on the Bulgarian flag means peace.

  • @S7-.
    @S7-. 7 місяців тому

    baba marta=granma marta and the martenica is worn as long as you want but when you can get it of when you see a stork

  • @tonystoev1130
    @tonystoev1130 8 місяців тому +1

    Nice video. Should have done some more research on some of the topics, though. 😉

  • @n1kobg
    @n1kobg 8 місяців тому

    John Atanasov is also Bulgarian born in US. His father is born in Bulgaria. Thats the guy who invented THE COMPUTER.
    U missed to mention it.

  • @gristootlom
    @gristootlom 8 місяців тому +1

    00:30 Bro we still poor :D - But yes, we got nice places.

  • @AhmadIzzatShahmierRosdi-gi1ug
    @AhmadIzzatShahmierRosdi-gi1ug 5 місяців тому +1

    All countries can be UAE country development if follow UAE step from dessert country to Luxury country.

  • @maqboolmangrio
    @maqboolmangrio 11 місяців тому +6

    Really impressive lovely girls

  • @valeriutudorica4420
    @valeriutudorica4420 10 місяців тому +2

    Ski in Bansko.

  • @viaggisenzaconfini
    @viaggisenzaconfini 11 місяців тому +2

    really amazing this video! wonderful editing you gave me so much inspiration!

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  11 місяців тому +2

      Thank you so much!! Are you going to visit Bulgaria?

    • @viaggisenzaconfini
      @viaggisenzaconfini 11 місяців тому +2

      @@all-about-europe Not yet but I should go there soon

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  11 місяців тому +1

      I'm sure you will like it, enjoy!

  • @zdravkobelinski4627
    @zdravkobelinski4627 8 місяців тому

    Hello, we need more info about fact 39, as all internet and chatgpt suggest he does not have bulgarian grandfather

  • @rosedekbeautytherapistandc5440
    @rosedekbeautytherapistandc5440 8 місяців тому +1

    In Bulgaria has less car pollution than in UK and many other places.

  • @gilliantill1214
    @gilliantill1214 5 місяців тому

    Go to the small villages to see how these people live.

  • @knazdimitar1245
    @knazdimitar1245 16 днів тому

    There is a wrong suggestion in the begining when the author says "Bulgaria was the poorest in Europe" he is referring to several online rankings, but this is a mistake because these rankings are for countries in the European Union and it says "one of the poorest in the European Union", not in Europe. We are way better than several other countries in Europe...

  • @TaHrPa
    @TaHrPa 6 місяців тому

    Incredible, he managed to pronounce every single name wrong :D Made me chuckle.

  • @VRportal
    @VRportal 6 місяців тому +1

    Bigger than Cuba and Island? Our country is bigger than most of the EU countries actually

  • @takanoritoriyama
    @takanoritoriyama 7 місяців тому +1

    wtf no one notice but at 5:15 he used map of kelowna in canada wtf???

    • @dimitri3737
      @dimitri3737 5 місяців тому

      I noticed and wanted to see if anyone else did - here you are!

  • @frawldog
    @frawldog Місяць тому

    😅😊

  • @abilogos1299
    @abilogos1299 8 місяців тому +1

    At least 5 cultures were like iranians.
    Like nocking the wood
    Spelling the water ...

  • @Matutu-Nazimi
    @Matutu-Nazimi 6 місяців тому +1

    🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰

  • @ia3078
    @ia3078 10 місяців тому +11

    3:40 Ciryl didn't use the Greek letters as a base. Glagolitic isn't created by him. It evolves over time. There are many who he adapted the letters from. St Jerome created one version in Dalmatia, (Bosnia, Croatia), while on the other side of the Balkans we have Aethicus Ister's alphabet from the Dobrugae region(Bulgaria/Romania). But they aren't the creators of the "Glagolitic" either. These letters can be found from Neolithic times on the Balkans (4,000-5,000BC) when Thracians and Pelasgians inhabited the whole of central Eurasia. There are in total 35 matches in the form of the letter between Thracian Linear A+B and Cyril's alphabet whilst only ~20 with Greek alphabet meaning Cyril's version of Glagolitic was based on the Thracian linears from Crete and Minoan area from 4,000-5,000BC. The big misconception that these are Greek letters comes because historians confuse Greek for succesors of the Thracians when ancient Greek writers like Homer, Sophocles, Strabo in their work call the Thracians - barbarians, meaning "not Greek". Linear A, alphabet of the neolitic and Chalcolitic Thracians from Cretes, according to the studies of Arthur Evans is the base of the proto-Phoenicians (people living in the Levant before 1500BC).
    The same letters from Linear A are found in Scythian and Sarmatian runes and as we know Scythians lived in the region of the Cimerean Thracians while Sarmatians are a part of the Getae Thracian family. Unfortunately there are no written books in Sarmatian, nor Scythian from 6 century BC to 1 century AD because as Herodotus states that the word for paper is skin and as we know skin falls apart over time. The father of history adds that "during his time 5century BC people outside Greece used goat and sheep skin for paper instead of papirus".
    Anyway thanks for making the effort to interpret Bulgarian history. It's good to see that foreigners show interest in the topic. 😊

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  10 місяців тому +4

      Thanks for sharing this detailed clarification, its appreciated!
      More than welcome. To be honest, this was one of the most interesting countries for me in terms of history. :)

    • @vasil.kamdzhalov
      @vasil.kamdzhalov 10 місяців тому +3

      What you speak due to lack of sources can be at best a theory. Dont speak of it like its legit when you just believe it to be true.

    • @thatisme3thatisme38
      @thatisme3thatisme38 7 місяців тому

      ​@@vasil.kamdzhalovwell he is right about these letters existing way before glaholithic was supposedly invented. And cyrillic itself existed ahead of 9th century

    • @vasil.kamdzhalov
      @vasil.kamdzhalov 7 місяців тому

      If it was truly legit it would be the official history and more global and known ( I look a lot in history or did when I was younger and in those years I didnt hear nothing legit coming as what is said here, some stuff more or less feels right but what it tries to prove is... meh ), right now at best its a theory. Too much information is on the Internet and nothing would prove it as legit. The sad part is, if it is about ancient history theories go wild and most of them arent true or a blatanly wrong but people like them or belive in them because they have personal affection to what that would mean to them or their countrymen. In my country there are plenty similar but for now they are a mere bullshit and I dont intent to sugercoat it.@@thatisme3thatisme38

    • @thatisme3thatisme38
      @thatisme3thatisme38 7 місяців тому

      @@vasil.kamdzhalov I don't deny it's a theory. Everything is a theory as we are not contemporaries to see for ourselves

  • @eliadespastor4305
    @eliadespastor4305 7 місяців тому

    #2 potassium producer in east bloc!

  • @coiamo
    @coiamo 8 місяців тому +1

    according to wikipaedia - Zackerberg's grandparents are quoted as being from Poland, Austria, Germany. nothing is mentioned about Bulgaria which is a beatiful country

  • @MegaKirile
    @MegaKirile 8 місяців тому +1

    Baba Marta is few millennium age old

  • @milenajourneys
    @milenajourneys Місяць тому

    I am stunned you didn't pronounce even one name right! And a lot of images are not from the country, the map in 16 is in Alaska (USA). The fire extinguisher is not IN us, it is IN THE CAR!

  • @damarmar1001
    @damarmar1001 10 місяців тому +4

    I don't know how it is now but i went to Bulgaria and i remember that I never saw anyone laughing or even smiling. I hope that has changed and that the food is better than those days. But hey, it was 1989

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  10 місяців тому +1

      That sounds sad but it was 1989

    • @georgeb5262
      @georgeb5262 10 місяців тому

      Well, in the 1989 we experienced one of our biggest economy crashes, so it makes sense.

    • @damarmar1001
      @damarmar1001 10 місяців тому

      @@georgeb5262 I must say I never saw so many beautiful women.. it wasn't all negative

    • @goshu7009
      @goshu7009 8 місяців тому

      @@all-about-europe During comunizm - thats how it was. Today is different.

    • @banicite
      @banicite 8 місяців тому

      Its 2023, its now a normal European country

  • @all-about-europe
    @all-about-europe  11 місяців тому +2

    Which fact fascinated you the most? 😀
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  • @VWApachey
    @VWApachey 10 місяців тому +1

    Very interesting. I didnt know that Mark Zuckerberg was from Bulgarian heritage.......what is the best way to find a Bulgarian girlfriend ?

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  10 місяців тому +1

      Yes he is!
      Probably by visiting the country? Or via a dating site!

    • @VWApachey
      @VWApachey 10 місяців тому

      @@all-about-europe I have visited the country and even bought a property there this April, but I haven't seen a lot of eligible single women anywhere..
      Yes, I would love to know what dating sites the women are on... 😉

    • @rajendervallapureddy1564
      @rajendervallapureddy1564 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@VWApacheythey all migrated to Getmany😂. 80% of our class in a German university was of Bulgarians in 2001. Very good loving ppl.

    • @VWApachey
      @VWApachey 10 місяців тому

      @@rajendervallapureddy1564 nice one Bro. Are you in Germany now?

    • @rajendervallapureddy1564
      @rajendervallapureddy1564 10 місяців тому +1

      @@VWApachey Nope back in India

  • @sashoo2749
    @sashoo2749 6 місяців тому

    az hareswam strannata no mrazq durjawata :D

  • @Agent7964
    @Agent7964 8 місяців тому +1

    Yes, good work, but I heard nothing about the world-famous ski resorts, about the boza, about the banitza-pie, about the modern achievements of the Bulgarian children at world championships, sports life in general, about Bulgarian hospitality. Bulgaria is not only ancient history.

  • @Vasil_Hristov
    @Vasil_Hristov 4 місяці тому

    0:23 Already incorrect information, it's not one of the poorest in Europe, it's the poorest in EU.

  • @zmechik
    @zmechik Місяць тому

    You can blame Bulgaria for different thinks, but not for Mark Zukerberg ;) We had nothing to do with him :p

  • @nikolay9001
    @nikolay9001 8 місяців тому +2

    The city is sOfia, not sofiA.... come on... also when you pronounce other language city names and words try to hear them first like horO, not hOro, those are not hard words to pronounce after all.
    Other than that good job but some parts are not quite accurate.

  • @dimkara4800
    @dimkara4800 8 місяців тому +1

    Let me correct yourself ,
    Bordered with ex Bulgarian TERRITORIES them all.

  • @rajendervallapureddy1564
    @rajendervallapureddy1564 10 місяців тому +2

    Surprised the video doesn't talk anything about Chalga music

    • @all-about-europe
      @all-about-europe  10 місяців тому

      There simply too many facts! There we will make a second video

    • @rossengeorgiew9589
      @rossengeorgiew9589 10 місяців тому

      yeah, positively surprised, not to relate to brainwashing, consuming propelling music of not bulgarian roots, positively surprised, indeed! :)

    • @debnadaebna9981
      @debnadaebna9981 8 місяців тому

      @@all-about-europe No need, this was enough, thank you! Chalga is not Bulgarian music, it is Turkish, Gypsy music in Bulgarian language.

  • @deepblueskyshine
    @deepblueskyshine 9 місяців тому +1

    So many things even an elderly well educated bulgarian never suspected for himself, but who am I to judge :) Poverty... yes, in the late 80s and the whole 90s till the beginning of the new millenia, but in the mid 80s GDP of Bulgaria was roughly equal to that of several times larger and populos Turkey and larger than Grece's, believe it or not. One wears his/her martenitsa not the whole March, but till he/she sees blooming fruit tree or a stork returning from Africa for the breeding season and the ubiquitous in Bulgaria wild plum usually bloom even at high mountain villages and after very cold winters not later than 20th-25th of March. Variety of traditional costumes wasn't consequent to ethnicity - everyone whose mother tongue is Bulgarian is an ethnic bulgarian, but during the Ottoman inslaving most of the bulgarian people scattered in difficult to reach, easy to defend and easy to flee from mountainous regions and lived for a couple of the five centuries slavory in relative isolation and what diverge even more than costumes and customs was the Bulgarian language - bulgarians had more local dialects than the ten times more numerous germans and the modern language norm of Bulgarian was scientifically compilled from the two major dialect groups at the beginning of the 20th century.

    • @fotis1964
      @fotis1964 9 місяців тому

      In fact Bulgarian language is turkish because Bulgarians were turkomongols.
      Greetings from Greece.

    • @user-xt6hl1xp4k
      @user-xt6hl1xp4k 9 місяців тому

      @@fotis1964 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_language

    • @debnadaebna9981
      @debnadaebna9981 8 місяців тому +1

      @@fotis1964 Bulgarian language is the oldest Slavic language. The fact that there is no substrate in the Old Bulgarian language from the 9th-10th centuries clearly shows that the Asparukh Bulgarians spoke the same language like John Exarch and others. There are neither Turkic nor Iranian toponyms and hydronyms on the territory of early medieval Bulgaria and this clearly shows that the language of the Asparukh Bulgarians was neither Turkic nor Iranian, nor an amalgam of the two. ALL equestrian terms, of the equestrian people Proto-Bulgarians, are ENTIRELY Balkan (with Thracian parallels), Neither "kon", nor "kobila", "zrebets", "sedlo", "juzda", "streme", "lak", "tula", "strela", "tetiva", "ostrie", "jazdia", "ezdach" etc. do not belong to the Turkic or Iranian linguistic richness, and in the Thracian onomastics we find "Kone", "Kobilatus", "tula-", "Uzdika", "Asdul", "Ezdikaya" and others.
      Words like "tulshi", "kupe", "estrogin" are found on inventory Old Bulgarian inscriptions, and they have parallels in Thracian onomastics: "tul", "tulak", "kupe", "strog", "the meaning is " quiver', 'helmet', 'protective device', 'armour'. In the Old Bulgarian inscriptions we find names like "Zenti", and "Zentis" is one of the names of the Thracian Heros. Asparuch's name is also found under the variants "Isperih", "Esperih". "Aspa", "espa", "ispa" are Thracian words for "horse". We don't have Asian DNA (less than you actually), that's why we can't talk about any "Turkic ppl", "Iranians", "Khans" and "Khans" and other BS. Proto-Bulgarian DNA has been already officially tested and PROVEN to have absolutely no connection with any "Turkic" or "Iranian" tribes. Complete lack of Asiatic components in the ProtoBulgarian DNA. The exact science of genetics shows a completely millennial origin only from Southern and South-Eastern Europe. There is not a single historical evidence of mention of the titles "han" and "kan" among the Bulgarians.There is not a single epigraphic monument or other archaeological evidence for the titles "han" and "kan" among the Bulgarians. The racial type of the Bulgarians and Thracians is the same - Pontic and Black Sea type (Dr. M. Popov, BAS, 1938, 1959, determined unequivocally by all anthropologists who studied the race of the people inhabiting our lands). The racial type of Indians, Iranians, Turkic population is typical of Central Asia and is not found in our country at all. The anthropological type characteristic of the Turks in our country is about 1%, because of the remaining Uzi and Pechenegs in our country, from the late Middle Ages. The same % is in North Macedonia, Serbia and way MORE in Greece, Romania....
      Our folklore is based almost entirely on Thracian beliefs, customs, songs, etc. And it has nothing to do with Iranian and Turkish ones.
      But hey, you are Ethiopian Greek (Danayan or pseudo-hellen), so it is normal for you to hate :)
      Btw in Genetics Greece is devided in 5 different parts because all of them differ from each other. North Greece is the same genetically as Bulgaria, and we all know why is that... It is easy if you look at any ethnical map from the past, before 1913 and every historical document. :)
      Have a nice day!

    • @fotis1964
      @fotis1964 8 місяців тому

      @@debnadaebna9981 So you claim the nomads from Asia were Europeans?
      As far for the language Bulgarians conquered the Seven Tribes Slaves located in today Bulgaria. They mixed with the seven tribes slaves because they were 80.000 while Bulgarians were 4.000. The language Bulgarians are speaking is similar to the language spoken in parts of Northern Greece because Cyril and Methodios translated the Holy Book to slavic spoken in villages nearby Thessaloniki.

    • @fotis1964
      @fotis1964 8 місяців тому

      @@debnadaebna9981 Also a critical point is that Slaves didn't have kings like Bulgarians had. This called zadruga. They had kings hundreds of years later. Because of zadruga slaves have 3 or 4 words for uncle and aunt. Bulgarians have only one striko. Bulgarians must change their name or stop calling themselves Slaves.

  • @presiyanyankov8869
    @presiyanyankov8869 6 місяців тому

    good video but downvoting for butchering the names of everything

  • @naskoidf
    @naskoidf 8 місяців тому

    Calling rakia strong liquor is a national crime and the balkans are ready to fight also grape rakia is separated from the rest as higher quality product. It is fine craftsmanship like brewing whisky but the rakia already has the aroma and taste from the fruit

  • @MrTea101
    @MrTea101 4 місяці тому

    "The official language of Bulgaria is 'Buglarian'"
    NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, YOU DON'T SAY?