8 Best reasons to retire to Bulgaria! Living in Bulgaria! 

Hi, my name is Samy and I am a long-time partner of RoninBlue. It is with great sadness that I announce RoninBlue’s sudden passing of a heart attack on Monday, August 16, 2021. RoninBlue was passionate about personal finance and early retirement and loved sharing his knowledge with all of you on RU-vid. RoninBlue has put a lot of love and energy into making these videos and I would like to thank each and every one of you for sharing in his joy and for supporting his channel up to now. I wish you all the best. Love, Samy

Not just to retire, Living in Bulgaria is bery nice for young expat. We were planning to live here for 6 months and now is already 2 years and going. I love this country

I've just moved to Bulgaria at 38. Feel like Ive retired. Beautiful country.

I am a Bulgarian who has left my home country in search of a better life abroad. Well, I found a better life in terms of paychecks, medical service, and social security. But I lost a lot in terms of socializing. I miss my friends. It is so difficult to befriend a Westerner. Thank God, I have my family beside me otherwise life would be very lonesome. Bulgarians are very friendly people. They will open the door of their home for you, share their meal with you, befriend you and make you part of their family, just because you are far from home and missing your family and friends. WE ARE EXTREMELY HOSPITABLE PEOPLE. Exactly the opposite from the culture in Western Europe where everyone keeps it all for themselves and you can live years without really knowing your neighbours and never being invited in your neighbours' home. Something unthinkable in Bulgaria. I miss also the food, so AFFORDABLE. Gosh, for the same price in Bulgaria I can invite at least 4 people to a restaurant (compared to Western Europe). What I do not like is corruption. However, Bulgaria still is a low crime rate country. Or is it? My experience dates back 10 years.

I love Bulgaria, I lived there from 2004 until 2013, and came back out of necessity, but I hope that I can go back to live there one day. The people are great,the food is great and it’s a chilled environment for great living.

hello dear sir I'm from Bangladesh but I'm living in dubai,I really love bulgaria country wow bulgaria is my dream bulgaria is my heart love you all bulgarian people ❤️❤️❤️

We have just bought a beautiful home and begun renovating. I know people in the UK who have spent more on a car, yet we have a big home with land. Thank you Bulgaria...

In a 30 minute video you can never do Bulgaria justice ...we bought houses their 2/3 years ago ..and I'd quite like to keep Bulgaria as Europes Best Kept Secret ..seriously though ..Bulgaria deserves to be recognized as a un-discovered jewel ...

I am a Bulgarian living in England, then a video broke down in tears of love 😍

Bulgaria is an incredible gem. On the business side, Bulgaria has almost the lowest taxes in Europe and a high-quality fibre internet. Bulgaria is one of the most Digital Nomad friendly countries in Europe, if not the world.

You said Bulgaria uses the Cyrilic alphabet ( Bulgaria created the Cyrilic alphabet ) *

Love Bulgaria from Iran 💚🤍❤️

I visited Bulgaria a few times. Plovdiv is a very old and nice city. I also liked Varna. Next time I need to visit Veliko Tarnovo. There are also beautiful mountain villages with authentic architecture, like Koprivshtitsa. And not to forget the famous Rila monastery. Some less popular towns suffer from depopulation, as many youngsters try to make a living abroad. Food is cheap and usually good, but there are not many high cuisine restaurants. The climat can be harsh in winter and super hot in summer. I had close to 40 degrees in Plovdiv. As hot as the summer can be, as warm are the people. They're very welcoming, helpful and interested. I always felt safe on the streets, also at night. The nature is stunning, especially in the mountains. A beautiful, maybe slightly underrated country that is definitely worth a visit!

I was looking into New Hampshire in the US, possibly S America....Canada....Florida in the US.....Spain, Italy and Germany. But after a lot of research....Bulgaria is looking better and better and better.

It’s absolutely sad , that your channel doesn’t have more subscribers ! I’m black , and moving to Bulgaria from the States in the summer of 2022 , and I’ve enjoyed a lot of the channels , but your channel was the best ! I’ve lived in Europe 3 times before , and this time I hope it’s permanent . You definitely have a new subscriber my friend !

As Bulgarian native I wish to thank you for your time and efforts creating that nice video! I agree and confirm most of your statements, with some exceptions and comments: 1. Sofia is not the best town to live in. The major advantage is that you are close to the biggest international airport. But you should consider high level of pollution, traffic jams and lack of typical Bulgarian hospitality and atmosphere. Sofia becomes more an EU capital and lost it's charm. Well, you may find charming some old communistic and historical buildings. 2. Although there were few fragments of videos from Veliko Turnovo, you never mention that town. It's our old capital, unique place, I highly recommend everybody to visit it. It's a must if you are into historical tourism or plan to live in Bulgaria. 3. Be prepared for corruption /within police, public administration and up to the government/. Poor public medical care system and plenty of poor people in the country side. 4. Stray dogs might be a problem only at the slums or some isolated villages. Finally a tip: my favorite beach is Аркутино, you can google it.

Retired with a 7 figure portfolio and Receiving about $53k in dividends. I have been in the Stock market about 20 years. Am I worried? Am I selling? Absolutely not. I have purchased growth stocks too a little at a time over the past few weeks. I am going to sit back and observe how this all plays out, adding more at a time. my investment strategy actually calms me down. Eye on the prize, stay the course!

Hi, I enjoyed watching your video. I already bought a property in Bulgaria. The only thing missing is the mention of the city of Veliko Tarnovo. It's one of the most beautiful cities of Bulgaria and it use to be the old capital of Bulgria.

Already decided Kosharitsa as soon as lockdown ended bought a studio

Absolutely agree Beautiful country Moving from US to Bulgaria to our golden age

Most stray animals are friendly and will even let you pet them, I'm 20, I've lived my whole life here and in that time I've only met about 3 stray dogs that actually wanted to bite me, be that because they were aggressive or i unintentionally scared them into trying to bite me. But if you are afraid of diseases and the like you can just shoo them away or if you so pet them, just wash your hands with soap or hand sanitizer. As for why most strays are friendly, that's because we tend to give them food and water when we see them, we pity them for having to live out in the cold winters and hot summers, at least most of us do, there are some who find it funny to mess with them, which I find sad.

That was a very good look at Bulgaria it really peaked my interest in the area.

I ve been in Bulgaria many times, I really love it. Planing to move there from Germany, looking for a pice of land to buy, around mountains ir close to the black sea.

I miss Veliko Tarnovo in this video, one of the oldest settlements in Europe.

The research done for this video is impressive

Beautiful country and people. Great video quality and informative. Love the colorful costume, architecture, nature, and friendly people. I must be there.

Thank you for this video! I have been saying for years that Bulgaria is the most beautiful country in the world. It has everything. For a person from the USA, looking for housing with amenities similar to what Americans have come to be used to is not cheap. I checked into houses near Varna and you will not find them to be inexpensive. Still, they are less then what it costs in any big city in the USA. I found affordable houses between Golden Sands and Varna. Another city that is affordable is Stara Zagora. Basically a nice 2 br 2 bath apartment in Varna is around 70,000 to over 100,000 Euros. I found some houses in the 100,000 to 150,000 Euros for a 3 br 2 bath outside but near Varna and slightly cheaper near or in Stara Zagora. Also construction is more masonry as opposed to the usual 2 x 4 sheet rock walls as found in the USA so you don't deal with the 'paper thin' walls that transmit noise easily between apartments. If you like rock music, Sofia has a bunch of amazing bands like Hellion Stone, Der Hunds, Fat Bertha and Caliberty. Not sure at present, but I am seriously thinking of leaving the USA for Bulgaria. Oh one thing. Bulgaria actually created the cyrillic writing system and a lot of signs and such are in Bulgarian and written in cyrillic so you need to learn both the language and the cyrillic writing. USA is getting too expensive and also has higher rates of violent crime then any city in Bulgaria. You are 35 times more likely to be a victim of crime in a US city then in a city like Stara Zagora or Plovdiv. Bottom line. Do your own research on the cost of living. Be realistic. If you had a 3000 sq ft house in the USA, don't expect to be happy in an 800 sq ft apartment with 2 small bedrooms and one bath. Also, stuff like cars and such cost as much in Bulgaria as they do in the USA. I mean, an Infiniti Q60 is 55K Euros in the USA and Bulgaria. So be prepared to to pay the same for many things in Bulgaria as you did in the USA or other western countries.

I'd love to go to Bulgaria one day. Lovely looking old buildings, also so much history. I could go on with what I like about this part of Europe. Also love their clothing and folk traditional music.

The way you say "shopka" will bring a lot of attention here :D

As a Bulgaria I can suggest you if you love the mountain you can check Elena city. It is a very small but beautiful town in Bulgaria. If you love big cities i recommend Varna. It is the 3rd biggest city in Bulgaria, but there is a bonus it is in the black sea which is great if you love the sea. If you want something in the middle Veliko Tarnovo or villages and towns near this town will be a great decision. Also a bonus city Burgas. I have lived or visited all of those cities :)

BULGARIA 🇧🇬 IS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY

I am Bulgarian and the vide is pretty well made dude! You should apply to work for our Ministry of Tourism! Well done :)

The most beautiful place in Europe.

Why does everyone pronounce Sofia differently than Sofians ? Not So-FI-a, try sOff-ia

Appreciate for the Amazing Information!

You seem to have confused Roma Gypsies with Romanians. Roma does not mean from Romania. Roma originate from India.

The best vlog that I have seen on Bulgaria so far,

Good stuff ...very informative...thank you for this it is very helpful...

Thank you RoninBlue. God bless his soul. Thank you Sami. I love my country, even though medical system is not that great and corruption is so high, as well as the prices (in comparison to the salaries). However, I would still choose to go bck. I travelled the world and discovered that my country it is a little jewel. Thank you all.

Thank you so much for your very informative narration and video👍

Greetings from Bulgaria and thank you for the nice video, we appricate it.

Only if you knew how our retired citizens earn and what they live with.....

RIP RoninBlue, I am so sorry for you Samy, take care sweatheart xx

As a Bulgarian I can say this video is surprisingly accurate. The one thing I`m not sure about is that everything in the capital is in walking distance. I can`t say Sofia is a small city. Maybe if you live in the city center maybe everything you normally need would be in a walking distance, but if you need to go somewhere specific outside of the center you may have to use the public transport or have a car, which is really not to be preferred since it is sometimes a real struggle to find a parking spot!

Well, some people watching this might think moving to Sofia would mean going to the beach every weekend, but reality is you are 4-5 hour drive away from the beach. In addition, don't count on people speaking English everywhere as this is just not true - young people do speak English, but people on low-paying jobs don't so you will likely struggle in the supermarket counter or in the taxi.

I am heading out there too ... Hope to rent then buy a small holding. This is a brilliant video for those looking!

Thank you so much for your great information sir, top of my list. I’m so impressed so much beautiful and clean.cant wait to go,

Plovdiv is the oldest city in Europe, 6th in the world :)

Bulgaria has been in the European union for years now but thank you for the beautiful film that you made it really touch me! I miss my country so much and my dream is to retire back home 🙏🏻❤️☺️🌹🌹🌹

I have a ton of stuff I need to do this morning. Maybe I’ll just watch this lovely video first 😂

This is a very good video - I am Bulgarian, I should know!

I'm from Bulgaria and i live in Plovdiv!🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬

I'm Bulgarian and Canadian move in 1990. I'm originally from and born in Plovdiv. I'm proud to be Bulgarian. Bath now.my Life is in Vancouver Canada 🇨🇦. My baby 22 years old is born here in Vancouver. Bath in 10 years maybe.. I can Retired I have place my own home so ....we'll see only God knows.

Bulgaria is the birthplace of cirilic alphabeth and we gave literacy and light of education to 250million people when the bulgarian tzar decide to finance it.there are a lot of alphabeths that didnt survive because of lack of funding

Thx so much.How r u? Hope safe.So sad.Watched video today,may he rest in peace.Take care

So hard to find nice content like this. I don't know who, but someone actually needs to hear this, you've got to stop saving all your money. Venture into investing some, if you really want financial stability

I don't agree with some of this. The prices in supermarkets and restaurants are very similar to those in Western Europe and even in many cases more expensive compared to UK and Germany. If you consider the fact that the minimum wage in Bulgaria is is less than 400 Dollars, I would ask you to imagine how easy it is to live there.

Excellent presentation with adequate info

An interesting and quite comprehensive video. I assume your target audience is Americans (not Europeans) as you quote prices in US$, which are meaningless to me. I would prefer in Leva or Euros but that is just me. The "o" in Povdiv is short (to be fair you seemed to get this right the sceond time it was mentioned) and the "e" at the end of sirene (white cheese) is pronounced not mute. Regarding driving I have found that there has been a very big improvement in the rural roads particullary as regards reduction in number and seriousness of potholes in recent years but this does vary from (Oblast) province to province. I have not needed 4WD, but winter tyres are obligatory from when the winter season is officially declared. Like most people in BG, I have two sets of car wheels, one with summer tyres one with winter tyres as it is easier to just change the wheeels than remove and refit tyres.

This video is misleading. If you are not a Bulgarian citizen, you cannot buy land in Bulgaria. (I know this firsthand...my wife is Bulgarian and we had to fight to have my name added to the deed on our house) You CAN, however, buy an apartment or business structure. You do not have to "register at a police station" for an extended stay....that is ridiculous. You can stay 90 days as a visitor without question...and a 90 day extension is fairly easy to get. Sofia is NOT inexpensive...it is quite the opposite.. Good luck finding an apt. for 600 bucks....lol And, it is NOT "walkable"....it is a very dirty, confusing city to navigate and has zero parking. It is a wonderful city...but, it is expensive and a nightmare to try to find your way around. (I take a taxi EVERYWHERE) English is widely spoken here...so, there is very little "language barrier" issues. English is a required language in the school system. Also, it is misleading to call Bulgaria "reasonable" when it comes to cost of living. That is relative to wages...and wages are extremely low. So, unless you have a cushy job lined up, or a trust fund, be prepared to struggle. "Racism" is almost non-existent...Bulgarians are more worried about the gypsy population that is sucking the system dry. Many things you say are true...Bulgaria is AMAZING in so many ways. You should visit some time.

Sounds so nice when you describe it

Good Country!

im willing to move with my wife and daughter to bulgaria, looking for my company to pay my re alocation there

Nice video. I know that there is a lot of false information about the history of Bulgaria, including in the old textbooks but the name Bulgaria, the origin of Bulgarians have nothing to do with Turks. it is the equivalent of claiming that Native Americans in the US originate in England.

Im relocating to Bulgaria

This gives me food for thought. I am very unhappy living in the UK right now. I am retired and tired of the cost of living and therefore looking for a civilised country as the UK used to be, but not anymore. Bulgaria might fit the bill for me to live.

Don't call that place Macedonia. It is not. At least use the "Northern Macedonia", although that is debatable as well. Apart from that, the name, they people of this country are our friends. From Greece

Veliko Tarnovo is my favourite.

i just took bulgarian citizenship via origin(Turkish citizen). Planning to move to bulgaria to retire.Really beautifull place.

Do not mix Bulgarian roots with Turkish nonesense (Bulgaria is at least 1000 years older than them). The names Turkey and otomans did not even exist when great ancient prime 7 tribes of 7 brothers call them selfs Bolghars. Bulgarian name comes from proto Bulgars from words "Bog-hary" wich literally translates from proto Bulgarian language "thank god" as we had more gods than Greeks back then. The name Bulgaria was never changed ever since its creation, around 2500 years ago acording to secretly preserved sourcess throught centuryes. We don't just use Cyrilic alphabet, we invent it, we don't just speak Bulgarian - it is the main base of all slavic languages incuding Russian (btw we give them the Cyrilic alphabet along with christianity). I see you've really poor research on Bulgaria's history, so don't speak of something you are not familiar with. Do not relay on Facebook as virtual social live is not important for us and most of the mature people does not even have social media accounts. Street animals are not problematic as they are healthy and won't bite you because all Bulgarian people taking care of them like pets and they got inspected often - you can see yellow plastic marks on their ear.

Excellent video

L from Bulgaria 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬😊

I love it I been here for 2 years

2 best reasons - it's beautiful and cheap.

27:00 Mostly Cash Is personally Pro to me. It's not like that I would be against electric. money but I hate the idea that there would only be electric money to use. I am for the idea that both cash and electric money is in use everywhere. Otherwise good video thumb's up.

Come to live in Plovdiv ❤️ best very old city in a planet 🌎

You should mention as well that Bulgaria was a great empire to the East in the 9th-11th century. Bulgaria was not always under somebody else’s rule.

can you tell me how far 1000usd last you in bulgaria in aoth of you buy a hoise or apartment

Live Bulgaria🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🐺

RIP RoninBlue

If that little red Trabant is for sale, I'm THERE!!!

Listen carefully, you can't retire there. UK IS OUT OF EUROPE.

Very interesting

YEah try retiring with a Bulgarian pension good luck on the low costs :D

For all non europeans, Visa is basically tourist only for 3 months every 6 months. Forget about long-term stay

yo dude i am Bulgarian and i just want to say that at 6:05 the stadium and the teatere are not roman they are much older then that they are made by the trakis like 6000 years ago so it's not from the romans and at 9:29 that is not a midevel church my dude the construction of it was finished just before WW1 started and this is not a hate comment i just want to correct you :)

hello- dies anyone knows where is the place in 16.46 [ the apartments with the courts ] ? thanks

So I as a US citizen I cannot buy a small little farm outside the cities of Bulgaria?

In my top 3 favorite countries in the world currently.

My last comment was cut, I don't know why. As you can see from earlier comments, I don't agree to that romani culture and choice of work is begging.

Bulgaria .the liver of the earth

Oh my God! Never leave the car open!!!

Sofia was founded 8000 years ago and is the oldest capital in Europe. Rome was created in 753 BC and Sophia was created 6,000 BC or 8,000 years ago. Sofia is the seventh capital of Bulgaria. The first capital of Bulgaria was the capital of Old Great Bulgaria - Phanagoria in modern Russia, the second capital was Pliska, the third capital was Veliko Preslav or Veliki Preslav, the fourth capital was Skopje, the capital of modern Macedonia, the fifth capital was Ohrid in In modern Macedonia, the sixth capital was Veliko Tarnovo or Velikoe Tarnovo, and the seventh capital of Bulgaria is Sofia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Great_Bulgaria en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phanagoria en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliska en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliki_Preslav en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohrid en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliko_Tarnovo History of the city of Sofia ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-99Wr3QyDPOc.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D_Tbz7zVPho.html

Thank so much ❤

The video really didn't show beauty of Bulgaria ? food is cheap and excellent ?

My country, Bulgaria is indeed a Beautiful place to live, but our government is shit, because instead of fixing our problems like street pavement and renovating and stuff like that they steal money.

Nice film but I dont think the first 20 seconds of this film really shows the Bulgarian cost. Please tell me if I am wrong by give the exact position of this schene

An ok overview, I guess. It's odd how one sentence describing Sofia gets mixed in with beaches or national parks-- in Sofia??

Good job👍

As Robin Blue said, the Bulgarians are friendly but they have built a barrier and are protected from invasions, because of the strategic place where the country is geographically located. Many foreigners who have bought property in Bulgaria find it very difficult to adapt to the behavior and cunning methods of local people when they do not know the meaning of the Bulgarian slang they speak. And there is no mention of the gypsies, who have recently become numerous. As like all people on earth, in Bulgaria everything is money!