What is the BEST place to live in Bulgaria? 🇧🇬 

And having little bit of history 🙄

It is 🤦‍♂️

@@MARTIN-kl7ek it's not small for a bulgarian city...

You're welcome and thank you Lena for sharing your experience! Agreed! Bulgaria is definitely worth visiting - whether you want to enjoy the capital or spend some time on it's beautiful shore. In case you have any suggestions, let us know!

Thanks for the insightful comments! We love Plovdiv, it’s very special! Just like you said, one of a kind city in Bulgaria 🇧🇬

Plovdiv is toooooooo hot during summer, and mosquitos are a big issue.. I'm from Gabrovo =D

​@@OffshoreCitizen Does bulgaria have trains ?

Plovdiv is the best. All the best from Poland.

Thanks!

Interesting, what makes you rank Burgas #1? Personally I'd be more inclined to choose Varna.

@@MichaelRosmer because I lived 3 years in Varna and I can make this comparison .. in Burgas the urban infrastructure is much better, the mayor is the best, it is close to Sunny Beach, Nessebar ... the biggest summer tourism in Bulgaria is in the Burgas region , you have a highway on which you are in Sofia for 3 hours. everything that is in Varna is in Burgas as well, regardless of the fact that the city is a bit smaller ... if you are looking for a big city, then your choice should be only Sofia. In Varna you have a little more traffic than Burgas and the possibilities are absolutely identical.

@@techhousegroover9907 yeah I guess it makes a difference if you don't like sunny beach, though further south there are some better spots.

@@MichaelRosmer Yes, that's why I summarized with - Burgas region... you have everything there

@@techhousegroover9907 Bruuuuuh ... Burgas is just a cheap copy of Varna, brought from Aliexpress ....

This is at my home I was staying at while filming.

@@MichaelRosmer Great home that you have! Congrats about it! The trees and the grass are a much more aristocratic choice than a swimming pool with (fake) antique statues like some newly rich dudes put in their back yards to show off.

@@gringoroko Thanks, I can't take credit but yeah it's a nice modern place in certain parts

Generally I'm not too bullish on the Bulgarian rental market right now. The cap rates you typically get are ok but not great. You can obviously shop for deals like anywhere else and like a bunch of these markets I think there's opportunities for decent upside by buying older properties and renovating to make them nice and modern. The market went up quite a bit a couple years ago and since markets operate in cycles that to me is always an indicator not to buy. I try to look for places that are just starting to go up or have dropped recently. One good thing is landlord tenant rules are decent. The demographics in Bulgaria also aren't great so you want to buy strategically where people are likely to move. So I rank it as sort of middle of the road for property investing right now.

That's great have you visited much?

@@MichaelRosmer sir where are you from

@@MichaelRosmer inshallah I will come there once before I die that is my dream bulgeria is my heart

@@mdrubelmahmud8085 I am from Canada

@@mdrubelmahmud8085 what is it about Bulgaria you love?

I've never been unfortunately, looks quite nice

Good suggestion I'll see what I can do. One of the biggest questions is whether it concerns where to become resident vs where to set up a corporate structure.

Plovdiv got it going on.

So did you move? Where are you from btw

Thanks! Where in Pakistan?

@@MichaelRosmer I'm from the extreme north of Pakistan where the world's tallest mountain ranges are located. Can you guess? :)

@@JunaidSalehHayat Ah beautiful, I love mountains! Watched a cool documentary the other day about K2 and a couple others. Pakistan is a place that wasn't on my list until very recently and now I'm increasingly interested in checking it out.

@@JunaidSalehHayat Yeah. Pakistan seem to become really 😎. But: do have retirees have to pay income taxes there? Because most people forget this. And then so-called cheap countries are not so cheap anymore. 😜 ✌️ 🇨🇭

They are so so, people don't wear masks outside. Restaurants are closed and with malls but individual stores are open, parks are full, people are allowed to get together.

@@MichaelRosmer How is it now? (September) thanks I'm booking a call with you

Last week I was in Ruse and Sofia, but most of the people I met in both cities were not putting on masks. I was told that there is massive resistance to Corona restrictions and that most people are not keen on vaccinations. I was told that the least vaccinated people in Europe are in Bulgaria.

@@mawonvu Good to know the Bulgarians are awake to the hoax

This is kind of propaganda image of Bulgaria. It`s a safe place.Probably way more safer then London,Paris,New York etc...I live here all my life and never been mugged,robbed,attacked or anything.Ofc like any other place there are safer areas and less safe areas but nothing to worry about.

@@dimosereqko2 I loved Sofia hope to live there and return if Covid ever ends????

​@@nicolet2165 I hope everything is going to be over soon.People are trying to fight goverment restrictions already.A lot of angry people here.Right now the line of the pandemic in Bulgaria is going down so it must be good soon.In the worst case the summer at least is going to be covid restriction free :D

@@dimosereqko2 I really hope you are right. Please may it be just as you say. I need to get some of this " Positive Thinking" :-)

@@nicolet2165 I hope.But why is covid stopping you? I think there is some small quarantine or something like that if you travel from another country but outside of that and some silly restrictions I don`t think you should worry about that. Also can I ask you what are you planning to do here? Start a company?

It's mixed but for the most part enough people know enough for us to get by. I wouldn't say it's great but not bad

Most young folks speak three or four languages. You also have Google translate.

If course they understand enough

Burgas airport is closest to the Turkish border (60 km) and you can be in Istanbul in 4.5hr (342 km). It is also close to the Greek border (~180 km by car), but unfortunately to the most remote part of Greece (North-East). Plovdiv airport is closest to the Greek border, but you have something like 3-4 flight a day only (London, Dortmund, Belfast, Dublin, Memmingen, Antalia). Sofia is best airport for visiting Greece as it has a lot of connections and you can be at the border in 2h (194 km) and in Thessaloniki in 4h (300 km). It is also not that far from the Turkish boarder - 2.5hr (282 km) and you can be in Istanbul in 6-7hr (550 km). Just have in mind that there are two periods that you should avoid traveling via this road - every year beginning of the summer and end of the summer hundreds of turkish emigrants from Europe travel via the road Sofia - Istanbul daily and block the border crossing. Instead of crossing for 30-60m it may take you 4-6 hours just to pass the boarder. There is no such problem if you travel via Burgas.

What do you like most about Varna?

@@MichaelRosmer It has a charm :)

what about sunny beach if i stay few monthes a year

@@beeverywhere9003 depends on your preferences. Personally Sunny Beach isn't too my taste but everyone has their own preferences.

@@beeverywhere9003 I think it really depends on what you're looking for. Sunny beach is more touristy resort party place. So if you're into that you might like it. Funny thing is when I mention Sunny beach to any Bulgarian they roll their eyes. It's not my favorite either. I'd love it if I was 18 years old.

Can definitely do a video on it. I believe we did one in the digital nomad visa. It's got worse taxes and is more quiet

@@OffshoreCitizen I see. Just watched that one. I'm more interested in living, maybe having a business there or a business(es) outside of Croatia, not so specifically just as a digital nomad. Like how you're living in Bulgaria. Kind of "Why not living in Croatia?" - if you catch my meaning. Maybe it is worse tax wise or more expensive to live there hence people skip it.

Thanks for the tip😄 How did you like the video? Do you agree?

Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it. Any video suggestions?

Yeah I felt it the same way. It was me me me me ... Like a narcissist.