Why Are People Choosing to Live In Bulgaria? 

As Bulgarian who worked 4 years in USA California as teacher i will say that... Before i moved on to America i dint really appreciated the way of living in Bulgaria. But 2 years after moved on i really started to miss it.. Yes i was getting paid very well in USA but sadly the way of life is just fake house of cards... Two years ago i returned back to Bulgaria and i don`t think to leave ever again.

I have to say....when Mr. Singh said every man lined up to shake his hand and welcomed him to the village....I have to admit, I teared up. These are great. Thank you.

I'm Bulgarian and I'd like to stay here for the most of my life, because i do feel like our country has a mystic beauty that's perfect for artists and writers like me. Still, the rest of the world is nice to see and I'd love to travel and see it.

I appreciated the different perspectives of those interviewed in this video. I am American, and after a couple of years of research, took my first trip to Bulgaria in March 2022 when I visited several areas and cities. I will be moving to Bulgaria sometime within the next 12 months primarily because of the lower cost of living. However, I also appreciate the stunning natural beauty of the countryside, the deep history and historical sites all over the country, the people whom I met were all fantastic. I love the way the Bulgarians seem to value family and particularly children and parents. That is something very strikingly different from the USA, and I'm very much looking forward to being in a culture where children and parents are more valued and taken care of. I look forward to having a home in a village and growing some fruits and vegetables, having some peace and quiet, and becoming a part of a village community. However, I can also see some benefit in having an apartment in a city, and probably will also seek to have one in either Plovdiv, Varna or Burgas at some point. I am looking forward to hiking, spending time at the coast, visiting Greece and Turkey and all of the other surrounding countries, and quick flights to other parts of Europe which I have yet to explore!! Two things which I did not like about Bulgaria were the trash strewn everywhere and the stray animals. Wherever I end up in Bulgaria, I will be picking up trash regularly! And for sure, I will learn the language.

Bulgaria is the best country & civilization in the world. Thank you Bulgaria

Thank you for the positivity. We, the bulgarians, have never learn to appreciate what we really have here. I lived in the UK for about 6 years, since Brexit I took the decision to move back home. Even tho I speak 4 languages, I still wasn't the first choice when interviewed, if ever. One day I fed up, with all the negativity, with all the fake smiles and pleasantry and left. Now I'm back on the sea side, doing what I love and enjoying life. Also, just a quick professional tip for all potential online property shoppers, please, visit the place before you buy it. I sell properties and have seen enough false advertisements, and most importantly, choose the area well, see it, touch it beforehand. Best of luck to all of you, who choose our little space under the sun :).

Great insight of the fellow immigrants.. even though I am Bulgarian, I lived longer in Switzerland than in my motherland. Beyond happy to be back for good and to have found my piece of paradise in wonderful Bulgaria 🇧🇬 after traveling the whole world, I was surprised to see that Bulgaria is the best place ever, so lucky to speak the language though

Moved to a village just outside Veliko Tarnavo nearly 4 years ago. As said In the video we made a choice to live in a village with no expats after seeing the behaviour of expat heavy villages. Besides that, the country, the people, the lifestyle is fantastic, it is a safe and welcoming place to live. I will never go back to the UK, visits back there brings home the fact I want to return ASAP. Get to know the locals, attempt the language and you will be accepted.

Seeing this made me all the more determined to get moved to Bulgaria, I was looking a couple of years ago but couldn't move then, but this year I started looking again for a rural traditional home with the cellar, barns, and a summer kitchen and land to grow my food and have room to make paper, fabric, and dyes and inks that I just don't have the room here ... I need to have room! It looks stunning and everything I am needing for my lifestyle. I want to experience the different culture and learn new things.

I spent 2 months in Bulgaria in '08 and loved it. I'm a fan of folk dancing and music so I toured around the country looking for anything I could find pertaining to folklore. People were super friendly but really surprised to learn that an American was interested in their folk music and dance. Now retired I would love to live there, just have to learn a bit more of the language.

I'm bulgarian and this brings warm to my heart and yeah idk why not a lot of people like to speak in English or learn English like it's the easiest language to learn wtf

Bulgaria is a hidden gem.

We ve gota village house and shouldbe moving there fulltime this year and we both have residency cards im solooking forward to the move.

Mr. Singh is amazing. What a sugar bear.

I appreciate the open space, the predicable weather, overall the roads are without heavy traffic, drivers have curtesy at least towards bicycles. Many more positives, long may that remain. Great video 👍👍😎

Thanks for sharing your stories everyone. Happy to see you're all happy here and love the way you see the things ❤️

I am Bulgarian and I can never explain to a foreigner the feeling of pride we feel from this fact. I appreciated the richness of nature and the luck of being born in this spiritually rich territory when I traveled in Europe and later in the Persian Gulf. Before, on the words of foreigners that we have such a rich land, but invisible to the eyes of every person, I did not appreciate it. I have gone abroad, but I have not lived for more than 3 months outside my homeland. We have one drawback among the folk psychology of Bulgarians - they are the two extremes - either they are very intelligent and well-read, or they are very rude, simple and boring. There is almost no golden mean. If there are, they are puppet people who never have an opinion of their own. For foreigners, I can say that I don't want you to use Bulgaria only as a consumer, but to start loving it like me - with a sense of pride that you step on it, walk on it, and that it gives you positive energy and the highest form of humanity- KINDNESS!

Fantastic video, very interesting views and very true at the same time. I am surprised my self by the diversity of expats lives in bulgaria. Indeed Bulgaria is very beautiful country ( you have the mountains and the sea ) but to know bulgarian well you need to speak the language or at least to try, they will appreciate it very much. I lived in bulgaria for 10 years and stil visiting , we had great life espcialy with families comes together for celebrations, Thank you for this great video.

Most Bulgarians are unjabbed - thats why i like them. Oh and also Bulgarians tend to think gov are liars. Correct, its true. Hahahahahahahaha

Is a very good country for expats becouse of the prices, you've got mountains, you've got sea and good vecinity!

The country looks beautiful and it doesnt get too hot like it does here in Malta. I'm hoping to buy some property there in Varna somewhere by the coast. The guy from Germany seems very nice and be nice to chat to him 🙂🙂

Great job, thank you! Do more interviews please!

Like Abigail Thompson, that's the exact reason that brought me there. I now speak it and have been back since. I am going back to Bulgaria this December! Looking forward to it!!!

Thanks for a very helpful video.😊

This is such a beautiful video. Thank you

Excellent selection of people and locations...great video.

Excellent well made and powerful video !

Great video! Well done.

Welcone to all foreigners. But dont forget one thing about Bulgaria: We put GOD on top, after that Homeland, after that Family. Thats our social system. If you cannot accept this - it will be hard for you to join our society.

Thanks so much for this, so wonderful to hear all these amazing stories! ❤️ I am Bulgarian who has been living in London for almost 10 years now, but still in love with my home town Plovdiv (2nd largest in the country) & Varna (seaside). Stay Blessed ❤️

The Civil servant was great am sold , Subscribed looking forward to watching your other content am sick to death of London and the Uk

I've been married to a Bulgarian from Sliven since 2000, and for the last several years, I've wanted to move to Bulgaria. We have children still in high school, but I want to move there after they are done.

Oh I loved the story of the author, I am a painter and author and going through the process of buying a home there myself. I also love the Bulgarian storybooks and focus on reading them in my learning of Bulgarian.

Regardless of how beautiful a land/place is, there's always people problems. Customer service, hotels, cashiers etc.. It takes a lot of patience, a lot of forgiveness... U need to be a saint. And it is hard not to be upset but people everywhere are the same human species, regardless of language (so try not to expect too much and try not to demand too much, otherwise you will have to go back to own country which is worse).

Mr Singh you have made the best choice of your life .Bulgaria is very beautiful

Bulgarian here who currently lives in Netherlands. When it comes to my country, I always tell a story how I was skiing in the late April in the mountains and then a week later, only 300 km. drive I was sunbathing on the beach. Beautiful country but really shit state.

Do the trip and clip of the Teteven's Balkan , Ribaritza :) It's stunning. Ivan Vazov wrote " If I had not come to the Teteven, and would not know mother Bulgaria"

Really helpful video

I just love 99% of everything in that country ❤and I have visited lots of countries all over the world. BTW , going to a country and expecting that all the people there will adapt to you,your lenguage, and your requirements, but not you to adapt and contribute to the beauty and good life of your chosen place ..is absolutely unacceptable arrogance . Moreover we are talking here about the one of the most ancient and influential cultures in the world.

What a heartwarming video 🥺🇧🇬

Roger seems like a nice guy.

Am a Ugandan and i have a Bulgarian boyfriend soon am visiting Bulgaria ❤🥰❤

This gives me hope .

Thanks for this video. Really appreciate each insight and truly helpful 👍. Moving to Sofia in a couple of months for relocation, coming from a tropical island, never seen snow 😅 don't know how to deal with it and cold either 🤣, but that's just some minor concerns. Happy to be heading to a safe country to raise my children. Just a bit concerned about health care though, since it is free where I come from ( good doctors /critical conditions and lack of supplies)...How is it in Bg?

So glad to see so many ppl frrom around the world enjoy it here in small Bulgaria😅 Cheers beatyful ppl;)

Gareth Stamp Story 14:05 will be my reason for moving to BG. the kindness, the warmeth of the people. topping that with nature and less "techy sophisticated life" since I'm not really interested in big cities. its the little things of life that matters to me.

Thank you

It is a lot safer than many other places around the world, no guns, the chance of you getting robbed on the streets are almost 0.

I am very experienced living and working in several foreign countries (Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, USA, Cambodia, Japan). I have visited many others (e.g. Ukraine, Serbia, India, Dubai). So far, my favourite countries on my short list to retire to are Taiwan, Turkey and Bulgaria. I have never even been to Sofia. The key features that suggest that I should at least do an exploratory visit are as follows, and in this order of priority... 1. vegetarian-friendly 2. low cost/excellent value especially for groceries, rent and transportation 3. quiet (traffic in India was very noisy) 4. mostly Christian (Orthodox) and non-Asian population, but with some other minorities rather than a homogenous population such as Japan 5. distrustful of big government I am fed up with Canada because common sense and traditional values are so rare, especially in government policies. Question: why are none if these expats living on the southern coast near Turkey?

From this clip, viewers are left with the impression that for 15 thousand pounds you will find a house with a yard. But, there's a big BUT! It is a house without a toilet and a bathroom, often with a fallen roof that flows and no built-in plumbing to the bedroom, as most foreigners are used to using the bathroom. Pay attention to this!

Thank you for sharing this video! You make me understand our capital's moto - "Grows but never gets older" - on global scene projection...😅...I'm curious, have you also made an inquiry, if those people had the financial opportunity not to leave their countries after retirement or had more freedom to pick a place by soul, would they still sincerely choose Bulgaria again after their experince living some time here? 🤔

Where do expats mostly live?which is best,main city or seaside?thx for video,awaiting for more.So happy for you all.

I just came to bulgaria on 7th of march and yes some of the things are very similar for me as well. And yes gareth I wanna meet you someday I'm in Varna, studying gastronomy and culinary in Varna University of Management.

The Bulgarian language looks tough to learn 😳. But I couldn't live in a place without learning the language. ❤️

Just tried searching on Facebook for Roger, but loads of Roger Singh's and none with a "Concorde" icon or Bulgarian connection! Interested in Bulgaria now I'm retired, so want to talk to him. Lee

The yogurt is the best there

18:20 - All Bulgarian traditions(and traditions in general) have deeper and more complex meaning and also practical side than one can see at first glance when you hear them. The baby should not be shown & exposed to people outside the parents(or at maximum the people who live in the same house) because: - it could be negatively enchanted/cursed by the eyes of other people. This is NOT a joke and it is real. My grand-grandmother was such healer and was healing both people and animals(they can be too, outside natural diseases). It is related with the energy coming from the eyes of a person, and even a relative or a friend can be the source, and they might not even know it, if they have very strong energy or are negative. Babies are extremely sensitive to energies so they can easily be a subject of the above. Few examples from my own family: 1. My mom as a baby would died if her parents weren't fortunate enough to visit one of the grandmothers who back then most knew how to spot "уроки"(the negative enchantment/curse/spell, search the meaning - "уроки"). 2. One of my grandfathers father was a priest and had 11 kids and the youngest died as a baby from that same "уроки", being negatively enchanted/cursed and when it happened no one who knew about how to spot it and cure it was there. The babies eyes burst in their sockets(I assume from the pressure & stress of the energies within). - Immune system. A new born is literally having its immune system developed based on what the mother fed him and the mother's immune system. So every person who this new born is in contact with is an entirely different immune system & source of different bacteria and viruss, that is extremely dangerous for the baby. While the mother and the father are with it non-stop and it adapts to their presence. Of course, nowadays we have hospitals, but it is still a good idea to not show or expose your new born to other people or at least to a few at best, for 40-60 days. There probably is more to it, but that's the fundamental reason behind it. Also this is a perspective to use as a comparison for other traditions and ask, find, or learn on your own what's the deeper meaning and practical side. Hope this helps. :)

The best country in the world. I m bulgarian made a big mistake goi g to Canada when I was 20 What a mistake Miss my home

my father was born in Sofia, me and my bros. born and raised in the US. Does anyone know if that make me a Bulgarian citizen? thanks.

Hey may I know how to contact Roger Singh please? I Want to visit Bulgaria and rent his apartment perhaps. For holiday and research mostly.

My wife is from Dulbrich and tells me Bulgaria ain't as cheap as everyone makes out.

After all if you are on my place after years you will be angry sometimes, but there are good people I guess

Trying to contact Roger as coming over there next month, feel he would be a great contact to chat with... Can anyone put me in touch?

Looked for you Roger Singh! Couldn't find you...

Is it a good idea to move down there with this inflation going on now though?

Dear Roger, Can’t find you on Facebook. Do you know how many Roger Singh’s there are? 😅😅😅 Where are you?

how to contact roger singh in your documentary

I think its funny that one of the main pieces of advice from all the British people in this video was to stay away from the other Brits haha. Looking forward to my trip to Bulgaria here soon!

Why Act 16 and not Act 15?

@28:20 walk away from any property that does NOT have ...?

im starting to fall inlove with bulgaria

How’s that apartment? Still for rent?

Момичето от 27 минута, искам да стане моя жена :) ще работя за нея цял живот :)

Lovely lovely Bulgaria and the people😀😀🕊️🕊️🕊️

What does the last guy say, if a property hasn't got ??? 16 ... Walk away? can't figure out what he's saying ..

I want to "semi-retire" in Plovdiv 4/2024, and I'm just looking to find a "visa service" who can get me an address and a bank account there so I don't have to go there and do it myself; then I can just apply at The Bulgarian Embassy in California for my "D Visa", and then (after it's approved) just go to Plovdiv. I considered Sofia, but I think Plovdiv will suit my tastes and lifestyle much better, and I'm going to travel around anyway, so I could always change my mind later.

What did Stephen say about act 16 ?, what is that ?

Very very important question here: how is the internet connection there? Video games are my life

I do want to move to bulgaria. Somebody please help me to buy very small house with mortgage .

hihi bulgarian way of life is called Ailajk Айляк -find wat this mean hihih..And for you to know,we are probably oldest and biggest mix of peoples from 1500years ago,hunnic,thracians,scytho-sarmatians,gots and slavs,all of them call themself bulgarians haha and Bulgaria,for slavic peoples,have the same role,as romans for latinspeackers-alfabet,church languadge,slavic literature starts here,and alfabets,our and latin,are not so different,just try our pronouncience.sorry for my bad english.Healt and happynes :)

Because we’re all mad as heck 🤣🤣🤣🥴

If you do some research and are prepared to travel to the specific city, we have top level professionals in many medicine and surgery fields. We have the same in traditional healing, but those are a bit more difficult to find. Dentistry is really high level and is cheap. Many Bulgarians living in the USA come back specifically for doing their teeth. There are many things that are high level, but you need to research, because from the times of Communism a lot of traditions are still left along with the specialist and we were top in many fields. Clean and organic food from the local producer is something you can enjoy in small towns and even cities(where they go on the Sundays or Saturdays to sell their production, or have weekly stand on a local farmer market). A lot of things to find, like a burried treasure you dig left and right and you find gold and diamonds, but they hidden from some dirt(obscurity, old school look, etc.).

Mr. Singh please 🙏🏽 quit smoking 🚬 it’s really bad!!😮

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Roger Singh seems to have got it spot on - avoid expats and all their backstabbing. Stephen Yarrow on the other hand always seems to have an opinion without understanding what he is on about. Again he is spouting useless disinformation and confusing others with his "act 16" whilst not even understanding what it is. Most move to villages and dont buy new builds! This is the type of veteran expat who continuously gets it wrong but will never stop sprouting "advice".

Glad he left the UK since he disliked it so much.

I am shocked by what the Danish man said /with his Philipine wife/. How come that they wouldnt be accepted in Denmark?! I am happy that they are in Bulgaria. But can there be such places? I know in Denmark they accept gay couples, but a mixed - race couple- why not?????

Never heard of anyone buying a house on eBay, ha ha incredible.if it works why not .

Grannies :D

You better reverse it.. Why do so MANY Bulgarians leave Bulgaria?

How are Mormons so cute?

I am half bg but I grew up in bulgaria, I was abroad for quite a few years and I chose to come back because I am a masochist.

Eve I don't bloody agree with ya, it's not an issue you OUGHT TO LEARN the language where u r about to reside... next time visit Japan and complain..geeez the audacity of this woman!

It's interesting that Class Division within British 🇬🇧 Culture still exists amongst ex-pats. What an interesting national identity 😂 Another ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ RU-vid video.

most of the Foreigners i know here are 1.Pensioners who double their buying power from eu or uk country cos of leva bind x2. 2. Students in Medicine 3.Call center africans 4. Smugglers 5.Criminals (entreprenuers) 6.Home renovators resellers

How many of these people left know? Life is Bulgaria became more expensive than in Spain with half salaries.

Is it possible that we are still two genders here?

I hate this place... I'm here now... So many better countries

It is a rather dull country you have to admit-no riots, arsons, demonstrations are few and far between, no real wars to speak of, crime rate is nothing to write home about and the ski runs at the resorts get rather crowded during peak season. Ah yes and they give you lotsa cheep booze should you venture to the seaside. Boring…

Why no one speaks out about shock... of the roads. It's a disaster. As a person who grew up in the USSR and arrived to Varna from Greece, I was really shocked by the road Burgas to Varna... I didn't get any vibe of Varna besides its communist ugly buildings or center... it is really depressing