{"id":23471,"date":"2020-04-03T03:22:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T00:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=23471"},"modified":"2020-04-03T03:25:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T00:25:45","slug":"living-sofia-%d0%b5verything-need-know-make-sofia-bulgaria-home-pdf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/living-sofia-%d0%b5verything-need-know-make-sofia-bulgaria-home-pdf\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in Sofia: \u0415verything You Need to Know on How to Make Sofia, Bulgaria Your Home! (pdf)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23225 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/qolPNG.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/qolPNG.png 1047w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/qolPNG-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/qolPNG-768x591.png 768w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/qolPNG-1024x788.png 1024w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/qolPNG-600x462.png 600w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/qolPNG-190x146.png 190w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/qolPNG-50x38.png 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/qolPNG-97x75.png 97w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/>Sofia is a beautiful city that is growing and changing every day. A city that is developing as a startup, innovation and creative hub of Central and Eastern Europe with a constantly improving urban environment. Sofia is surrounded by mountains, full of parks, gardens and mineral springs and offers a great cultural and nightlife.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To help those who consider settling down and exploring business opportunities in Sofia, Innovative Sofia, the new \u2018Digitalisation, Innovation and Economic Development\u2019 department of Sofia Municipality, just published the first <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofia: Quality of Life<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> guide. In this step-by-step guide, you will find everything you need to know before you move in: cost of living, study and work options, the weather in the city, leisure, culture and tourism opportunities, as well as how to find a home, how to register a bank account, how to travel across the city and explore Sofia as a local, and even a list of useful words and phrases.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some reasons why living in Sofia sounds like a great idea.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Expats rank Bulgaria 1st in the world in terms of cost of living.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Bulgaria ranks 6th in the &#8220;Finding Friends&#8221; and 7th in the &#8220;Feeling at Home&#8221; indicators\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; 91% of expats are happy with their costs in Bulgaria.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Sofia ranks 28th out of over 400 cities and regions worldwide in English proficiency. The most commonly spoken languages are English, German and Russian.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Sofia ranks 27th in concentration of knowledge-intensive jobs among 278 European regions<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; 10.1 % of the working age population in Sofia is employed in brain business jobs, which is more than twice the national average and higher than the European average of 6.3%.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Download <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Sofia-Quality-of-Life-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofia: Quality of Life<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> now!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Innovative Sofia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u2018Digitalisation, Innovation and Economic Development\u2019 department of Sofia Municipality was established in 2020 to support Sofia\u2019s development as a smart, digital, innovative, and tech city. The new Department will consolidate and guide all of the city\u2019s digital and smart city projects and will continue to support high-tech and R&amp;D investors in Sofia. It will focus on increasing the number and quality of municipal e-services, open data and smart city projects implementation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Sofia is a beautiful city that is growing and changing every day. 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