7 Facts about Bulgaria

• published: 27 May 2015
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Did you know Bulgaria hasn’t changed its name since 681 AD? Or that Bulgarians express approval by shaking their heads rather than nodding? Find out more in this new video about Bulgaria. Learn, Share, Subscribe ------------------------------------------------ Watch the entire series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbZJ71IJGFRTa_XMM9a4hDh2Yo9CsZzOR Follow: https://plus.google.com/+blinder00 https://twitter.com/Sebastian2Go ------------------------------------------------ In this brief video you can find seven little known facts about Bulgaria. The country is famous for its rose perfumes and delicious yoghurts. Where is Bulgaria? It’s on the northern edge of the Balkan Pensinsula. The Golden Sands resort on the Black Sea shore is a popular destination, so are the mountainous regions, making holidays in Bulgaria very attractive and cheap. More information about the video content bellow: 1. Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, was founded 7000 years ago. This makes it the second oldest city in Europe. Sofia is the only big city in Europe that lies just 15 minutes away from an imposing mountain – Vitosha. 2. Nearly one third of Bulgaria is covered in forests and this shouldn’t be too surprising given the fact that there are over 40 mountains on its territory. Needless to say, Bulgarian skiing and mountaineering are top choises for any tourist. 3. Bulgarians were the first people to use the Cyrillic alphabet after its inception in the 9th century. The Cyrillic alphabet is derived from the Greek uncial script, augmented by letters from the older Glagolitic (slavonic) alphabet. The script is named in honor of the two Byzantine brothers, Saints Cyril and Methodius, who created the Glagolitic alphabet earlier on. 4. After the collapse of a Roman bridge in the 4th Century there was no crossing of the Danube river between Romania and Bulgaria for 1,600 years, until in 1954 the new Friendship Bridge was opened. The Danube river covers almost 90% of the border between the 2 countries. 5. The city of Plovdiv in Bulgaria (or пловдив in Cyrillic) is Europe’s Oldest Inhabited City, even older than Athens. Plovdiv's history spans 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC, ranking it among the world's oldest cities. 6. "Name Days" are celebrated in addition to birthdays in Bulgaria. As a matter of fact, most Bulgarians value their ‘Name Day’ more than their birthday. A Name Day, or "Saints Day" is celebrated by people named after a particular Saint. 7. The only nations in the world that use the bagpipe as a national instrument are Scotland, Ireland and Bulgaria. The bagpipe was prevalent in the Eastern Roman Empire, ancient geographers citing the salandj (bagpipe) as a typical Byzantine instrument. Known in Byzantine Greek as the Dankiyo, it continued to be played throughout the empire's former realms to the present. Bulgarian Gaida, Greek Tsampouna, Cretan Askomandoura, Romanian Cimpoi.) More Info: http://www.mydestination.com/bulgaria/usefulinfo/6182355/unknown-and-fun-facts-about-bulgaria http://truenomads.com/2013/11/facts-about-bulgaria/ http://blog.balkanholidays.co.uk/2014/02/10-interesting-facts-you-probably-didnt.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine%27s_Bridge_%28Danube%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plovdiv https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaida Music: Ketsa – Identify http://freemusicarchive.org Images: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles%27_Bridge,_Sofia http://blog.radissonblu.com/walking-around-parks-gardens-sofia-bulgaria/ http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?195123/Markets-force-Romania-and-Bulgaria-to-catch-up-on-forest-certification# https://revzin.wordpress.com/works/fonts/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Top_of_Statue_of_Saints_Cyril_and_Methodius_in_T%C5%99eb%C3%AD%C4%8D.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trajan%27s_Bridge_Across_the_Danube,_Modern_Reconstruction.jpg http://danubebridge2.com/olddanubebridge2/multieng.php http://freesofiatour.com/blog/free-plovdiv-tour-starts-now-from-2-pm http://allworldtowns.com/cities/plovdiv.html https://catholicgene.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/the-catholic-family-detective-finding-clues-in-given-names/ http://www.dailybackgrounds.com/happy-birthday-party-wallpapers/ http://www.redditweekly.com/weekly?s=top&subreddit;=HumanPorn&to;_time=1407023999 http://thesoundofpeacecorps.blogspot.ro/