DR BRANIMIR KIRILOV: CHOOSE TREATMENT IN BULGARIA
The founder of Medical Dent Dental Clinic has launched a national campaign to make modern dental care in Bulgaria more accessible
20 YEARS OF VAGABOND
When the first issue of Vagabond hit the newsstand, in September 2006, Bulgaria and the world were so different that from today's standpoint it seems as though they were in another geological era
MOUNT OF MYTHS
Rock shrine in Rhodope gains notoriety as 'tomb of Orpheus'
MAJOR FRANK THOMPSON: MAN, MYTH, MEMORY
Englishman joins Bulgaria's anti-Nazi resistance and never comes home
ALL ALONG THE CLOCKTOWERS
Remains of long-gone public timekeeping still dot small-town Bulgaria
BELI PLAST ROCK MUSHROOMS
Pristine nature phenomenon in Rhodope has gristly legend to tell
WAITING FOR THE GOATS
Christopher Fenton's memoir immerses us in everyday drama of life and death in rural Bulgaria
DON'T SELL CUCUMBERS TO THE CUCUMBER-SELLER
In the 8th-9th centuries a certain type of cucumber grown in Anatolia became increasingly popular throughout the Bulgarian lands
WHAT IS THE TYPICAL SHAPE OF SUDZHUK SAUSAGE?
How well do you know the flavours of Bulgarian cuisine? Take our test to doublecheck
WHERE IN BULGARIA ARE YOU?
What is arguably Bulgaria's most beautiful bridge also has the most sinister name
QUOTE-UNQUOTE
The Interior Ministry cannot replace education and family upbringing.
Ivan Demerdzhiev, Interior Minister, after five teenagers lured and killed a man, in Plovdiv
THE LITTLE VAGABOND
William Blake (1757-1827), the English poet and painter, respected both for his idiosyncratic views and his expressiveness often tainted with mysticism, has two headstones. One, pictured here, indicates he and his wife were buried "nearby," and the second, unveiled as late as 2018, stands at the exact location. Both are in the small Bunhill Fields cemetery in London
















