Borissova garden

The oldest and best-known park in Sofia is Borissova gradina (Borissova garden) . Its construction and arrangement began in 1884 and it is named after Bulgarian Tsar Boris III.

Today the park offers a lot of activities for every taste. Here you will find the National stadium, professional football stadiums, tennis courts, hippodrome, lakes, a cycling truck, as well as several cafes and children’s play areas. The park is very shady in the hot summer days, filled with lovely flowerbeds. It is a popular destination for Bulgarians and tourists to go for a walk or a picnic or to gather and have a cold drink under the tree shadows. A lot of people are riding bicycles or do some physical trainings.

The Borissova gradina is filled with statues of Bulgarian writers, painters and politicians from the past. One of the most popular places in the park is the Water Lilly Lake. The eastern end of the park is dominated by a gigantic communist monument built in 1956. It’s known as the Mound of Brotherhood, and features a 42m-high obelisk and socialist-realist icons including a pair of partisan fighters.