Sofia night life

The original "Sofia night life" guide about where to go in Sofia at night

Sofia Night Life
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Sofia night life is amazing – the city truly comes alive at night. An atmosphere of liberation and fun pervades the night life scene of Sofia. Because there are just a few licensing laws, bars can serve alcohol at any time of day or night so one can always find a party going on.Bars and cafes are usually closing at midnight (or later) and after that the city numerous night clubs are taking over the party until 5 or 6 AM.There are many restaurants working during the night, providing the hungry crowd a warm breakfast in 6am and a quiet place where the tired party animals can discuss what happened in the night club and after that the bars and cafes open again. It is highly recommended to wear sunglasses when you go out in Sofia – you will need them for the morning sun.There are plenty of opportunities to see live music. Clubs regularly schedule performances by bands that play anything from traditional Bulgarian music to hardcore, punk, reggae, electronica, or metal. The largest clubs in Sofia are concentrated in Students’ town (Studentski grad). The city’s 16 universities promise that there is a continuous glut of young people looking to have a good time.The typical going out in Sofia includes a dinner in some fancy restaurant or mehana, then going to a bar with live music or a night club at midnight. At 3 am half the people are going home and the other half is changing the night club. At 5 or 6 o’clock people are either going home or they go and eat something before they go home. Another way of finishing the party night is going to erotic clubs which are usually open between 10 PM and 5 AM.Public transport in Sofia comes to a halt from 1 am until 5 am, so you’ll need to take a taxi when out late. Despite the fact that Sofia is a safe city, walking alone at night is not recommended.

The Sofia night life is abandoned with places to go in the evening. Good places to go and have a dinner are: Victoria restaurants, Happy Bar & Grill, BESO Bar & Dinner; Nice bars are: Corner, Baskerville, Murphy’s, etc. Swinging Hall is a bar where you can enjoy some quality live music at night. You can find the largest concentration of bars in Sofia near Vitosha Blvd. and around Sofia University where many students like to hang out; You have an enormous choice for a night club: Yalta is the best for house and electronic music; go to Brilliantine for a good retro music; Alcohol and Backstage are good for those who love Rock; there are many chalga clubs (local type of music and exceptional atmosphere) like Biad, Review, etc. ; a good selection of piano bars is also available, we can recommend My way, Sinatra and Lime Light; Sofia night life wouldn’t be complete if there were no strip clubs – the best ones are  Kama Sutra at Dondukov Blvd. and Cleopatra at Hemus hotel.

Sofia night life: Recommended restaurants

BESO Bar & Dinner Happy Bar & Grill Victoria Pizza Joya Bar & Dinner
 BESO Bar & Dinner Happy Bar & Grill Victoria Pizza Joya Bar & Dinner

 

Sofia night life: Recommended bars

Tiffany Bedroom club Planet 365 Bar
Tiffany Bedroom Planet Bar 365

The best nights to party in Sofia are Thursday, Friday and Saturday. There are very few Bulgarians that are going out in Sunday. During the whole week there are places to go where there is a party, but you need to get some info on which clubs are open and are they having an event or party this evening.

With all these and many more to choose from we’re pretty confident your Sofia night life experience will be a great one – certainly it will be if the friendly locals have anything to do with it!

P.S. Some people are misspelling Sofia night life as Sofia night live. That is why we will include the “term” Sofia night live in our nightlife guide as well.