Participating towns and cities

BulgariaSofia (София), Bulgaria

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Population:
1.300.000 inhabitants
Department:
Sofia Municipality, Transport Directorate
Contact:
Ivan Nikolov
33, Moskovska Str.
Sofia 1000 Sofia (София)
(++359) 29041018

Participation 2022

Activities within the week Activities within the week

Sofia (София) organises activities during EUROPEANMOBILITYWEEK 2022, taking into account the annual theme.

16 September
• 12:30 Start of the campaign with FM+ "Reduce speed! Save a child!" Place: Zemlyane Bus garage

16-22 September: #ROADPOLSafetyDays Campaign “Stay Alive and Save Lives!”
Information campaign through electronic information boards at public transport stops "European Mobility Week, Sofia September 16-22, 2022", "September, 21 - Day with Zero Road Fatalities. Stay Alive and Save Lives", "September 22 - Car Free Day".
17 September
• 10:00-16:00 Park(ing) Day for Fitness in the Quarter: Outdoor play and sports in Sofia. Expect from 11 the first live meeting of the "Children ask the Mayor" campaign with the participation of the mayor of "Triaditsa" district, Dimitar Bozhilov. Place: Strelbishte quarter, in front of "Svetlina 1940" community centre and on the adjacent green areas, on "Rozhenski prohod" Street between "Tulcha" and "Ruen" Streets.

• Food and Spices Walking Tour in English from 11:00 and a second walk in Bulgarian from 14:00. Place: Tsar Simeon Str.
"Food and Spices Walking Tour" is a great opportunity for a journey of the senses for all local people, as well as for travelers who decide to visit Sofia. During the walk in the Women's Market area, participants enter the world of spices and Arabic food - respectively culture, while listening to the interesting stories of the owners of several shops, bakeries and restaurants. In this way, everyone who gets involved has the opportunity for dialogue and communication with the sellers, bakers and cooks from the Middle East." It is organized by Meeting Points with financial support from UNHCR.

• 16:00-20:00 Sofia Summer Fest, an information campaign of "Sofia Urban Mobility Centre" EAD to promote the benefits of urban transport and new transportation documents, dedicated to European Mobility Week 2022. Place: South Park, behind the museum Earth and people.

• 15:00-17:00 Information Retro tram. Route: Courthouse - Macedonia Square - Pette kyosheta – National Palace of Culture - Trade and Banking High School - Ivan Vazov Residential Complex and back along the route to the Courthouse

• 10:00-22:00 SOFIA URBAN ZONE SPORTS 2022 - "Sofia - European Capital of Sports" and Sofia Municipality invite you to Urban Zone 2022. The Northern Park will become a lively sports arena with dozens of demonstrations, championships and tournaments in the new urban disciplines. A lot of adrenaline awaits you with the State Championship in break, bungee jumping, rope trolley, skateboarding, graffiti workshops, combat sports, the National Championship in street fitness, 3x3 basketball, urban parkour and many other urban competitions loved by young people. Everyone will be able to try their hand at the Smart Sports Zone with lots of raffles and prizes. Plus sports dances and a folklore fiesta with the participation of popular ensembles and singers, led by the legendary Alexander Alexandrov - Alex. Place: North Park.

• 12:00-16:00 Metro performance "Catch the Different Railcar", National Center for Innovation and Digital Arts. A renovated train running from 12:00 to 17:00 on lines Nos 1, 2 and 4 will become a kind of stage for new circus art, contemporary dance, parkour, longboard dancing, robot theater, pantomime, classical and electronic music . At the metro stations "Nadezhda", "G. M. Dimitrov" and "Sofia Airport" flash mobs and a digital art installation are planned. Each of the carriages of the "Different Car" will present a different type of art, and at the end stations the artists will exchange seats. The "Different Railcar" departs exactly at 12:00 from the "Serdika I" metro station in direction of "Lozenets" district.
18 September
• 10:00-14:00 SOFIA URBAN ZONE SPORTS 2022 - "Sofia - European Capital of Sports" and Sofia Municipality invite you to Urban Zone 2022. The Northern Park will become a lively sports arena with dozens of demonstrations, championships and tournaments in the new urban disciplines. A lot of adrenaline awaits you with the State Championship in break, bungee jumping, rope trolley, skateboarding, graffiti workshops, combat sports, the National Championship in street fitness, 3x3 basketball, urban parkour and many other urban competitions loved by young people. Everyone will be able to try their hand at the Smart Sports Zone with lots of raffles and prizes. Plus sports dances and a folklore fiesta with the participation of popular ensembles and singers, led by the legendary Alexander Alexandrov - Alex. Place: North Park.

• Active day and night with Nestlé for Live Actively! City 2022 Place: National Palace of Culture.

September 18-21: EBIKERENTAL is waiting for you in front of the National History Museum (NIM), where you can learn more about moving with electric bicycles, as well as about the different tracks and places for cycling in PP Vitosha. The area in front of the National History Museum, bounded by the Boyana National Sports Base to Museum entrance, is prohibited for cars and intended for use only by cyclists, pedestrians, electric scooters and public transport. Thanks to the "With an E-bike on Vitosha" project, the residents and guests of Sofia and Vitosha have the opportunity to rent electric city and mountain bikes from the parking lot in front of Museum and walk around the area.
19 September
• 10:00-12:00. Open day at "Stolichen Avtotransport" EAD - exhibition of vehicles. Place: Malashevtsi bus garage
20 September
• 10:00 - 16:00 Visit to the driver training simulator and control centre after prior registration. Registered visitors will enter in groups (4 groups of 20 people) at the following times: 10:00-11:00/11:00-12:00/14:00-15:00/15:00-16:00. The registration is needed in advance online, at the address: projects@sofiatraffic.bg by providing two names and desired time slot. Place: Zemlyane depot, "Metropolitan" EAD

• 10:30 "Safety week - children move safely" - Campaign aimed at road safety, through demonstration of applied cycling skills, painting on asphalt, lots of fun with the participation of children from the preparatory groups of Kindergarten No. 45 "Alisa", Kindergarten No. 48 "Brothers Grimm", Kindergarten No. 118 "Smile", Kindergarten No. 106 "Princess Maria - Louisa", Kindergarten No. 53 "Grandfather's Glove", Kindergarten No. 63 "Sun", Kindergarten No. 149 "Zornitsa", Kindergarten No. 199 Zaragoza. Leading actors from Ecoscene Theatre. "Serdika" District, "Council for the Traffic Safety of Children in Sofia" /SBDDS/, Sofia Municipality, "Sofia Urban Mobility Centre" EAD Place: "Maychin dom", "Hristo Botev" Blvd., next to the Blood Donation Center.
21 September
• 16:30 "Careful and safe on the road for the sake of children!" Look how much I know, I follow the rules myself!" Compliance with the rules of safety and culture of behavior on the road, by holding a competition in applied cycling, demonstrations, quizzes and talks on the interactive playground of road safety in the yard of Kindergarten No. 49 "Joy". "Izgrev" District, Council for Traffic the Safety of Children in Sofia /SBDDS/, Sofia Municipality. Place: Kindergarten No. 49 "Joy", 5, "Pimen Zografski" Str.
22 September
"Yosif Gurko" Str. in the section between "Vasil Levski" Blvd. and "Evlogi i Hristo Georgievi" Blvd.
• 11:00-13:00 Bike tour “Happy Biking – Healthy Living” organized in partnership with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark. Circular route: with starting point Y. Gurko Str. - South Park – Y. Gurko Str.
• Launch of the cameras for counting cyclists on Tsar Boris III Blvd. and Bulgaria Blvd.;
• On a closed section in the city center, without cars, demonstrations, gifts, information materials from the exhibitors:
 Presentation of the new electric buses of the On-Demand service and application for using the service within the INNOAIR Project
 Information tent of Sofia Urban Mobility Centre
 Information tent /test Hobo electric scooters
 Information tent /test ElJoy-Econic One e-bikes
 Information tent /test Cyrcle bikes
 Information tent of the Danish company Novo Nordisk
 Installation "You are Sofia, Sofia is green", mascot TISI

Permanent measures Permanent measures

Sofia (София) implements one or more new permanent measure(s), which contribute(s) to modal transfer from private car to environmentally sound means of transport.

New or improved bicycle facilities
Improvement of bicycle network (creation of new lanes, extension, renovation, signposting etc)
Improvement of bicycle facilities (parking, locks etc)
Pedestrianisation
Improvement of infrastructure (new foot bridges, pavements, road crossings, zebra crossings etc)
Public transport services
Improvement and extension of the public transport network (creation of HOV lanes for public transport modes, new stops, new lines, reserved areas etc)
Use of ecological vehicles for public transport fleets

Car-free day Car-free day

Sofia (София) carries out a Car-Free Day 2022 and closes off one or more streets to traffic, and opens it to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport.

Zone opened to residents on Car-Free Day:
From 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., cars will be prohibited from entering the area bounded by: "Yosif Gurko" Str., "Vitosha" Blvd., "Tsar Osvoboditel" Blvd., "G. S. Rakovski" Str., and along "Yosif Gurko" Str. in the section between "Vasil Levski" Blvd. and "Evlogi and Hristo Georgievi" Blvd., with the exception of border streets and boulevards.