The EU's cheapest capital hides a genuinely fun night behind its brutalist face. Vitosha Boulevard's terrace bars point straight at the mountain, the lanes around Shishman Street hold the indie bars and craft-beer rooms, and Studentski Grad — an entire suburb of student clubs — keeps prices at pocket money. Rakia arrives with salad, by law of custom. Taxis are cheap but use an app; the ones idling outside clubs freelance creatively.
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