ulitsa "Graf Ignatiev"
Pedestrian street with tram lines and cafes, opening onto a square long known for its bookstalls.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Graf Ignatiev Street in Sofia follows the open-air booksellers who worked the stalls around Slaveykov Square from the early nineteen nineties. You'll hear from Ivan Mladenov and Krassimir Malinowski, what a seven-day week at a bookstall cost, and the city's plans to rebuild the street around them. Best heard where the street opens onto the square, near the Slaveykovs on their bench.
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