Vitosha Boulevard
The main shopping avenue of central Sofia, Bulgaria.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither Here Nor There | Bill Bryson | setting | Hundreds queue for bread, and a crowd mobs a single display case. |
Neither Here Nor There — Bill Bryson (1991)
Source: Readwise highlight
so instead I walked up a long, straight avenue called Vitosha where most of the other main shops seemed to be.
- Role: setting
- In the book: Chapter 21. Early in the morning none of the shops are open, but long lines are already forming. He recites what he had read about Bulgaria’s crisis, then says nothing had prepared him for the sight of several hundred people queuing. In a shop called 1001 СТОКИ he is swept in by a crush round one glass case, everyone “waving money”.
- Why it matters: The street-level view of the shortage economy that Sofia’s TSUM symbolises.