National Palace of Culture

The National Palace of Culture (NDK) is the largest convention centre not only in Sofia but in the whole of the southeastern region of Europe. It was built in 1981 in celebration of the 1300th anniversary of the Bulgarian state. The idea for the construction of the NDK comes from the former Bulgarian first-lady Lyudmila Zhivkova. She was the daughter of the communist politician and leader of the former People’s Republic of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov. The project was worked out by a team of Bulgarian and foreign architects, led by Alexander Barov.

The National Palace of Culture is a hexagon shape and a mass of concrete & glass. More than 10,000 tons of steel were used for the construction of the palace. It contains 15 multifunctional halls, with a total capacity of more than 8,000 seats and more than 15,000 square meters of exhibition area. The wonderful spaces are spiritualized by more than one hundred works of monumental painting, sculpture, metal plastics and other genres. In the publicly accessible park, right next to the Palace of Culture, meet mainly locals, but also tourists for enjoying the unique atmosphere.

Location: Sofia, Bulgaria

Website: www.ndk.bg/за-нас

Tel: 359 2 916 6300

Hour: 9:00 AM - 20:30 PM

Google Rating: 4.5/5