How to Cross the Streets in Sofia
We never ask ourselves how to cross the streets in Sofia We just do it!
During my visits in Western Europe countries I always was surprised the way drivers treat pedestrians. Pedestrians always have priority.
Here in Bulgaria and especially in Sofia, priority has the stronger, and in the most cases this is the man in the car :). But sometimes there are some very brave pedestrians and they have the priority.
What I mean! If there is traffic light – priority has the green light and my recommendation is to cross the streets in Sofia on places with traffic lights or subways.
But you are in Sofia center, there is huge traffic and you can cross the street everywhere in the traffic, only make sure that all cars are stopped at the moment when you step over the road.
How to cross the streets in Sofia – Action #1
Look around left and right – assure all the cars on the road are blocked in the traffic. Step on the road and keep on looking around, even there are slowly moving cars, they will stop when they see your confidence to cross the street.
Look at this man and this woman – they have Master’s degree in subject: How to cross the streets in Sofia lol. See what excellent starting position they have taken.
Look at the small couple on the left of this picture
How to cross the streets of Sofia – Action #2
Be confident and walk with big steps, be prepared to start running or to stop walking immediately. Look at the man and the woman – they are The Masters of the road 
Did I make you laugh? I hope so :). The situation with crossing the streets in Sofia is not so scary, I just wanted to prepare you for what you will see from local people. Crossing the streets in the way shown above is in the blood of people who live in Sofia and we don’t give big thinking how to cross the streets.
You can cross the streets in the way you feel confident – on places with traffic lights and subways.
And this page is illustration that Bulgarians feel (I don’t say believe!) that the only purpose to have rules is to brake them lol.
