Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union

Gold treasure, Sboryanovo

The ancient Thracian gold treasure

The famous sea side resort - Sunny beach

The Bulgarian rose

The Alexander Nevsky cathedral, Sofia

Traditional Bulgarian Kukeri show

Nessebar, the sea side resort named 'the pearl of the Black Sea'

The Magura cave

The Rila Monastery, the largest and most famous monastery

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The Bulgarian Cultural Institute London aims to promote, support and develop cultural relations between Bulgaria and the UK through various means:

  • Introduce Bulgarian culture to the UK’s international audience through exhibitions, performances, concerts, film screenings, theatrical productions, recitals, literary evenings, discussions and other events.

  • Organise a multitude of interesting courses and seminars, as well as Bulgarian traditions and crafts evenings and workshops.

  • Collaborate with, support and partner with other similar institutions, Anglo-Bulgarian associations and other cultural representatives.

  • Offer a library and reading room with a wide selection of Bulgarian and foreign literature, albums, films, dictionaries, guides and other materials.

  • Provide tourist information and materials for all those who wish to visit Bulgaria and experience its exquisite cultural monuments first-hand.

  • If these aims correspond with your interests and you would like to find out more, come and visit the Bulgarian Cultural Institute London today!

Exhibition Opening: Human Morphs

Sofia Gallery, 7pm Exhibition opening/Private view Human Morphs We live in a world awash with information, knowledge and technology. Even data itself transforms through a series of representations thus creating new intriguing stories. We ourselves are living cells of an ever more evolving and demanding system. Little do we realize all the aspects of how our world has changed in the past two decades and... Read more

English Language Courses

Every Saturday at BCI London starting October 3rd. The course will continue for 10 weeks. From 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM. Duration: 90 minutes For more information and enrollment, please send an email to office@bcilondon.co.uk... Read more

International Poetry Evening – III Festival of Slavic Poetry, London 2015

In the midst of the Third Festival of Slavic Poetry, we will be hosting a poetry evening here at the Bulgarian Cultural Institute. Writers from all over Eastern Europe, including Bulgaria, Poland and Russia will make an appearance to read from their selected works. The poets we have planned are: Lychesar Seliashki Iskra Peneva Breda Slavinec

Lev Mesengiser

Olga Riabinina

Marina Paniszewa

Juliusz Wątroba

Jan Picheta

Tomasz... Read more

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