AdventureSep 02
The hidden thermal springs of the south.
From Sapareva's geyser to forest pools nobody marks on maps.
Read · 9 min →The Journal - Issue 14
Slow journalism from a fast country.
Field notes, photo essays and long reads from writers, photographers and locals who actually live the routes they describe.
Vol. III - Autumn / Winter 2026
Cover storyNatureOct 1414 min
Bulgaria in October, slowly.
Six weeks moving through the Rhodopes with no fixed plan and a notebook full of weather.
MKBy Mira K.Read the story →
VillagesAug 19
The people who stayed.
A photo essay from four villages that refuse to disappear.
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Road Trips7 min
The most scenic roads we know.
FoodJul 11
A night in the Melnik cellars.
Sandstone, wine pulled straight from the wood, a table that does not end.
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Photography6 min
Light in the monasteries.
CultureFeb 03
Winter silence at Rila.
Snow in the courtyard, almost no visitors. The Balkans at their most contemplative.
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Culture11 min
Picking begins at dawn.
NatureMay 14
Strandzha is older than you think.
Wild orchids, ancient oaks and a forest that European maps mostly forgot.
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PhotographyAug 02
Cliff coves before breakfast.
The south Black Sea coast at the hour when it still belongs to nobody.
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CultureSep 19
Plovdiv keeps its own time.
Notes from a week in Europe's oldest continuously-inhabited city.
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FoodMar 08
Sofia, on foot, before nine.
Yellow cobbles, mineral water in plastic bottles, and bakery smoke.
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NatureApr 21
Snowmelt - the loudest month.
Krushuna and Skakavitsa at the only time of year they really roar.
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Photography7 min
Above the cloud sea at Buzludzha.
Adventure15 min
Eight days across the Rhodopes.
Nature8 min
High meadows, long evenings.
"Bulgaria does not flatter you. It hands you mist, stone, wine, and waits to see what you do with them.
Photo essays
The country, in frames.
01 / PhotographyLight in the monasteries.
02 / PhotographyCliff coves before breakfast.
03 / PhotographyAbove the cloud sea at Buzludzha.
04 / NatureHigh meadows, long evenings.
05 / NatureBulgaria in October, slowly.
06 / AdventureThe hidden thermal springs of the south.
07 / VillagesThe people who stayed.
Contributors
Writers who actually go.
The Journal is written by photographers, hikers, cooks and translators living between Sofia, Plovdiv, the Rhodopes and the coast.
- 01Mira K.Plovdiv
- 02Ana IlievKovachevitsa
- 03D. PetrovBansko
- 04N. StoyanovSofia
- 05Iva K.Melnik
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