Where should you live in Sofia?

Every one of Sofia's 236 neighbourhoods, scored on the things that decide daily life: transit, parks, schools, noise, prices and what locals actually say. Built on public data.

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The Sofia Hoods interactive map: central Sofia with thousands of buildings coloured by use, the neighbourhood search and the quiz button
236
neighbourhoods scored
10
liveability dimensions
2,500+
building permits mapped
1000s
of local forum threads read
Built for the decision

One map, three ways to use it

Choosing a neighbourhood is a different question for a renter, a buyer and an investor. The data underneath is the same; the map lets each of you weigh it your way.

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Renting

Median rents per neighbourhood from live listings, a best-value ranking that weighs rent against liveability, and a quiz that can filter to areas under your monthly budget.

rent data in Sofia Pro
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Buying

Asking prices per m², development pressure computed from active building permits, and the second budget rarely quoted upfront: finishing a new build adds €36,000–77,000 to the sticker price.

price data in Sofia Pro
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Investing

Gross rental yield per neighbourhood, a value score that flags areas priced below their liveability, and honest analysis of what off-plan buying does to returns.

yield data in Sofia Pro
Beyond the statistics

What the neighbours would tell you

We read thousands of public forum discussions about Sofia's neighbourhoods and distilled them into a community sentiment score, with summaries for families, young professionals and commuters. Every summary links to the threads it was read from.

In some neighbourhoods, the statistics and the people who live there disagree by up to 42 points out of 100. The map shows you both sides before you sign anything.
From our analysis of data vs. local sentiment, 2026
Read: where data and locals disagree →
Trust, earned the boring way

Where the data comes from

Every score on the map traces back to a public source, and every neighbourhood card explains its own methodology.

🏗 Municipal building permits, geocoded to exact cadastral parcels 🚇 Public transit feeds (GTFS) 🌳 OpenStreetMap parks & amenities 🏷 Live listing prices, refreshed regularly 💬 Public forum discussions, linked as sources
Data stories

Numbers nobody quotes you at the viewing

Research pieces built from the same data that powers the map.

Pricing

Free to explore. Pro when money is on the line.

The map, the scores and the quiz stay free. Sofia Pro adds the money signals for the months you are actually deciding, and you can cancel in two clicks when you are done.

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  • Interactive 2D and 3D map of all 236 neighbourhoods
  • Liveability scores and written profiles for every hood
  • 60-second matching quiz
  • Side-by-side neighbourhood compare
  • Building permit pins on the map
  • All data stories and articles
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  • Buy and rent prices per m² for every neighbourhood
  • Gross rental yield and value score
  • Best-value and community-sentiment rankings
  • What locals say: summaries with linked sources
  • Budget filter in the quiz, with real rent estimates
  • Development-pressure reading per neighbourhood
  • Pro rows in compare: rent, yield, value, sentiment
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