Bulgaria

Did you know?

• ✨Bulgarians shake their head for 'yes' and nod for 'no' — opposite of most of the world.
• 🛢World's largest producer of rose oil — about 70% of the perfume industry's supply comes from the Valley of the Roses.
• 🥇Yogurt was first cultured here — the bacterium is even named Lactobacillus bulgaricus.
• 🗣The Cyrillic alphabet was developed in the First Bulgarian Empire in the 9th century.
• 💎Has one of the oldest gold treasures in the world — Varna gold, about 6,500 years old.