Host country, Bulgaria

Currency

Bulgaria is a part of the EU, yet it is not a member of the Eurozone! This means that the main currency is BGN (Bulgarian Leva). Euro is also not accepted in shops, service providers and restaurants. Please, bear in mind that many shops and restaurants do not accept credit cards!

Bulgarian National Bank Exchange Rates

	1 EUR	1 USD
	BGN 1.96	BGN 1.50
	Approx.	Approx.

Language

The national language in Bulgaria is Bulgarian. The Bulgarian alphabet is Cyrillic, quite different from English. Below is a beginner's pronunciation guide to Bulgarian.

Аа	like a in bath	Пп	like p in power
Бб	like b in boat	Рр	like Spanish r (rolled)
Вв	like v in victory	Сс	like s in supper
Гг	like g in great	Тт	like t in tell
Дд	like d in dent	Уу	like oo in boot
Ее	like e in let	Фф	like f in fever
Жж	like s in measure	Хх	like h in hot
Зз	like z in zipper	Цц	like ts in cats
Ии	like i in hit	Чч	like ch in chat
Йй	like y in yes	Шш	like sh in cash
Кк	like c in cold	Щщ	like sht (sh + t)
Лл	like l in love	Ъъ	like ea in earnings
Мм	like m in mother	ь	softens consonants before o
Нн	like n in never	Юю	like you in you
Оо	like a in ball	Яя	like you in young