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Founded by Viktoria Draganova in 2014, Swimming Pool is an art space showing local and international talent. Here, she talks about forging a creative community from its unique home — a rooftop pool in central Sofia
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Buckle up to discover ancient ruins and stunning vistas in the southeast Balkans -
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How one Bulgarian writer created a global mail order community of radical artists -
An essay on the term that caught the world’s attention -
5 independent brands you need to know -
Travel the New East with our round-up of this year’s most captivating photos -
Meet the photographer exploring the forgotten communist-era monuments of Bulgaria -
The conflicted past and uncertain future of Bulgaria’s ‘communist UFO’ -
Six New East films to catch at the 2017 London Film Festival -
Tales from Bulgaria’s land of hedonism -
Before High-Rise, these filmmakers brought social critique to the screen -
From flooded quarries to medieval forts, dance the night away in these spectacular spots -
The young directors taking up the mantle from the generation of '89 -
The ancient pagan ritual that still thrives in rural Bulgaria -
Why do mermaids keep surfacing in the films of the New East? -
How Serbia's weird and wonderful pop music came in from the cold -
Celebrating another year of great cinema from beyond Hollywood -
The best contemporary fiction to add to your reading list -
Your guide to the best undiscovered slopes in the New East -
Five films you need to see in 2017 -
Five Eastern Bloc sci-fi comedies you need to see -
The 16 chicest, most liveable cities in the New East to visit now