Parking in Sofia

Short-term paid parking zones in Sofia Municipality

There are two types of short-term paid parking zones in Sofia:

1.“BLUE ZONE”:

Range: Enclosed by boulevards and streets - Gen. M.D. Skobelev Blvd., Opalchenska St., Slivnitsa Blvd., Gen. Danail Nikolaev Blvd., Prof. Milko Bichev St., Blvd. Evlogi and Hriso Georgievi Blvd., Pencho Slaveykov Blvd., Prague Blvd., Hristo Botev Blvd., Positano St., Marko Balabanov St., Dobrudzha Region;
Parking places alongside the frontier boulevards, surrounding the “BLUE ZONE”, are part of the “BLUE ZONE”
Price - BGN 2 per hour;
Sending a short text phone message (SMS) to phone 1302;
Time of action of "BLUE ZONE":
On weekdays and Saturdays from 08:30 am to 08:00 pm;

2.“GREEN ZONE”:

Range: the zone outside the specified boundaries of “BLUE ZONE”, surrounded by boulevards and streets - “Knyaginya Maria Luiza” blvd., “Belogradchik” str., “Veslets” str. “Klokotnitsa” str.; “Budapest” str., “Kozloduy” str. “Konstantin Stoilov” str., “Gen. Danail Nikolaev” blvd., “Sitnyakovo” blvd., “Mihai Eminescu” blvd., “Tsarigradsko shose” blvd., “Evlogi i Hristo Georgievi” blvd., “Dragan Tsankov” blvd., “Mitropolit Kiril Vidinski” str., “Yosif Petrov” str., “Velchova zavera” sq., “Stoyan Mihaylovski” str., “Peyo Yavorov” blvd., “Nikola Y. Vaptsarov” blvd., “Atanas Dukov” str., “Lyuba Velichkova” str., “Srebarna” str., “Henrik Ibsen” str., “Kozyak” str. “Sv. Osiy Kordobski" str., “Sv. Atanasiy Veliki” str., “Kozyak” str., “Sveta Troitsa” str., "Nikola Obrazopisov" str., "Episkop Protogen" str., the boundary of the South Park, "Arsenalski" blvd., "Cherni vrah" blvd., “Bulgaria” blvd., “Pencho Slaveykov” blvd., “Vitosha” blvd./to "Byala cherkva" str. and back to “Bulgaria” blvd./, “Bulgaria” blvd., “Akademik Ivan E. Geshov” blvd., "Han Presiyan" str., “Zdrave” str., "Pencho Slaveykov" blvd., "Sv. Georgi Sofiyski” blvd., “Akademic Ivan E. Geshov” blvd., “Gen. Edward I. Totleben” blvd., “Joakim Kurchovski” str., “Kamen Andreev” str., “Ohridsko ezero” str., Gyueshevo str. ", “Inzh. Ivan Ivanov" blvd., “Al. Stamboliyski" blvd., "Dimitar Petkov" str./to ”Dr. Kalinkov” str. and back /, “Al. Stamboliyski” blvd., “Konstantin Velichkov” blvd., “Slivnitsa” blvd., “Opalchenska” str. At the frontier boulevards indicating the range of the short-term paid parking zone “Green zone”.
Maximum duration of parking up to 4 (four) hours;
Price – 1 BGN per hour
Payment by SMS to phone number 1303
Working hours:
Time of action of "GREEN ZONE":
On working days in the time range from 08:30 am to 07:30 pm; - Saturday - in the time range from 10:00 am to 06:00 pm.

How do we pay for the parking

With a coupon bought by a inspector, from the ticket offices of “UMC” EAD, and retail outlets;
With SMS to short number 1302 for "Blue Zone"
With SMS to short number 1303 for "Green Zone"
With a message to the "Urban Mobility Center" chatbot in the Viber mobile application: https://chats.viber.com/cgm-bot
With Urbo mobile application
With business subscription
With vignette sticker for locally paid parking for residents of hourly paid parking areas

People with disabilities

People with permanent disabilities park in the specially designated places in the short-term paid parking zones and in the municipal-owned parking lots. The vehicle is marked with a preferential parking card, placed in a visible place on the inside of the windscreen, so that control can be carried out. The preferential parking of the vehicle is done in the presence of the person - card holder and is up to 4 / four / hours.

How to fully park electric vehicles / EV/ and electric vehicles with fuel cell / EVHFC /

On the territory of Sofia Municipality, electric cars are parked free of charge, and their right to do so is established by a duly issued sticker.Electric vehicles may be park free of charge if they have a sticker issued by “UMC” EAD.

For more information: https://www.sofiatraffic.bg/en/info-center/pochasovo-plateno-parkirane

Free-parking places for two-wheel vehicles - bicycles, mopeds, scooters, etc.: https://www.sofiatraffic.bg/en/info-center/shema-na-razpolozhenie-na-mestata

Source: Urban mobility center

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