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Hi, I was in Varna for three days. There are a lot of tourists, and I would recommend having a translation app on your phone because many people don’t speak English. Also, some locals can come across as a bit rude. The beaches and the food are great, and the prices are affordable. Unfortunately, I felt a bit unsafe when I was outside the tourist areas, and I was catcalled. I would recommend city breaks in Bulgaria. I’ll definitely revisit and also plan to visit Sunny Beach, Plovdiv, Burgas,...

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Overall, I felt safe but I knew I had to be vety cautious walking around. The people were nice however if you dont know Bulgarian or Russian they tend to be very rude. My bag got stolen with everything in it, there are professional thiefs there. Everything was cheap compared to anywhere in Europe, the food amazing, the alcohol somewhat good, the pubs and bars were amazing tho. There is public transportation and the beaches were very nice.

Varna is beautiful and mostly chill. Best is to enjoy the sea garden and Cubo. I can recommend also my fav healthy place Jiva Priroda. Enjoy the beaches and be careful with your food around seagulls. Always have something in mind arround . A lot of people beg for money don’t pity them.

Sometimes it feels sketchy. Act just normal as you would in every European city. It is a beautiful place to visit, not sure for living. It starts feeling a bit boring after living for 2 years here. Drugged and drunk people are started to seem more often as it used to be.

I would say its pretty safe, especially public transport. Night life is safe too, at least in my experience and what I've heard. The only thing that I'm worried about is locals reaction to gay or alt looking people. There were multiple accidents when teenage boys have beaten somebody just because of their looks (but the targets are usually teenagers too).

Overall I would say Varna is pretty safe , I haven't lived here for a lot of years but so far I haven't had any safety problems Small theft still remains an issue although I have never experienced it personally