North Park, Urban park in Nadezhda district, Sofia, Bulgaria.
North Park is an urban park in the Nadezhda district of Sofia, covering 0.78 km². The Kakach River runs through it, crossed by an old sheet-metal bridge. Its mixed forest of coniferous and broadleaf trees is planted in several parallel blocks, and a dried ring-shaped canal, asphalt alleys and the only fountain just past the southern entrance lie within it.
North Park was designed and built in the late 1960s and early 1970s on the farmland of the village of Vrabnitsa. The house of the village's founder and former large landowner stands at the start of the park, next to the power station; it now belongs to his descendants, the architect family Lozanov.
People from the Nadezhda district come here at different hours to walk, sit on benches, or spend time with neighbors. The park draws a mix of families, older residents, and young people, each using the space in their own way throughout the day.
The park lies between Lomsko Shose Boulevard and Obelya to the south and a freight railway line to the north, with the Kakach river crossed by an old sheet-metal bridge. The only drinking fountain stands just past the southern entrance. Trams 6 and buses 85 and 108 serve the park, and Beli Dunav metro station is close by.
In the forested part of the park stands Sofia's only sundial. At the eastern edge, by the Svoboda housing estate, the playground keeps socialist-era toys: Katyusha artillery guns and very steep arched bridges. The open-air school and the bandstand are half-ruined.
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