Sofia Bulgaria’s markets have long been moving steadily towards the culture of mega shopping malls;
It unintentionally slowly replaced the popular markets once twenty years ago, when everything was sold on the stalls.
But the stalls and popular markets have again returned to selling vegetables and fruit and have begun to reappear and occupy strategic places in the city.
Therefore, our attention in this article will focus on the local and popular markets in Sofia.
Sofia, Bulgaria markets
Vitosha Boulevard Vitosha Boulevard is well known as Sofia’s main shopping street, where retail outlets are concentrated along the street and there is a street area dedicated to luxury and expensive stores.
The street is located in the center of Sofia, and it includes several side streets with many shops as well. The street also contains some of the most beautiful buildings of the city.
Vitosha Boulevard
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Antiques Market Antiques Market Located near the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Antiques Market is aimed directly at tourists visiting the cathedral. There you can find a lot of antique goods such as old cameras, coins and medals, hand-knitted socks, Russian painted antique dolls, jewelry boxes, daggers, antique instruments, silver jewelry and more.
Prices vary from dealer to dealer, so bargaining is possible and you can get excellent deals.
The market is long and extensive and full of all kinds of antique and archaeological treasures that grab the attention of collectors of precious items; women also sell fabrics and carpets.
Antiques Market Central Sofia Market Hall This central hall is a covered market in downtown Sofia, Maria Louise Avenue, also known as “Tsentralni Hali”.
It opened in 1911 and today is one of the city's strategic shopping sites and boasts its eye-catching architecture.
The quality of the products that are sold inside is not disputed because they are strictly regulated by the municipality and on the ground floor, foodstuffs of all kinds are sold. As for the upper part, clothes, accessories and jewelry are sold. There is one underground floor that houses Bulgarian fast food restaurants, some offices and antiquities.
Central Sofia Market Hall
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This is the largest and most crowded Sofia market; it has a wide range of seasonal fruits and vegetables, cheeses, meats, dried fruits, nuts, home-made sweetness and other things. The right part of the market is devoted to foodstuffs, while the left part is devoted to clothes, shoes, etc., and the market is characterized by cheap prices and high quality of its products.
As for the reason for naming the market with this name, it is that previously all the sellers were women.
But men, too, are selling in the market right now. 
Zhenski Pazar Women’s Market