Sister cities
Twinned with Sofia
25 of 32 in this atlas
Sofia's twinning ties span capitals and major cities across Europe, the Caucasus, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Americas, from Brussels and Vienna to Tbilisi, Yerevan, Amman, and Algiers. Most pairings are mutual, with the partner city naming Sofia in return, though Berlin, Monterrey, and Moscow list Sofia without reciprocal recognition, illustrating how such declarations can diverge between two sides.
In this atlas25
Twinned in total32
Not reciprocated3
Twinned with Sofia
| City | Country | Distance | Lists back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algiers | DZ | 1,848 km | yes |
| Amman | JO | 1,631 km | yes |
| Ankara | TR | 853 km | yes |
| Athens | GR | 526 km | yes |
| Berlin | DE | 1,318 km | not listed |
| Bratislava | SK | 775 km | yes |
| Brussels | BE | 1,698 km | yes |
| Bucharest | RO | 296 km | yes |
| Bursa | TR | 553 km | yes |
| Helsinki | FI | 1,946 km | yes |
| Kyiv | UA | 1,021 km | yes |
| London | GB | 2,015 km | yes |
| Madrid | ES | 2,253 km | yes |
| Milan | IT | 1,168 km | yes |
| Monterrey | MX | 10,473 km | not listed |
| Moscow | RU | 1,777 km | not listed |
| Prague | CZ | 1,067 km | yes |
| Ramallah | PS | 1,592 km | yes |
| Saint Petersburg | RU | 1,975 km | yes |
| Skopje | MK | 174 km | yes |
| Tbilisi | GE | 1,771 km | yes |
| Tirana | AL | 327 km | yes |
| Vienna | AT | 817 km | yes |
| Warsaw | PL | 1,074 km | yes |
| Yerevan | AM | 1,784 km | yes |
3 of these do not list Sofia back. Twinning is declared independently by each municipality, so one-sided pairs are common — and usually more interesting than the mutual ones.