Meanwhile in Bulgaria

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krsCarrots@reddit

Dang the streets looked too good to be Bulgarian and that license plate got me convinced

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Rumbling_Butterfly1@reddit

Bulgarian roads are pretty good don't know why you this. I traveled around Bulgaria a few years ago and I was astonished by how clean they were. A vast difference to Greek roads for sure.

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No-Championship-4632@reddit

It very much depends where you were. There are some regions where even "class 1" roads (between regional centres) are shitty and some less important ones look as if the Russians bombed them.

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krsCarrots@reddit

Then the grass is greener on the other side 🤷🏻

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SuedeJacketMonster@reddit

Weird, my first reaction also was that this was Greece

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The terrain in Sopot and Karlovo feels very Greek with the steep, tall mountains right next to the town. Usually in Bulgaria you see mountains in the distance, not so close like this, because they tend to start more gradually.

Vratsa is also cool like this.

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Vanta_Edge@reddit (OP)

Reddit never disappoints… nice detective work

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LaxomanGr@reddit

The car plate is from Greece.

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shurdi3@reddit

Almost as if cars can be used to go outside your country

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JoTenshi@reddit

Look at the other ones in the background.

That Opel just so happened to have Greek plates, probably visiting, like how we usually see cars with Bulgarian plates in Greece.

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LaxomanGr@reddit

I know.

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Vanta_Edge@reddit (OP)

Yep, Greek plate — but the photo was taken in Bulgaria

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barelystandard@reddit

All the people in the comments saying this can't be Bulgaria are either from the north or never left Sofia. I'm from Plovdiv and this looks exactly like the region. Southern Bulgaria is a transitional Mediterranean climate, we are south-eastern Europe after all. My relatives have olive trees and figs in their garden. And now with climate change the region is becoming even warmer and many greek species are moving into the region.

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No-Championship-4632@reddit

Figs grow quite fine in the north too, I am not commenting on the flora though, it's like (in the first image at least) the power poles, fences and buildings themselves look too uncommon for Bulgaria, but very common in Northern Greece.

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