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Bulgarians prefer cinema to concerts and outdoor events: Eurostat

A Eurostat analysis of some cultural preferences of Europeans in 2016 shows that Bulgarians preferred going to the cinema to concerts, performances or other outdoor events.

Around 6,500 different films were screened in Bulgaria, of them almost 4,000 American, around 1,800 European and around 700 – Bulgarian. Over the same period there were 1,000 live concerts, most of them pop, rock or folk. Around 7 percent of Bulgarians are regular concert or live performance goers, the average percentage for Europe being 14. 




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