Sofia Municipality is the government of the city of Sofia, the capital city of Bulgaria. It is a juridical person with its own budget. It is led by the mayor and the City Council. The city runs essential communal services. On a low level, it has 24 district councils with administrative responsibilities on the day-to-day level of municipal government.

Sofia Municipality is also an important actor in the sphere of culture. In 2012, the City Council passed the "Strategy for the Development of Culture in Sofia 2013-2013" (https://www.sofia.bg/culture-strategy). It clearly puts culture as an essential element of the city's development and well-being, and lays out a holistic approach towards its development. It aims at turning the city into an incubator or arts and a plattform for the support of the cultural activities of its citizens. Culture should help to turn Sofia into a cosmopolitan city and to underwrite its opennes for innovation. The full text of the strategy can be found here.

The city of Sofia operates important institutions preserving and presenting the cultural heritage of Sofia and its neighbourhood, such as the the Sofia Regional Historical Museum, the Sofia City Art Gallery, the gallery "Dechko Uzunov", the City Library, four theatres and numerous cultural clubs [Dom na kulturata]. The Department for Culture of the City also initiates further activities and support initiatives carried out by third parties. Altogether, these efforts help to collect, maintain and present the cultural and historical legacy of Bulgaria, including that from the communist period.

For more information on Sofia's cultural activities go to: https://www.sofia.bg/web/mayor-of-sofia/culture-department