NDK Metro Station
metro station in Sofia, Bulgaria
NDK Metro Station (Bulgarian: Метростанция „Национален дворец на културата“ / Метростанция „НДК“, Natsionalen Dvorets na Kulturata, ‘National Palace of Culture’) is a station on the Sofia Metro in Bulgaria. It opened on 31 August 2012. Bulgaria's PM Boyko Borisov and the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso inaugurated the new section of the Sofia Metro, which was funded with EU money. On 26 August 2020, transfer to NDK II on M3 line was opened.
Interchange with other public transport
North side:
Trolleybus service: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9
South side:
Tramway service: 1, 6, 7
Trolleybus service: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9
Location
The station is serving the National Palace of Culture and the south end of Vitosha Boulevard.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3623870. Authority coordinates are 42.688, 23.319. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2012 and 2020.
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