Burgas regularly tops the list of best places to live in Bulgaria. Whether enjoying a walk through the resplendent Sea Garden, relaxing on the beautiful central city beach, or enjoying a drink and fresh grilled fish at one of the many outdoor bars and restaurants, it is easy to see why tourists like it so much.
A key challenge for the city, however, is to extend this good feeling to the off-season, when tourists are few, the economy is less animated, and the central area is almost comatose after dark. The city aims to deliver this transformation with its smart city agenda.
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Brian Field is an urban planner, economist and public policy analyst. He specialises in sustainable spatial planning and development, and related project ap-praisal and finance. He was for many years the Special Managerial Adviser on Urban Planning and Development at the European Investment Bank. He has also enjoyed a successful academic career and prior to joining EIB held professorial appointments at the National Uni-versity of Singapore and De Montfort University in the UK, where he was Head of the School of the Built En-vironment. He is currently an Associate and Senior Fellow of the OMEGA Research Centre and Visiting Professor in the Bartlett School of Planning at Univer-sity College London, as well as teaching in the Geog-raphy Departments at the University of Luxembourg and the Sorbonne at the University of Paris.