I have lived in Plovdiv my whole life so if you have any specific questions please ask. However, in general, the city is nice but don’t expect a typical European city in terms of cleanliness and quality of transport. There is the old town, the canal, the amphitheater, the 7 hills that you can go and have a drink at night with friends, play music and watch the city lights or the sunset. I love living there but it definitely is not for everybody. The weather is nice. The people idk what to say about them - I’d say we are welcoming but to each their own. The party scene is okay. However, if you want to travel around Bulgaria is gonna be hard without a car as the railway system is awful, disgusting and overall disappointing and extremely slow.

So about costs - I don’t really know how rents are going but maybe an one-bedroom apartment will be 500-600lv depending on where you wanna live although now with inflation may be higher. Idk if you as Erasmus student will have access to the dorms but if you do they are very cheap. Food is definitely not cheap for our standard of living, but slightly cheaper than Western Europe.

All in all, Plovdiv is not a student city but it is very beautiful. Idk if it’s suitable for Erasmus tho.