# The Things Network Sofia

A local community of The Things Network: people building an open, free LoRaWAN® network for the Internet of Things in and around Sofia.

- Country: [Bulgaria](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/country/bulgaria/)
- Status: Official community
- Founded: 2016
- Members: 59
- Location: 42.6945, 23.3135
- Web page: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/sofia/

## About

Our mission is to provide Sofia with a long range data network for low powered IoT devices that can be used free of charge.

The small founding team has experience with network design and deployment, software development, electronics and project management.
We already tested some sensors with Lora modules as well some simple LoraWAN gateways and our next goal is to install a few outdoor gateways and test coverage and features of the network.
We would appreciate any help from new member, helping with technical details, logistics, finding more contributors or funds.

## Contact

Please contact us by email:
 milen at stoychev dot net 
or in the FB group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/162682967633162/
or Slack:
https://lorawan-sofia.slack.com/
- Chat: https://lorawan-sofia.slack.com/

## Resources

- [Forum](http://forum.thethingsnetwork.org/)
- [Community Topic](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/sofia-bulgaria/4166)
- [Facebook Group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/162682967633162/)

## In the media

- [The Next Web - The Things Network wants to make every city smart](http://thenextweb.com/insider/2015/08/19/the-things-network-wants-to-make-every-city-smart-starting-with-amsterdam/)
- [TTN Sofia community was mentioned at Dutch Innovation Café Smart Cities Event](https://www.facebook.com/events/433990006981628/?acontext=%7B%22source%22%3A5%2C%22page_id_source%22%3A232894443582814%2C%22action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22main_list%22%2C%22extra_data%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22page_i)

## Recent updates

- [Има ли някой тук?](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/sofia/post/%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0-%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BA.md) (2025-10-04)
- [Последните промени на TTN](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/sofia/post/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D0%BD%D0%B0-ttn.md) (2021-12-30)
- [ThingsLog visoko visoko](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/sofia/post/thingslog-visoko-visoko.md) (2020-05-10)
- [Тест на gateway](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/sofia/post/gateway.md) (2018-12-27)
- [Майска среща/ Meeting in May 2018](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/sofia/post/meeting-in-may-2018.md) (2018-05-28)
- [Срещи / Meetings](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/sofia/post/meetings.md) (2018-03-26)
- [Първа Среща/First Meeting](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/sofia/post/first-meeting.md) (2017-08-09)
- [TTN Sofia community meeting/ Организиране на среща](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/sofia/post/ttn-sofia-community-meeting.md) (2017-08-08)
- [One more gateway at 21 Frederic Jolio Curie str, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/sofia/post/one-more-gateway-at-21-frederic-jolio-curie-str-sofia-1113-bulgaria.md) (2017-07-31)
- [Среща с Adri Wischmann от Internet of Things (Холандия)](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/sofia/post/adri-wischmann-internet-of-things.md) (2017-06-19)

More updates: https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/community/sofia/posts