Wall to Wall projectWall-to-Wall Poetry – an initiative of the Netherlands Embassy in Sofia – is a project of the embassies of the EU-member states, the candidate member states and the European Commission. Each embassy has to ‘adopt a wall’ in the centre of Sofia and decorate it with a poem in the language of its country. The project aims to promote the diversity of European languages and literature.
Countries accomplished their projects on the Wall:
Country | Poem | Author | Adress | Opening Date |
Austria
| | Wolf Harranth | City Library4 A, Slaveykov Sq. | December 4, 2007 |
Belgium | “ThePassage of Angels”“The Weather” | Odilon-Jean PérierHugo Claus | 6, Vitosha Blvd. | May 25, 2005 |
Bulgaria | “He, Who Falls” | Hristo Botev | 34, Evlogi Georgiev blvd. | April 23, 2008 |
Danmark | | Piet Hein | City Art Gallery1, Gurko, St. | June 23, 2005 |
Estonia | | | Architecture Directorate5A serdica Str. | 12 June 2008 |
Germany | “Man is only fully human when he plays” | Friedrich Shiller | Vasil Levski National Stadium Evlogi Georgiev Blvd. | June 7, 2005 |
Greece | “As Much as You Can” | Constantine P. Cavafy | “Vassil Aprilov” Primary School40, Shipka St. | June 1, 2005 |
Hungary | “Liberty and Love” | Sándor Petöfi | School No 728, Tsar Shishman Str. | October 18, 2006 |
Ireland | “Honesty” | Máirtín Ó Direáin | Serdica Metro Station | December 14, 2006 |
Luxembourg | “Orchestra” | Raymond Schaack | City Art Gallery1, Gurko, St. | April 25, 2005 |
The Netherlands | “That’s What I Think You’re Like” | Jan Hanlo | National Museum of Natural HistoryBenkovski St. / Moskovska St. | July 1, 2004 |
Poland | “What Once Was Great” | Czeslaw Milosz | Bratya Miladinovi Secondary School125A, Alexander Stamboliiski Blvd. | December 6, 2005 |
Portugal | “The Tobacco Kiosk” | Fernando Pessoa | Sofia Municipality33, Moskovska Str. | September 28, 2006 |
Sweden | | Tomas Tranströmer | National Art Academy1, Shipka St. | January 27, 2005 |
UK | “Riddle-Me-Ree” | Liz Lochhead | Serdica Metro Station | November 18, 2004 |
Currently there are six more walls under construction. By mid 2009 the Netherlands Embassy in Sofia aims to produce a Wall-to-Wall Tour Guide Booklet representing a virtual walk to all completed walls. It is to be directed both to Sofia visitors and citizens.
