Who I am
ΠΠ΄ΡΠ°Π²Π΅ΠΉΡΠ΅! I'm Adrian Dane, a British journalist and web developer, originally from Grimsby in England and now based in Shumen, Bulgaria. Alongside this course I run Shumen.UK, an English-language news site covering Bulgarian life for British expats β practical reporting on the same everyday Bulgaria this course prepares you for.
- Founder of Whatchan, a British sports television guide, and formerly of iGaming.com.
- Editor of Shumen.UK β British news for Brits in Bulgaria, reported from Shumen.
- Author of two books published in 2025: Echo of the Static (sci-fi) and The Lennykins Chronicles: The Foxwood Mystery (cosy mystery).
- Creator and sole maintainer of BG60Day β every lesson, quiz and audio clip on this site.
Why this course exists
Moving to Bulgaria means facing a language most course platforms barely cover. The big apps treat Bulgarian as an afterthought, and classroom options are expensive or hard to reach. Living here, I wanted the resource I couldn't find: a structured, honest, genuinely free path from the Cyrillic alphabet to real conversation β built around the situations expats actually meet: the market, the doctor, the municipality office, the neighbours.
BG60Day is that resource. Sixty daily lessons of about an hour each, from A1 to B1, with native-quality audio on every phrase, quizzes on every day, and mock exams at each checkpoint. No account, no ads, no paywall β ever.
How it is made
Lessons are written and maintained by me, with the grammar and vocabulary checked against standard Bulgarian references. Audio is generated with professional Bulgarian text-to-speech voices so every one of the 4,200+ clips is consistent and clear. The course is under continuous revision β factual and language corrections ship regularly, and the feedback form goes straight to me. The course is currently in beta and I say so openly; see the course status note in the footer of every page.
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