Meanwhile, in Bulgaria

Probably why they're empty. Lol

Novelty, I see what you did there

Often, uncomfortable benches are designed to keep homeless people off sleeping on them and generally poor people spending a lot of time there, gathering and drinking. I could imagine those benches are fine to sit on during lunch break or eating an ice cream but not for sitting a couple hours, and mostly impossible to sleep on. Keeping poor people out of sight is something city planners care about a lot.

@mistoffelees that was genuinely an accident but I'm gonna pretend it was intentional lol