The Dohodno Zdanie is a grand neoclassical building on Freedom Square, built to house the Ruse City Theatre (now the Sava Ognyanov Dramatic Theatre) and to generate municipal revenue from its commercial tenants. The imposing facade, with its colonnaded upper storey and ornate cornice, is one of the finest examples of late 19th-century civic architecture in Bulgaria.
The theatre inside has operated continuously since the building opened. The auditorium retains much of its original decorative character. Performances are primarily in Bulgarian; the season runs autumn through spring. The building is usually illuminated at night, and together with the Monument of Liberty and the surrounding 19th-century facades, creates the ensemble that justifies Ruse's "Little Vienna" reputation.