Dragon Boat Festival Program and Additional Transportation Weekend Schedule
Thursday, 20 June 2024
The official opening of the Dragon Boat Festival is at 10 a.m. on June 22nd (Saturday), with races scheduled to take place in several stages until 4:30 p.m. From 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the area between the two small lakes a rich Chinese-Bulgarian program will be held with music and dance performances, creative workshops, craft arts, art bazaar, martial arts demonstrations, attractions for children, culinary exhibitions, food and drink venues and other entertainment . At 18:30, the special guests of the festival - the young pop stars Alex and Vladi - will take the stage.
On Sunday, the festival will continue with a cultural program from 10 a.m., with the semi-finals of the dragon boat race starting an hour later. The finals will be at 1:30 p.m. and the program of the event will end with the award ceremony at 2 p.m.
The organizers of the festival ask for compliance with the changes in the organization of traffic along the alleys in the forest park such as:
• a ban on the movement of any type of public transport vehicle is introduced along the alley to the right of the road between the two lakes;
• the alley leading to the statue of the "White Girl" and the alley passing by the "Teketo Zoo" are set aside for the parking of the cars of the visitors of the festival.
Motor vehicle drivers are urged to drive with caution and strictly follow the posted traffic signals.
The Municipality of Ruse organizes additional transport to Forest Park "Lipnik" with the following route:
Central Railway Station - Borisova St. - Skobelev Blvd. - Lipnik Blvd. - Nikolovo Village - "Lipnik" Forest Park (turning to the small lake) and back.
Departure times:
On June 22 (Saturday):
From the Central Railway Station – 10:00; 13:00; 15:00 and 18:00 From Forest Park "Lipnik" - 11:00; 14:00; 16:00 and 19:00
On June 23 (Sunday):
From the Central Railway Station – 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
From the forest park "Lipnik" - 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
The courses will be run by "Municipal Transport Ruse" EAD, and the buses will stop at all established public transport stops along the route.
All regular courses on the Ruse-Nikolovo-Dolno Ablanovo-Prosena line will be performed by entering the "Lipnik" forest park with the route: "Iztok" bus station, "Potsdam" street, "Nikola Petkov" street, "Tulcha" street, Dorostol St./Str. Pliska, Saedinenie Blvd., Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., Lipnik Blvd., Nikolovo Village, Lipnik Forest Park, Dolno Ablanovo, Prosena and vice versa.
Departure times:
from Ruse - "Iztok" bus station: 07:30; 09:30; 12:00; 14:00; 17:00; 19:00; 9:00 p.m.;
from Nikolovo: 10:10 a.m.;
from Prosena: 06:40; 08:30; 13:00; 15:00; 18:00; 8:00 p.m.
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