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10 in one: Explore all the checkpoints for Dunav Ultra: Via Pontica 19

August 30, 2019

On September 6, a total of 100 amateur cyclists from four countries gather in Bulgarian city of Vidin. The event is named Dunav Ultra: Via Pontica and is a personal adventure that promotes the tourist route of the same name – Dunav Ultra. During their personal journey, cyclists will travel a total of 683 km. Although their travel is not a race, the fastest ones are expected to cover the distance in less than 48 hours. The main group of participants is expected to reach the Black Sea in the Durankulak village region within 5 days.

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Dunav Ultra: To the Beautiful Blue Danube

August 20, 2019

The final trailer supporting the sixth edition of the Dunav Ultra Cycling Adventure is here. The video is entitled “Тhe beautiful blue Danube” and contains exclusive material shot in the cities of Vidin, Ruse, Silistra, Belene, Svishtov and Kozloduy. The video advertises some of the most interesting places – part of the Dunav Ultra Route, in the accompaniment of Johann Strauss’s classic music.

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125 kg water beast was caught on the Danube

July 2, 2019

125 kilograms of a monster catfish was caught in the Danube in the region of Ruse, spread the news “Bulgaria Today”. The animal was taken out with nets of fishermen, and hours later the beast became an attraction at the Tutrakan fish auction where it was sold.

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“The Beautiful Blue Danube” – Dunav Ultra presents Trailer N8

June 12, 2019

On July 2, the final video trailer in support of the sixth edition of the Dunav Ultra Cycle Adventure will be released . The video bears the name “The Beautiful Blue Danube” and contains exclusive material shot in the Bulgarian cities Vidin, Ruse, Silistra, Belene, Svishtov and Kozloduy . The video recreates like never before, the unique atmosphere of the Bulgarian Danube river bank – assure the team of the organizers of the event.

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Vidin! The Baba Vida Fortress shines in a new Dunav Ultra Video Trailer

June 9, 2019

“VIDIN: The Baba Vida Fortress” is the name of the latest video trailer supporting this year’s edition of the Dunav Ultra Cycle Adventure. The video is a production of the Dunav Ultra team and presents one of the most impressive cultural and historical sites on the Balkans and a symbol of the city of Vidin – the Baba Vida Fortress.

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Dunav Ultra 101: The Roman military castle Dimum, Belene

June 3, 2019

The Danube town of Belene is а small Bulgarian city but has great and long history. In ancient times, the Romans built a military camp and a road station here called Dimum. Subsequently, the station grew to a strong military fortress and customs extending to several hectares. The thickness of the wall reaches the amazing 2.5 meters.

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Tsar Ivan Sratsimir and the Baba Vida castle

May 19, 2019

The monument of Tsar Ivan Sratsimir in Vidin is the work of the sculptor Nikolay Haytov, who created the sculpture of Tsar Samuil in Sofia. The latter forms a controversy over Samuel’s bright, blood-red eyes. Interestingly, the statue of Ivan Sratsimir (ruler of the Vidin kingdom 1356-1396) also has luminous elements.

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Dunav Ultra birthday: 5 years back in time…

May 4, 2019

On May 2, 2014, three friends and cycle enthusiasts went to the most northwest populated village of Bulgaria Kudelin (Google maps) to start an unusual challenge named Dunav Ultra, since Dunav=Danube in Bulgarian language. Their goal was to overcome nearly 690 km along the Danube River (as close as they can to the northern border of Bulgaria ) to the endpoint – the most northeast populated village of the country Durankulak – near the Black Sea (Google maps). Until that moment, none of these amateur cyclists has ever tried to train on a road bicycle. Nevertheless their goal was to cover the distance in less than …48 hrs.

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The Borovo Treasure is among the 100 Dunav Ultra Highlights

April 25, 2019

The unique Thracian treasure found near Sivri Tepe (the land of today’s Bulgarian town of Borovo) is among the “100 Dunav Ultra Highlights” – the first of its kind Travel guide dedicated to the Dunav Ultra Cycle Route. The guide presents the most interesting POI – places, objects, natural phenomena, food, flora and fauna along the Danube and Dobruja in Bulgaria – from where the route passes through.

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Dunav Ultra 101: The theatrical curtain of the Lom Theater

March 25, 2019

The historical museum of the Danubian town of Lom preserves an invaluable exhibit – the original theatrical curtain of the Lom Theater, painted in the last century by the famous Czech artist and decorator Adolf Kvapp. The curtain is a huge piece of fabric made by using a special technology and was first presented on the stage in 1910. But what makes a theatrical curtain among the most interesting sights of the Dunav Ultra bicycle route?

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Cycling along the Danube in Bulgaria: (Un)expected pleasant combination (Part 3)

March 8, 2019

Is it really possible that the poorer economic area of ​​the Danube in EU could become a tourist destination? that could be able to pull the interest of cycle travelers coming from all over the continent or even from outside Europe? Let’s try to answer the core of the question, let’s try to understand what makes a bicycle trip along the Danube in Bulgaria a unique and interesting experience; what are the reasons why we can assume a growing interest in this experience.

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The World of Dunav Ultra: Tanyo voevoda and the Danube shore

March 3, 2019

Only few kilometers from the town of Tutrakan in the direction of the village of Pozharevo* and next to the bank of the Danube, hidden in a small grove, there is a modest monument, dedicated to the march of the Revolutionary Anastas Stoyanov (30), known as Tanyo voevoda**.

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Dunav Ultra 101: The Synagogue of Vidin

March 2, 2019

The Synagogue located in the Bulgarian town of Vidin is a unique building that impresses with its architecture, history, recent past and … future. Just few days ago it became clear that one of the symbols of today’s Danube riverbed in Bulgaria will literally rise as the new owner of the building, Vidin Municipality, has defended a project for full recovery and transformation of the ruins into a modern tourist attraction.

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The Old Oak, Durostorum, Drastar and the Omurtag’s inscription – all roads to Silistra

February 23, 2019

The so called “Tarnovo inscription” of khan Omurtag is a building inscription cut on a column and founded in the church “St. Forty Martyrs” in the Bulgarian town of Tarnovo. The inscription includes the famous sign of the famous Bulgarian ruler – “Man dies even if he lives well, and another is born, and let the latest born considering this writing, remember him who made it. The name of the ruler is Omurtag, Kanas Ubege. God grant than he may live a hundred years.”

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Cycling along the Danube in Bulgaria: Knocking on heavens door (Part 1)

January 25, 2019

The Danube path naturally offers a cycle route of great interest to both European tourists and tourists from other parts of the world. Second river in Europe in terms of length, the Danube has an exceptional character because of the number of countries crossed, ten, and the extent of the regions that it touches: with its waters it connects Europe from the west to the east.

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Ulpia Oescus: The temple statue of the Goddess Fortuna

December 18, 2018

The temple statue of the Goddess Fortuna (which corresponds to the Greek Tyche, the Egyptian Isis) found in the ancient Roman city of Ulpia Oescus (today the Bulgarian village of Gigen) is one of the most remarkable archaeological finds in Bulgaria. Today the statue (about 3 meters high) can be seen at the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia.

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Premiere! The first Official Dunav Ultra 2019 teaser is HERE

November 12, 2018

The first official teaser of the growing popularity in the country and abroad – the “Dunav Ultra Cycle Adventure” is already on the Internet. The video is part of the advertising campaign of the event, which will take place in the late summer of 2019.

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Dunav Ultra 101: The Nikopol Fortress and today’s Shishman Gate

October 28, 2018

If you are a Danube bicycle traveller in Bulgaria, the town of Nikopol should be one of your stops during your cycle journey. It’s not only because the upcoming hilly terrain to the next bike stop (the tillage of Vabel), with it’s long centuries of history, Nikopol has few interesting places to visit it. One of them – the Shishman’s Fortress and it’s Gate is such a interesting site from our Dunav Ultra Cycle Route .

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Rock Monastery of Basarbovo – the most impressive Dunav Ultra site

October 15, 2019

The Rock Monastery of Basarbovo is the most impressive site of the Dunav Ultra: Via Pontica event – according to a questioning the participants in this year’s adventure.

The unique Monastery, located in the region of the village of Basarbovo, dates back to the Middle Ages. The place is the only active rock monastery in Bulgaria.

Second place in the 2019 ranking is the Srebarna Biosphere Park, located near the town of Silistra, and the third place is occupied by the ancient Roman town Ulpia Oescus, located near the village of Gigen.

Other landmarks included in the Dunav Ultra: Via Pontica were: Baba Vida Fortress in Vidin, the Dimum Archaeological Site in Belene, the Clock Tower in Svishtov, the Freedom Memorial in Ruse, the 123K Kater in Tutrakan, and the Medjzidi Tabia Fortress in Silistra.

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Happy end for the Radetzky ship, Kozloduy

June 5, 2019

The government of Republic of Bulgaria pays 250 000 euro to repair famous the Radetsky ship museum. The information was communicated by the Prime Minister at a regular meeting of the Council of Ministers.

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