Naiden Kirov Folklore Dance Theatre
The Naiden Kirov Folklore Ensemble has been another symbol of the city for decades. Its founder, Ivan Donev, started the dance theatre more than 50 years ago—in 1960—and remained its …
Buddha House Café-Library
Author’s note: since 2018, the Buddha House Café-Library has been closed and by 14 January 2019 the location where it used to be is not functioning. However, we decided to …
Danube Rock Climbing Competition
I must admit I didn’t know such an event existed—not before a colleague of mine, a sworn climber and sportive all-muscle nerd, mentioned it to me. In a nutshell, the …
A Word on Rousse and This Website
Many things have been written about Rousse, its Medieval history and the crucial role its people played during the Resistance against the Ottoman Empire in the second half of the …
The Women’s Basketball Team
Author’s note: despite its unprecedented sports achievements, at the end of 2017 the women’s basketball team in Rousse was disbanded. We decided to leave the article, however, because we experienced …
SUBMONKS
Now I’m going to tell you a couple of words about…SUBMONKS SUBMONKS is a DJ crew and a bunch of friends. Some of them live abroad and this might be …
Portable Elephant
So, it seems that this week is going to be fully dedicated to the music bands that are born and bred in Rousse regardless of the fact whether they still …
Ico Darka & Mazut
Here is another musical project from Rousse started years ago by Ico Darka—Darka, unsurprisingly meaning ‘the Dark’—the cyberpunk band Mazut. Along with writing the music, he plays the guitar (and …
Nikolay Danev and Antoni Rikev
Both Nikolay, known among us since the dawn of time as Kolio, and Antoni, a.k.a. Toni, come from Rousse. They started their musical career by setting up the local band …
