2019 European Capital of Culture Candidate
As you may already know, the European Capital of Culture is a city, designated by the European Union for a period of one calendar year, during which it organizes a …
Tereza Todorova
This 11-year old This 11-year old diva has been working at one of the most famous evening television show programs broadcast on one of our national televisions for the last …
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, This Website and Other
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 …
Popocatépetl
Having named their band after the active Mexican volcano, these guys have always been almost that much eruptive and unpredictable on stage ever since 1995 when they gathered for the …
Station Hall
If you are looking for a club where you can dance the night away, listen to the alternative sounds of the ’90s, or enjoy a live band indulging their audience …
Angel Kanchev University of Rousse
The University is named after Angel Kanchev, a 19-century Bulgarian revolutionary who committed suicide at 21 in Rousse after having been betrayed and his attempt to join the Bulgarian revolutionaries …
Arena Monbat (Arena Rousse, Bulstrad Arena)
Author’s note: in 2018 Bulstrad Arena was renamed to Arena Monbat, also known as Arena Rousse. The links and text below were respectively updated on 14.01.2019. Among the greatest and …