Located on the Danube, on the border between Bulgaria and Romania;

• The fifth largest city in Bulgaria–population185,000;
• The largest Bulgarian port on the Danube, equipped with modern facilities and a container terminal. The port services both passenger-ships and cargo ships from many European countries. There is also a ferry boat line from Rousse to the Ukrainian port Reni and the Romanian port Giurgiu;
• The only bridge across the Danube connecting Rousse with Giurgiu, Romania
• Rousse is at the crossroads of transport links. Two of the European transport Corridors have their crossing point here, namely Corridor VII (Rhein – Main – Danube), and Corridor IX (Helsinki – Saint Petersburg – Moscow – Kiev – Bucharest – Rousse – Alexandroupolis), which makes a connection between Baltic and Northern Sea from one side, and Mediterranean and Black Sea, from the other;
• Rousse is the town that makes the inner-state connection between the Danube River and the Black Sea (Rousse – Varna);
• A major economic centre – one of the six customs free zones in Bulgaria is located on its territory;
• An international licence airport.