site.btaBorder Traffic Update

Traffic is heavy at Bulgaria’s border checkpoints with Romania, Greece, Serbia, and Turkiye, the Interior Ministry’s General Directorate Border Police said on their website early Thursday morning.

At the border with Romania, outbound truck traffic is heavy at the Nikopol checkpoint.

Temporary traffic changes have been introduced across Danube Bridge at Ruse due to major repairs on the Bulgarian section of the bridge. Traffic is carried out in one lane and is regulated by traffic lights. Alternative routes can go through the checkpoints at Silistra, Kardam, Durankulak, Kaynardzha or Krushari. The latter two have working hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day and are closed for commercial trucks.

At the border with Greece, there is heavy outbound car traffic at the Kulata checkpoint.

Because of the increased number of Romanian tourists passing thorough the Kulata and Makaza checkpoints on their way to or out of Greece, Bulgaria’s Border Police advises travellers to use alternative, less congested routes. Tourists travelling to resorts in the area of Thessaloniki, Kavala and the Chalkidiki peninsula can pass through the Ilinden border crossing as an alternative to the one at Kulata. People travelling to resorts in the area of Xanthi, Komotini and the islands of Thassos can use the Zlatograd border crossing as an alternative to Makaza. Those headed to resorts near the town of Alexandroupolis are advised to go through the Kaptain Petko Voyvoda checkpoint. Only cars and vans are allowed to pass through the border crossings Makaza, Zlatograd and Ivaylovgrad.

At the border with Serbia, traffic is heavy for outbound cars at the Kalotina checkpoint.

There is also heavy traffic for incoming cars at the Kapitan Andreevo and Lesovo checkpoints on the border with Turkiye.

Traffic is normal at all border crossing points on the border with the Republic of North Macedonia.