For the fifth year in a row the Municipality of Belene celebrated the International Day of the Danube River - June 29, with a festival. This year the event took place on July 2 and 3. A culinary competition "Danube Table" was held as part of the festival and the prize for the winners was a boat trip on the Danube, provided by BlueLink within the project DANube Urban Brand + Building Regional and Local Resilience through the Valorization of Danube’s Cultural Heritage (DANUrB+).

A total of 10 teams took part in the culinary competition. Apart from awards for the first three places: "Dimcho Debelyanov" school in Belene, community center "Vazrazhdane 1924" in Byala Voda, team "Kitka" from Kulina Voda, recognition was also given to the most innovative team - community center "Petar Parchevich - 1927" in Asenovo, the team with the best dessert - "Dekovchani"- in Dekov, as well as the youngest team - "Friends".

The award, a boat trip on the Danube River, was presented to the winning team in the form of a gift voucher. The award was provided by BlueLink within the DANUrB+ project.

During the festival days, on July 3, the BlueLink expert Gavrail Gavrailov held a talk on "Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Municipality of Belene", based on a study of intangible cultural heritage in the municipalities of Belene, Nikopol and Gulyantsi, implemented within the DANUrB+ project. The expert briefly presented the goals of the international project to the guests of the festival.

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