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Bulgaria has a fairly long border connecting it to five different countries:

  • 🇬🇷 Greece
  • 🇷🇴 Romania
  • 🇲🇰 North Macedonia
  • 🇷🇸 Serbia
  • 🇹🇷 Turkey

Despite the fact that Bulgaria is in the process of joining the Schengen area, land border crossing points are still in operation. Below is a comprehensive list of active border crossing points.[1].

Bulgaria’s border with Greece

Transition type🚶🏻🚗🚶🏻🚗
Name of border crossing pointWork scheduleCoordinates
Malko Tarnovo🚶🏻🚗24/741.97001265996559, 27.46173523912401
Ivaylovgrad24/741.549165470058085, 26.18059217832917
Makaza24/741.26526892270712, 25.428804626219094
Zlatograd — Thermes🚶🏻🚗24/741.365891117132406, 25.050105499859736
Ilinden🚶🏻🚗24/741.44561235079818, 23.825814452733432
Kulata🚶🏻🚗24/741.378875169480544, 23.363104582237792
🚶🏻 – pedestrian; 🚗 – automobile; ⛴️ – ferry; 🚂 – railway; 🚚 – cargo

Bulgaria’s border with Romania

There are numerous border crossings, ferries, and crossings on this section of the Bulgarian border. Here is a list of them:

Transition type
Name of border crossing pointWork scheduleCoordinates
Vidin – Calafat
New Europe Bridge🚶🏻🚗🚂24/744.00487715077608, 22.947518317603446
Silistra – Ostrov🚶🏻🚗24/744.121711479345336, 27.278681625946145
Nikopol – Turnu Măgurele⛴️24/743.7050430053185, 24.887724033908416
Kardam – Negru Vodă🚶🏻🚗🚂24/743.7854320527363, 28.147557732591405
Durankulak – Vama Veche🚶🏻🚗24/743.736554262847186, 28.55837807183911
Ruse – Giurgiu
Danube Friendship Bridge🚶🏻🚗24/743.88818053655616, 26.007182979893525
Oryahovo – Bechet⛴️24/743.737505719714825, 23.976078738634214
Svishtov – Zimnicea⛴️24/743.62230602659607, 25.350493996814837
Port Lom24/7
Port Tutrakan24/7
🚶🏻 – pedestrian; 🚗 – automobile; ⛴️ – ferry; 🚂 – railway; 🚚 – cargo

Bulgaria’s border with Serbia

The border between the Republic of Bulgaria and Serbia can be crossed at five different points.

Transition type🚶🏻🚗🚶🏻🚗🚶🏻🚗🚶🏻🚗
Name of border crossing pointWork scheduleCoordinates
Bregovo24/744.15417074009139, 22.62864961750242
Vrashka Chuka24/743.84821476268801, 22.38267745476855
Kalotina24/742.9956622508438, 22.837788115290206
Strezimirovtsi24/742.79855265059453, 22.450075085147912
Oltomantsi – Ribarci🚶🏻🚗24/742.41684578714283, 22.527308574150524
🚶🏻 – pedestrian; 🚗 – automobile; ⛴️ – ferry; 🚂 – railway; 🚚 – cargo

Bulgaria’s border with North Macedonia

In the west, Bulgaria also borders North Macedonia (formerly the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or FYROM).

Transition type
Name of border crossing pointWork scheduleCoordinates
Gyushevo – Deve Bair🚶🏻🚗24/742.21915350492392, 22.46224924282935
Logodazh – Delchevo🚶🏻🚗24/741.98676564715893, 22.875896973314486
Zlatarevo – Novo Selo🚶🏻🚗24/741.396974734685344, 22.969253144171876
🚶🏻 – pedestrian; 🚗 – automobile; ⛴️ – ferry; 🚂 – railway; 🚚 – cargo

Bulgaria’s border with Turkey

The border with Turkey has become a gateway to Asia and the Middle East for Bulgaria and many European countries. Therefore, the following three checkpoints are extremely important.

Transition type
Name of border crossing pointWork scheduleCoordinates
Malko Tarnovo🚶🏻🚗24/741.97001265996559, 27.46173523912401
Lesovo — Hamzabeyli🚶🏻🚗24/741.961456813815445, 26.60571602497505
Kapitan Andreevo — Kapıkule🚶🏻🚗24/741.71765065954325, 26.350901517491526
🚶🏻 – pedestrian; 🚗 – automobile; ⛴️ – ferry; 🚂 – railway; 🚚 – cargo
  1. https://www.mvr.bg/gdgp[↩]