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On June, 2013 the bridge was opened between Vidin and Calafat. The '''Calafat-Vidin border crossing''' connects the two sides of the Danube: [[Bulgaria]] (town of [[Vidin]]) with [[Romania]] (town of [[Calafat]]). Now There is a ferry operates here, but the new bridge is under construction, will be ready in 2012connecting the two countries. European route [[E79]] goes here from [[Oradea]] to the south end in [[Thessaloniki]]. There is no timetable for the ferry, it goes when it fills up; the last ferry leaves around midnight. It takes about an hour for the ship to turn, the queue pretty much fills up with trucks within that time (except late at night). Price for single passangers is 3 Euros, payable in Euros, Lei or Leva. It's not possible to hitchhike this ferry as you pay for a car and also for every person in a car. [[File:BALKAN096.JPG|thumb|right|300px]]
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The border control is located on the Bulgarian side, about 2 km from the shore. It is possible to walk through the bridge (opened in June 2013), but you will be separated from the cars and can only see and be seen by the cars going to Bulgaria, so once you start walking towards Romania, you have to walk through the entire bridge before you can hitchhike again. Total distance to be walked from Bulgarian shore of Danube to checkpoint on Romanian side is about 5 km, so its better to hitchhike at the beginning of the bridge. There is a nice place to stand.
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