Veliko Tarnovo has become the romantic capital of Bulgaria for 2010 after its citizens wrote the longest love letter of 30 meters.

The contest was organized by the bookshop chain ‘Helikon’ and involved 10 Bulgarian cities. The total length of all the letters which were added to by citizens from all over the country reached 110,05 meters.

Last year’s romantic capital Burgas came second with a letter of 23,7 meters and plovdiv third with a letter of 8,7 meters.

The competition was held ahead of Valentine’s Day and was inspired by the book ‘longed for love letters of famous Bulgarians’ which included writings by Hristo Botev, Ivan Vazov and Stefan Stambolov.
Sofia News Agency