Rousse is the fifth-largest city in Bulgaria with a population of near 175,600. Rousse is situated in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, 300 km from the capital Sofia and 200 km from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. It is the most significant Bulgarian river port, serving an important part of the international trade of the country.
Rousse is known for its 19th- and 20th-century Neo-Baroque and Neo-Rococo architecture, which attracts many tourists. The Rousse-Giurgiu Friendship Bridge, the only one in the shared Bulgarian-Romanian section of the Danube, crosses the river here.

Museums

• National Transport Museum
• Battenberg Palace, built 1892, which now hosts the Rousse Regional Historical Museum
• Pantheon of National Revival Heroes
• Kaliopa House, a museum depicting the old urban lifestyle
• Zahari Stoyanov Museum

Religious buildings

• Church of the Holy Trinity
• Church of the Holy Theotokos
• Church of St George
• Church of Holy Archangel Michael
• Church of the Holy Ascension
• Church of St Petka
• Russian Church of St Nicholas the Miracle Worker
• Roman Catholic St Paul of the Cross Cathedral, built 1890
• Armenian Surp Astvadzadzin Church
• Evangelical Baptist church
• Seid Pasha Mosque
• Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo, a World Heritage Site, is situated 20 km to the south.
• The Catholic Eparchy in Rousse
• Dozodno Zdanie or the theatre building in the central part of Rousse
• The Jewish community in Rousse built and consecrated a synagogue in 1797. It was destroyed in the 1810 fire, but two other synagogues were later built in 1826 and 1852.

Other landmarks

• Dohodno Zdanie (literally: "Profitable Building") is an old theatre and one of the most beautiful buildings.
• Monument of Liberty, built (1908–1911).
• Rousse TV Tower, the tallest TV tower in Bulgaria and one of the tallest buildings on the Balkan Peninsula .