Borderless Friendship March

The unique Borderless Friendship Walk – 2 Cities, 1 Heart.

Join us for the unique Borderless Friendship March – 2 Cities, 1 Heart, which will symbolically connect Nova Gorica and Gorizia for the third year in a row. Enriched with other sports and cultural interventions, the event revives the tradition of the legendary walk from the 1970s and 1980s, when thousands of people crossed the border once a year without being checked. Today, as the two cities are building a new future together, the march remains a symbol of collaboration, healthy lifestyle and community. You can choose among the 7, 12 or 16 km route, all while enjoying a rich programme! Numerous sports associations from both sides of the border will also participate in the event, as well as delegations from sister city Klagenfurt and from Chemnitz, the other European Capital of Culture of 2025.

Hourly schedule:

• 8:00–10:00: participant gathering and registration,
• 9:00: official opening of the Borderless Friendship Walk with opening speeches by both Mayors,
• 9:30: start of the march and other events with video broadcast,
• 12:00–14:00: finish of the various sporting events in Europe Square,
• 14:00–15:00: award ceremony with cultural programme and group photo,
• 15:30–23:00: Borderless Party with Klangkarussel (AT), Spiller (IT), Vanillaz (SI/HR), Tim Urbanya (SI), Roli (SI) and young talented DJs. In 2015, the duo Klangkarussell was declared the winner of the European Border Breakers Award (EBBA) by the European Commission for their debut album Netzwerk.

You can register for the Friendship March here.

You can find out more about the daily programme of the March for Europe on our ad-hoc website go-borderless.eu. 

The map of the 7 km route is available here.

The map of the 12 km route is available here.

The map of the 16 km route is available here.

Checkpoints and content:

Piazza Vittoria

• SPF GO! 2025: YouGoGo – a new cross-border online media platform inviting young Italians and Slovenians to create inclusive content.

Coronini Park

• SPF GO! 2025: The Ljubka Trail – a cultural route that promotes sustainable tourism and highlights the literature of marginalized women writers, named after Ljubka Šorli.
• SPF GO! 2025: Cross Stories – the preservation and promotion of the cultural heritage of Gorizia and Nova Gorica through an educational approach and the encouragement of younger generations.

Europe Square

• Borderless Friendship March, other sports, and Borderless Party – the start and finish of the walk and other sporting events, a protocol and cultural programme, stalls, and evening Borderless entertainment.
• Border Museum – Kolodvor Museum Collection.

Kostanjevica

• SPF GO! 2025: Singers' Corners – musical evenings that preserve and revive (im)material cultural heritage, strengthening the social life of all cross-border generations.

Pristava

• Border Museum – the Pristava museum collection hosts the multimedia exhibition Prepustnica, focusing on the history and memories of the border town.

Bevkov trg

• BridA: Crossings – an immersive multimedia project that emphasizes the crossing of borders and boundlessness, creating a new social reality between the physical and virtual worlds.
• SPF GO! 2025: YouGoGo – a new cross-border online media platform inviting young Italians and Slovenians to create inclusive content.

Via Rastello

• BorGO Cinema – cultural revitalization of Gorizia’s old town through educational programs, creative writing workshops, productions, and other forms of promoting film culture.
• PromoTurismoFVG Information Point – tourist information point.
• Confocommercio Gorizia – business representation for the trade, tourism, service, transportation, self-employed, and professional sectors.