kilometers west of the town of Pernik in the village Rudartsi has mineral water and swimming pool. Sports facilities are the following: Stadium "Stadium of Peace" (formerly "Miner") – capacity 8000 seats Stadium "Metallurg" Rugby stadium "Rollers" Sports hall "Boris Gyuderov" (formerly "Miner") – a capacity of 2000 seats Sports hall "Metallurg" Sports hall "Krakra" Sports hall "Druzhba" Horse Racecourse Complex Sport Park – indoor hall mini football Ice Rink Ice Park AST Sports Complex – Tennis courts several fitness centers mineral swimming pools in the village of Rudartsi – east of the city city beach with an outdoor swimming pool in the central city park. Motocross runway – 2 km north of the city Historical events and facts 7th to 11th centuries – Pernik is economic, military and cultural center in the southwestern Bulgarian lands. Pernik town joined the First Bulgarian Empire in 816. The fame of city is associated mostly with boyar Krakra Pernik, who had determined resistance of the Byzantines in the beginning of the 11th century. 10th century – Saint John of Rila "...went to Pernik and settle down in stony place near the river called Struma". In the end of the 12th century the fortress of Krakra was destroyed, but the village still exists. 19th to 20th centuries – from agricultural region Pernik town became an important center of mining, metallurgy and engineering. 1891 – Opening of the first "State Mine- Pernik". 1893 – Opening of the railway line Sofia-Pernik gives new opportunities to the village of Pernik. The railway station was built in 1927. 1895 – First bulb in Bulgaria lights up in Pernik. 1899 – The first power plant in Bulgaria is built in Pernik. 1903 – Announcement of St. Ivan Rilski the patron saint of miners and town of Pernik. 1906 – The First mass strike in Bulgaria. Strikers rising require an 8-hour workday, the right of association of miners in the syndicate and regular payment of wages. The strike ends with victory for the workers – their wages are increased. 1919 – Second Strike of Pernik mine workers. 7000 miners suspended from work. In the very next day management of the "Mine Pernik" sign a protocol, which obliged them to pay wages for the last two months and to pay regular wages of the workers in the future. 1932 The building of the Mining Department is complеted. 1944 – Third Strike