in the north, as well as some marinas. The Port of Bari is an important cargo transport hub to Southeast Europe. Various passenger transport lines include some seasonal ferry lines to Albania, Montenegro or Dubrovnik. Bari – Igoumenitsa is a popular ferry route to Greece. Some cruise ships call at Bari. Public transportation statistics The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Bari, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 57 minutes. 11% of public transit riders ride for more than 2 hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is 18 minutes, while 40% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is , while 2% travel for over in a single direction. Twin towns — sister cities Bari is twinned with: Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Batumi, Georgia Corfu, Greece Durrës, Albania Guangzhou, China Kostroma, Russia Mar del Plata, Argentina Monte Sant'Angelo, Italy Palma de Mallorca, Spain Patras, Greece San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy Słupsk, Poland Szczecin, Poland Sumgait, Azerbaijan In popular culture The Guido Guerrieri novels by Gianrico Carofiglio are set in Bari, where Guerrieri is a criminal lawyer, and include many descriptions of the town. Bari is one of the primary settings of the detective novel The Black Mountain by Rex Stout. It is the characters' point of embarkation to Communist Yugoslavia. In the 1995 film The Bridges of Madison County, Italian housewife Francesca Johnson (Meryl Streep), is mentioned as being from Bari and growing up in Naples. The 2020 Edoardo Ponti film La vita davanti a sé, starring Sophia Loren, is set in Bari. Gallery See also Accademia Apulia Antivari (means "opposite Bari") Bari Light, the Punta San Cataldo di Bari Lighthouse Durres Polytechnic University of Bari Province of Bari University of Bari References Further reading Glenn B. Infield. 1973. Disaster at Bari. Ace Books. New York, N.Y. Vito Antonio Melchiorre. 2001. Note storiche su Bari. External links City of Bari Top 7 Things to Do in Bari, Italy Province of Bari Region of Apulia Worldfacts: "Bari, Italy" "Bari" in the Catholic Encyclopedia Cities and towns in Apulia Coastal towns in Apulia Mediterranean port cities and towns in Italy Port cities and towns of the Adriatic Sea