service is provided by the Selam Bus Line Share Company, Abay Bus s.c, Ethio Bus s.c and Sky Bus Transport System which operates daily to and from the capital. Tickets offices are mainly in the mall at the south end of the high street, on the left if you have walked up from the lake area/Giorgis. Now, in 2021, a new road bridge across the Nile, is under construction. It will soon carry the main road to the northern outskirts and on to Gondar Sports Association football is the most popular sport in Bahir Dar. The 60,000-capacity Bahir Dar Stadium and the 15,000-capacity Bahir Dar University Stadium are the main sports venues. Twin towns – sister cities Bahir Dar is twinned with: Ashdod, Israel (2011) Cleveland, United States (2004) Madison, United States (2018) Oakland, United States (2010) See also Ethiopian Airlines Flight 604 – an aircraft accident at the airport in 1988 Notes External links Pictures from Bahir Dar Homepage of Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve Lake Tana project webpage of The Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU e.V.) Populated places in the Amhara Region Populated places on Lake Tana Zones of Ethiopia Cities and towns in Ethiopia Ethiopia