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Welcome to My City: A Special Olympics Celebration —

The Law Enforcement Torch Run Final Leg for the 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games

The Flame will be carried along the following routes:

  • Route 1: Madrid (5 June), Gibraltar (5 June), Nice (6 June), Monaco (6 June), Milan (7 June), Lausanne (8 June), Paris (9 June)
  • Route 2: Helsinki (5 June), Riga (6 June), Warsaw (7 June), Hamburg (8 June), The Hague (10 June)
  • Route 3: Istanbul (5 June), Budapest (6 June), Vienna (7 June), Prague (8 June)
  • Final Leg: Brussels (10 June), London (11 June) and arrive in Belfast on 12 June


On 13 June the Team will be joined by members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Garda Siochana and will carry the Flame through more than 130 communities on the island before bringing it into the World Games' Opening Ceremonies being held at Croke Park in Dublin on 21 June.

Note that major cities along the route are planning special events to celebrate - view the schedule of events.

 

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