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Cruise ships for tourists are also popular, and cruises on the Danube River are especially popular from Passau in southern Germany to Budapest in Hungary, passing through Austria and Slovakia on the way. [1] The Danube River passes through several notable landscapes, including the Wachau Valley and the Iron Gates Gorge. The Wachau Valley, a ...
A plaque on the Pest side of the river reads "To commemorate the only two surviving bridges designed by William Tierney Clark: The Széchenyi Chain Bridge over the Danube at Budapest and the suspension bridge over the Thames at Marlow, England." The bridge was closed for traffic between March 2021 and August 2023 for renovations; [8]
The southern end of the promenade is the Március 15 Square, where the remains of a Roman bastion, Contra-Aquincum, are displayed, The Inner City Parish Church’s simple exterior conceals a colorful past: it was built as a Romanesque basilica and later was used as a mosque during the Turkish occupation and was finally reconceived in the baroque style in the 18th century.
This is a list of crossings of the Danube river, from its mouth in the Black Sea to its source in Germany. Next to each bridge listed is information regarding the year in which it was constructed and for what use it was constructed (foot bridge, bicycle bridge, road bridge or railway bridge), and the distance from the mouth of the river in ...
Unlike most other ships sailing on the Danube, the Twin City Liner does not leave the port of Reichsbrücke but the station in the city center, on the Danube canal between Schwedenplatz and Marienbrücke (Vienna) to bypass the dam of the power plant Freudenau. In July 2010, a new wharf was opened.
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary has detained the captain of a Swiss-based cruise ship involved in a collision with a small motor boat on the Danube River late on Saturday that killed two people, with ...
The Danube Express is a private train operating in central and eastern Europe. It provides a hotel-on-wheels service with sleeping cars of three comfort categories (Superior DeLuxe, DeLuxe and Heritage classes), completed by restaurant, lounge and staff cars.
Hableány ([ˈhɒblɛaːɲ]; Hungarian for ' Mermaid ') was a 27-metre (89 ft) river cruiser operated on the Danube river in Budapest, Hungary.On the rainy night of May 29, 2019, at 9:05 pm the 135-metre (443 ft) Viking Sigyn collided with Hableány from behind under the Margaret Bridge near the Parliament Building. [2]