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Today, the Danube can be reached by large nautical vessels from the Black Sea to Braila in Romania, river vessels to Kelheim in Germany, and small vessels to Ulm.The Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, completed in 1992, allows navigation from Rotterdam in the North Sea to Sulina in the Black Sea, and since 1994 has been designated as a Pan-European corridor.
Jules Verne's The Danube Pilot (1908) (Le Pilote du Danube) depicts the adventures of fisherman Serge Ladko as he travels down the river. In the Star Trek universe, the Danube-class runabout is a type of starship used by the Federation Starfleet, featured prominently in the Deep Space Nine series. Miklós Jancsó's film the Blue Danube Waltz (1992)
Jess Moss, AOL Onion-domed churches, vineyards chiseled into hills, ancient castles and grand palaces: a river cruise on the Danube is a scenic affair. In August I joined Viking River Cruise's ...
Map of the Danube and the major cities it passes through. This is a list of the cities and towns located on Danube river. This list does not include parts of cities, suburbs, neighbourhoods, etc. Any city or town which is located on the bank of Danube river can be included in this list. The cities and towns on Danube river could be sorted by ...
The "Beautiful Blue Danube" was first written as a song for a carnival choir (for bass and tenor), with rather satirical lyrics (Austria having just lost a war with Prussia). [1] The original title was also referring to a poem about the Danube in the poet Karl Isidor Beck 's hometown, Baja in Hungary, and not in Vienna.
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 kilometres where available.
Aerial image of the Danube Gorge near Weltenburg. The Weltenburg Abbey can be seen in the bottom right corner of the image. The Danube Gorge near Weltenburg (German: Donaudurchbruch bei Weltenburg) is a narrow section of the Danube Valley in the Lower Bavarian county of Kelheim, which has been recognised as a nature reserve and geotope.
Hungarian Academy of Science, the facade of the academy is adorned with statues by Emil Wolff and Miklós Izsó, symbolizing major fields of knowledge: law natural history, mathematics, philosophy, linguistics and history. Danube Palace; Buda Castle, this palace was a turbulent history dating back to the 13th century. Its present form, however ...