More than a thousand years ago Charlemagne tried to join together two tributaries of the Danube and Main Rivers, but geological conditions and heavy rains defeated his engineers. Nearly a century ago ...

In just over a week you can sail on the Danube, Rhine and the interconnecting Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, one of the longest inland waterways in Europe. Stops include Passau, known as the “city of ...

Strauss’ “Blue Danube” waltz has finally made it into space, nearly a half-century after missing a ride on NASA’s twin ...

By 1992 these two invasion populations had been given the opportunity to mix extensively across the newly built Main–Danube canal. Different hypotheses about the dynamics of genetic interchange ...

The Rhine-Main-Danube Canal opens the door into Eastern Europe, with ships sailing as far as Romania and Bulgaria. Cruises ...

Danube and Main-Danube Canal, where the bulk of the oldest and most traditional Christmas markets are set. Whether it is Nuremberg’s market dating to 1628; the fairy-tale feel of the 420-year ...

One hundred years ago, Charlemagne’s dream was realized by Ludwig I of Bavaria, who joined the Rhine’s branch, the Main, with the Danube. It was Germany’s first canal of any consequence ...

Now there is such a need,” Vaskov said. He said that heavy congestion of the Danube ports and long queues at the Romanian Sulina canal were the main reasons for the move. Ukraine, which has ...

The Danube-Black Sea canal connects the Black Sea and the Danube ... insecurity around the globe will continue as long as the main Black Sea route remains blockaded by Russian ships.

EVEN DEEPER CANAL He said that heavy congestion of the Danube ports and long queues at the Romanian Sulina canal were the main reasons for the move. Ukraine, which has vastly increased exports via ...