Culture

11.06.2024

Anton Bruckner - 200th anniversary - A son of the Danube (1824 - 2024)

September 4, 2024 marks the anniversary of the birthday of the famous composer Upper Austria...

02.04.2024

A baroque journey of discovery along the Danube

Welcome to a voyage of discovery along the Danube! The Danube, one of the ...

05.03.2024

Renaissance - revival and rediscovery along the Danube

The Renaissance was one of the most important periods in the history of art and marked the beginning...

18.09.2023

Harmony of heritage Hungary melodic journey through time

Music in the Danube Region reflects the rich cultural diversity of the region and ver...

20.08.2023

The Danube exquisite

A literary journey along Europe's queen of rivers. The Danube, rich in history and...

20.05.2023

All a question of faith

The treasury of the Benedictine Abbey of Melk holds a very special treasure, which de...

19.03.2023

Of healing springs and aristocratic diversions

In the 19th century it sent itself as a lady of the world every year a few weeks to short...

17.02.2023

Petőfi 200 and Veszprém, the European Capital of Culture 2023

Two Hungarian treasures, are in the spotlight in 2023: On the one hand, the most famous poet...

04.10.2022

The Danube as an art and cultural space "in the river

The theme of art, culture and architecture is a story of the "Transdanube Travel Sto...

19.05.2022

In the footsteps of Maria Theresa and her daughters

The great Maria Theresa is one of the few Habsburg women who, along with Empress Elis...

20.04.2022

Who wants to understand Europe, must travel the Danube

Within the framework of the Interreg EU project "Transdanube Travel Stories" a new thematisc...

29.09.2021

When the Danube was a border: World Heritage Danube Limes

On July 30, 2021, the time had come: The Roman Limes along the Danube in Bavaria, Austri...

26.04.2021

Empress Elisabeth and the Danube - From Bavaria via Vienna to Budapest

When, on April 21, 1854, the Bavarian Wittelsbach princess Elisabeth in Straubing ...

31.07.2020

DONAU. people, treasures & cultures - from the Black Sea to Schallaburg Castle

On June 1, the new exhibition at Schallaburg Castle in Lower Austria opened its p...

06.12.2019

The Danube Limes of the Romans and where our borders are today

The Romans once did not mince their words (why should they?) and just said here...

21.11.2019

The monastery as a tourism magnet

Charge an entrance fee in the Wachau, the UNESCO World Heritage Site between Melk a...

07.10.2019

News from the Ancient Romans at the Danube Limes

Along the Road of Emperors and Kings in Roman times there were legionary camps, castel...

21.08.2019

Monasteries along the Danube

Our modern times have long influenced life even behind the monastery walls. It is ...

24.07.2019

The castles of the heirs to the throne along the Danube

A castles tour from Artstetten to Eckartsau via Orth with Archduke Franz Ferdina...

04.06.2019

Five exquisite castles and palaces along the Danube

Castle to castle, fortress to fortress: like pearls on a string, these historical...

25.03.2019

Gödöllö Castle - Sisi and her fairy tale castle

Gödöllö Castle, the "Hungarian Versailles", is the favorite castle of Sisi. The ös...

08.02.2019

The Danube - music along the blue river

With his waltz "An der schönen, blauen Donau" Johann Strauss has created a com...

30.11.2018

Contemplative Advent on the Danube

The towns and cities along the Danube are already getting in the mood with contemplative Advent markets, a...

25.10.2018

The Imperial Crypt in Vienna

"Who desires admittance?" Three times the master of ceremonies knocks on the door of the Capuchin...

07.10.2018

The monastery Klosterneuburg

The Babenberg Leopold III had the monastery Klosterneuburg built on the exact spot...

09.09.2018

The Engelhartszell Danube World

Around the monastery Engelszell, the only trapiste monastery in Austria, reigns in E...

28.08.2018

UNESCO World Heritage Highlights along the Danube River

Uniqueness, authenticity and integrity of world importance, these are the prerequisites for...

17.08.2018

Coronation city Bratislava

Bratislava, which the Slovaks once called Prešporok, the Germans Pressburg and the Hungarians Po...

19.07.2018

Urban viewpoints along the Danube.

It is a worldwide phenomenon that visitors to an unfamiliar city are almost overwhelmed by the prospect of...

26.06.2018

Enjoy music without borders along the Danube

Along the Danube many places of work of important composers can be found. The known...

24.04.2018

The Return of the Legion: Roman Heritage in Upper Austria

The Upper Austrian Provincial Exhibition this year is all about the Romans. From 27...

11.04.2018

Eckartsau Castle . The imperial hunting lodge with world history.

Nestled in the Danube floodplains east of Vienna lies the imperial Jagschloss Eckarts...

11.11.2017

The Fine Way of Life on the Road of Emperors and Kings Part Two: From Vienna to Regensburg

Inspiring stages of aristocratic art of living also line the Danube from Vienna upstream:...

11.11.2017

The High School of the Art of Living - Part One: From Visegrád to Vienna

Many of the emperors, kings and nobles on the Road of Emperors and Kings along the ...

01.11.2017

A YES with noblesse

Rousing parties, much admired bridal and honeymoon: Over the centuries ha...