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Schlögener Schlinge

Following in the footsteps of the Habsburgs

The Route of Emperors and Kings extends along the Danube from mediaeval Regensburg, through Passau and Vienna, to the metropolis of Budapest, linking urban cultural centres, historic treasures and world-class landscapes.

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Bratislava

Following in the footsteps of the Habsburgs

The Route of Emperors and Kings extends along the Danube from mediaeval Regensburg, through Passau and Vienna, to the metropolis of Budapest, linking urban cultural centres, historic treasures and world-class landscapes.

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Linz

Following in the footsteps of the Habsburgs

The Route of Emperors and Kings extends along the Danube from mediaeval Regensburg, through Passau and Vienna, to the metropolis of Budapest, linking urban cultural centres, historic treasures and world-class landscapes.

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Regensburg

Following in the footsteps of the Habsburgs

The Route of Emperors and Kings extends along the Danube from mediaeval Regensburg, through Passau and Vienna, to the metropolis of Budapest, linking urban cultural centres, historic treasures and world-class landscapes.

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Discover the Danube – Route of Emperors and Kings

‘The Danube – Route of Emperors and Kings’ is an international working group which includes ten tourism organisations and river cruise lines. These members work to promote their common European heritage and let visitors today travel in the footsteps of Marcus Aurelius, Frederick I, the Habsburgs and many others.

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Upstream - Downstream: Trade on the Danube

Today, it is often enough to press a button to get products from all over the world to your doorstep. In the past, however, it was different, the Danube was a trans-shipment center for all kinds of goods – come with us on a journey through time and discover how the salt came into the cooking pots of the people.

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Schloss Hof © Schloss Schönbrunn Schloss- und Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H., Severin Wurnig
Schloss Hof © Schloß Schönbrunn Kultur Und Betriebsges.m.b.H. Severin Wurnig (1) Panorama

In the footsteps of Maria Theresa and her daughters

The great Maria Theresa is one of the few Habsburgs who, along with Empress Elisabeth, is known beyond the German-speaking borders. She stands for political assertiveness, baroque joie de vivre and palace culture, but also for her immense wealth of children and the associated strokes of fate as well as odd life paths of the individual sons and daughters.

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Esztergom Stúrovo Marie Valerie Brücke (c) AquaPhone Festival
Esztergom-Stúrovo - Marie Valerie Brücke - (c) AquaPhone Festival

To understand Europe, travel the Danube

As part of the INTERREG EU project “Transdanube Travel Stories”, a new thematic itinerary entitled “Europe on the Danube” has been created. It is one of six interconnected new narratives, with each route travelling a specific section of the Danube. “Europe on the Danube” focuses on the middle course of the river, with sites steeped in history, surprising connections and exciting attractions in eastern Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and northern Croatia, as well as glimpses of the European Capitals of Culture Novi Sad in Serbia and Timişoara in Romania.

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The Danube region

Royal journeys from Regensburg to Budapest, via Linz and Vienna

The Route of Emperors and Kings extends along the Danube from mediaeval Regensburg, through Passau, Linz, Vienna and Bratislava, to the metropolis of Budapest, linking urban cultural centres, historic treasures and world-class landscapes. This is where the history of Central Europe was written, and this history remains very much a part of life today. From Roman times onwards, kings and queens travelled on and along the Danube with their royal entourages. Over the centuries, this age-old route therefore came to be known as the ‘Route of Emperors and Kings’ – and it has lost none of its appeal to this day.

Passau Dreiflüsseeck © Stadt Passau

The German Danube

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The Upper Austrian Danube

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Schönbühel © Donau NÖ

The Lower Austrian Danube

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Vienna

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The Slovakian Danube

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Budapest © Ungarisches Tourismusamt

The Hungarian Danube

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