Danube River
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Flowing for nearly two thousand miles, it is the second-longest European river, after the Volga.
Composer Johann Strauss, the Younger, expressed the charm and romance of the river in his “Blue Danube Waltz.”
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“In Hungary, the Paks nuclear power plant was taken offline over the weekend after cooling-water levels from the Danube River fell to their lowest in more than four decades,” says Antonia Syn from Rystad Energy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Die Wurstkuchl is situated on the Stone Bridge in Regensburg on the Danube River.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025
Recipients might be inclined to immediately trash these messages, mistaking them for spam promoting the latest weight-loss drug or advertisements for an upcoming Danube River cruise.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2025
It’s telling that he conceived of his scenes in clearly delineated horizontal bars that give sky, earth and the Danube River an unshakable, marble-like solidity.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
As it turned out, the cook had once seen a lovely picture postcard of Budapest, and the beauty and blueness of the Danube River had left her curious about Hungarian cuisine ever since.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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