As the second-largest river in Europe, it's no surprise that the Danube holds a spot at the top of the list of most appealing attractions and natural landmarks in that region. It has also earned a ...

Our cruise ship docked on the banks of the Danube River in late afternoon, at the historic city of Novi Sad, Serbia. We were three days into a Danube cruise, and a city tour was next on the ...

You’d better be hooked on “The Blue Danube” waltz if you’re planning to visit Vienna. There’s no escaping Johann Strauss II’s tune, which premiered in 1867.

The beauty of the Danube River enchanted Northwestern alumni on the NAA’s Romance of the Blue Danube trip this past September. Travelers enjoyed leisurely days cruising the river and taking in the ...

Strauss recalled a poem by Karl Isidor Beck (1817-79). Each stanza ends with the line: ‘By the Danube, beautiful blue Danube’. It gave him the inspiration and the title for his new work – although the ...

Austrian composer Johann Strauss II’s “The Blue Danube” has, for many people, been synonymous with space travel since it was used in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi film classic “2001: A ...

ESA’s big radio antenna in Spain, part of the space agency’s deep-space network, will do the honors. The dish will be pointed in the direction of Voyager 1 so the “Blue Danube” heads that way. “Music ...

PRAGUE: A Novel, By Arthur Phillips, Random House: 374 pp., $24.95 ...