Low Water In Europe: It’s Not Just The Rhine & Danube — What River Cruisers Need To Know
Europe’s low-water story extends well beyond the Rhine and Danube. We look at record-low gauges at Kaub and Pfelling, the notoriously shallow Elbe, drought-related closures on French canals, and how river cruise companies are using shallow-draft ships, ship swaps, buses and alternate ports to keep travelers moving.
The Sources: Where Europe’s Rivers Begin
Europe’s great rivers carried queens, armies, artists, empires and ships—but every one began as something small and nearly unnoticed. The final installment of What The Rivers Remember traces ten rivers back to the springs, lakes, glaciers and mountain streams where their histories quietly began.
The Danube: The Habsburgs & The Connected Continent
For 600 years, the Habsburgs used the Danube to connect an empire of many peoples and languages. This installment of What The Rivers Remember follows the dynasty from Vienna to Budapest—and explores how one river made two capitals, one crown and a continent-spanning monarchy possible.
Low Water On The Rhine & Danube: What You Should Know
Historic low water on portions of the Rhine and Danube is affecting some river cruises. Our updated guide explains the actual risks, vulnerable stretches, ship swaps, cruise-line responses—and why we would still take a European river cruise.
What The Rivers Remember
I came to Europe’s rivers on a bicycle, a logger’s son from a small town who had no idea what I was riding into. That was 50 years ago. Europe was woven together by water — by the rivers along which everything moved: armies, merchants, pilgrims, ideas, wine, grain, the letters of kings. What the Rivers Remember is an attempt to read European history from the water, following the people and forces that made these waterways matter, from the Oise where Joan of Arc was captured to the mountain springs where the great rivers begin as something you could step over.
AmaWaterways Introduces AmaSofia, Its Newest European River Ship
AmaWaterways christened its newest river ship, AmaSofia, on March 14 during the ASTA River Cruise Expo in Amsterdam.