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The Danube ignores borders – keep it up! 20 years Danube Office Ulm/Neu-Ulm0
It was just a generation ago that the Danube, Europe’s second longest river, was not a blue ribbon linking country after country like a string of pearls. By the way: more countries than any other river on this earth! 34 years ago, the Danube was part of the Iron Curtain that separated East and West.
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A party destination becoming a European cultural region0
Many people still think of Lake Balaton, the “Hungarian sea”, as a cheap package holiday- and party destination. However, the local town of Veszprém and its neighboring municipalities want to change the old image and establish the area as a new European cultural region. The title “European Capital of Culture” (ECOC) is awarded annually by
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The Rude Awakening – playing for peace0
CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA PROJECT The impressive fortress with the beautiful sounding name Belvedere-Gschwent stands out from the landscape. It also seems frightening. This oppressive feeling becomes even more intense when you walk through its corridors. Belvedere is one of seven fortresses built by the Austro-Hungarian Empire between the years 1909 and 1912 like a chain
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Two paths. One future. You decide!0
The Baden-Württemberg Foundation’s interactive graphic novel sends its heroine Anna on a journey through time to the year 2050. How can mobility be shaped in the long term? The Baden-Württemberg Foundation wants to motivate citizens to act sustainably. In order to address the question of sustainable mobility, the Foundation, together with the German environmental association
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The “Hydropower Plant” of interregional Danube projects0
The Danube Offi ce Ulm/Neu-Ulm has long been an important partner and source of information for danube connects – after all, it has been acting as a project agency for interregional cooperation since 2002 and supports encounters and exchanges in the whole Danube region. Our readers have certainly already come across the biennial Danube Festival
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I feel Slovenia!0
My colleague Sabine Geller are on our way to explore Slovenia, one of the “greenest countries in Europe”. Sustainable tourism is very important in this relatively small EU country with its 20.000 km2 and about two million inhabitants. We want our road trip from Ulm to be sustainable. We start our trip in Jettingen-Scheppach with
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