Gallery – danube connects

„Becoming rivered“ – how I became the river 0
- Current, Nature, Travel
- August 19, 2026
It all began with an emotion: a few women gathered on the riverbank to bid farewell to a friend and scatter his ashes. We asked Danube to carry him to the sea – or perhaps to let him become a drop that falls elsewhere and gives life. We entrusted him to Danube, but we also
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Media, AI and women from the Danube Swabians and Ukraine: How Ulm gave the Danube region a voice 0
- Current, Society
- August 17, 2026
At the 2026 International Danube Festival in Ulm, women from the Danube Swabian region and Ukraine came together with opinion leaders from Serbia, Austria and Germany for a two-day workshop on combating fake news and online hate, held as part of a conference on democracy. Between media training sessions, a shared dinner in the garden
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DYON brings Bosnia and Herzegovina and The LÄND together 0
- Current, Main article, Society
- July 22, 2026
For three days, Theme Tent 2 at the International Danube Festival in Ulm became a meeting place for Baden-Württemberg and Bosnia and Herzegovina. There was spinning, snacking and marvelling. There are moments when a tent is more than just a tent. For example, when a visitor from Ulm holds a hand spindle for the first
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Heuneburg Castle — The Heart of the Celts 0
- Allgemein, Culture, Main article, Travel
- July 10, 2026
There are many legends and fairy tales about the Celts – yet hardly anyone knows where their origins really lie. An unassuming hill overlooking the Danube in the district of Sigmaringen provides a surprising answer: here, on the Heuneburg, stood the oldest city north of the Alps 2,600 years ago – and to this day
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Art in the Flow —The Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum 0
- Allgemein, Culture, Travel
- July 10, 2026
The setting is truly spectacular and quite unique: situated right in the middle of an artificial peninsula in the Danube – which is exceptionally wide at this point, within the reservoir area for the Gabcˇikovo Power Plant – lies the Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum, showcasing international and Slovak paintings, sculptures, installations, and other artworks from
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Building bridges for reconstruction 0
- Current, Economy, Society
- July 2, 2026
Since the start of Russia’s war of aggression, Ulm and Neu-Ulm have been supporting their Ukrainian twin town in a variety of ways: the partnership, which was officially launched in spring 2023, initially focused heavily on humanitarian aid and donations of goods; however, it is increasingly shifting towards more sustainable and institutional forms of cooperation.
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