River cruise on the Danube towards the Black Sea October 2019
First page: outward journey with Passau, Vienna, Belgrade, Rousse, Constanţa* and other places.Second page: return trip with Bucharest*, Novi Sad, Budapest, Bratislava, Melk and other places: click here
* is not on the Danube.
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| Passau (Germany): the Stephansdom, Italian baroque |
Passau (Germany): residence square |
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| Passau (Germany): work of art at the river Inn |
Passau (Germany): fortress at the Danube |
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| Pyrawang (Austria): castle ruin Krempelstein |
Obernzell (Germany) on the other bank of the Danube |
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| Krems (Austria) upon the Danube |
Tull (Austria) with statue of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius |
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| Vienna (Austria): Burg theatre from 1888 |
Vienna (Austria): Theseustemple from 1823, small copy of an Athenian temple |
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| Vienna (Austria): Heldenplatz (square) with the Neue Hofburg |
Vienna (Austria): Amalienburg and statue of emperor Franz I |
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| Vienna (Austria): Schweizertor (gate) from 1552 |
Vienna (Austria): Michael gate with statues of Hercules |
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| Vienna (Austria): national library in Hofburg at the Josefsplatz (square) |
Vienna (Austria): palace Pallavicini, classicistic and baroque |
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| Vienna (Austria): old cobbler's shop |
Vienna (Austria): building in Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) |
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| Vienna (Austria): Stephansdom 14th-16th century, tower 137 meters high |
Vienna (Austria): vieuw from the 60 meters high unfinished northern tower |
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| Budapest (Hungary): city district Boedda, seen from the Danube |
Budapest (Hungary): parliament in Pest, seen from the Danube |
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| Budapest (Hungary): the cruise ship on the Danube |
Budapest (Hungary): hotel Gellert from 1918 and the liberty bridge |
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| Dunapataj (Hungary): farmhouse |
Dunapataj (Hungary): ox cart |
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| Dunapataj (Hungary): wip demonstration |
Dunapataj (Hungary): ten horses |
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| Kalcosa (Hungary): house of folk art (farmhouse) |
Kalcosa (Hungary): traditional costumes |
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| Kalocsa (Hungary): stitcher |
Kalocsa (Hungary): village street |
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| Belgrade (Serbia): the Danube, to the left the river Sava |
Belgrade (Serbia): the fortress and the Danube |
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| Belgrade (Serbia): Istanbul gate and clock tower of the fortress |
Belgrade (Serbia): mausoleum of a Turkish Pascha (high official) |
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| Belgrade (Serbia): building within the fortress, now physics museum |
Belgrade (Serbia): monumental building |
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| Danube between Rumania en Serbia: the gorge "Iron gates" |
Danube between Rumania en Serbia: the gorge "Iron gates" |
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| "Iron gates": Rumania: small church, now a restaurant |
"Iron gates": Rumania: Decebal, monarch who fought against the Romans |
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| "Iron gates": Serbian side (south) |
"Iron gates": Tabula Trajana, monument for a new road in the year 100 |
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| At the end of "iron gates": hydropower plant and lock Šerdap I |
Drobeta-Turnu Severin (Rumania): to the right remains of bridge of Trajan |
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| Rousse (Bulgaria): Liberty square with monument peace 1877 after Turkish war |
Rousse (Bulgaria): work of art on the Liberty square |
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| Rousse (Bulgaria): book kiosk on the Liberty square |
Rousse (Bulgaria): opera building from early 20th century |
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| Rousse (Bulgaria): crumbling building in a shopping street |
Rousse (Bulgaria): restored facade in Jugendstil |
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| Rousse (Bulgaria): town library "Karawelow" (poet) in a building from 1911 |
Rousse (Bulgaria): a beautiful facade in Jugendstil |
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| Rousse (Bulgaria): wall of a Roman military camp at the Danube |
Rousse (Bulgaria): Roman sculpture |
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| Constanţa (Rumania): museum building and statue of Roman Ovidius |
Constanţa (Rumania): the large mosk from 1910 |
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| Constanţa (Rumania): monumental building that is empty |
Constanţa (Rumania): orthodox cathedral and ruins from the Roman period |
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| Constanţa (Rumania): wall painting in the cathedral |
Constanţa (Rumania): the Black Sea |
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| Constanţa (Rumania): lighthouse from 1860 |
Constanţa (Rumania): former casino, closed in 1990, at the Black Sea |
© Kees Hiddinga. Copying only with permission.
Second page: return trip with Bucharest, Novi Sad, Budapest, Bratislava, Melk and other places: click here