DONAU ON TOUR

Project objective

The former stone transport ship Negrelli was converted into a floating information platform and has been travelling on the Austrian Danube since autumn 2007 to provide on-site information about the activities of the waterway company, the potential of the Danube waterway and the diversity of the Danube ecosystem.  

Project duration

2007 - 2015  

Project content

The exhibition is designed in German and English and includes stations on the following topics:

• The Danube - a river through space and time - interactive installation
• The Danube as an economic area - the Danube as a source of energy, trade route, source of drinking water and tourist region
• Danube habitat - getting to know typical landscapes with their animals and plants
• European waterway - everything about the Danube waterway from its source to its mouth
• Transport potential of the inland waterway - the transport capacity of the
• transport capacity of inland waterway vessels and possible positive effects on the management of traffic volumes in the years to come
• Inland navigation as a means of transport - the ship in comparison to rail and truck - test knowledge in a quiz
• The viadonau company - a modern waterway company introduces itself
• Efficient logistics - modern and future-oriented logistics concepts rely on the environmentally friendly inland vessel
• DoRIS - the navigation information system DoRIS - an Austrian development - experience it interactively
• Lock operation - learn about modern lock management and operate a lock yourself using a computer game
• Floods - effects and protective measures in Austria
• Renaturation - current hydraulic engineering projects give the Danube back its original habitat
• Pilot project Bad-Deutsch Altenburg - an international showcase project combines the interests of the Danube Floodplain National Park and those of navigation  

Role of viadonau

Project management