VWW: Donau Innovation

12 Danube innovations

The Danube river, Europe's second longest, is the reason we are all here. The Romans were obsessed with good water, and as we know, water is life.

On this tour we will show you how continual re-imagining of our massive water source continues to shape the city. We will look at the Danube Island, Otto Wagner's protection system for the city, the regulation of the river in the 1870s, a school in the water, the largest floating trampoline in the world, Otto's sunflower city-branding, the Donaukanal party scene, a solar-powered boat, sheep mowing the grass - instead of machines, the Donauinselfest, the Neue Donau tanks to protect us from floods, the United Nations office in Wien, FKK, swimming in your lunch break, Usus am Wasser and a national park in a capital city... etc

Vienna Walking Week is now six years old, and a firm fixture on the summer scene in our city. Across 17 tours, we show you the new Wien, and how it is changing.