At the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, situated between Krems and Stein as a part of the Danube University…
As the permafrost that had been the hall-mark of the Ice Age thawed, the landscape of snow and ice gave…
Stein occupies a narrow strip of land between the steep slopes of the valley and the River Danube. Approaching from…
The charming village/town of Dürnstein is best approached from Krems, either by river or by walking through the vineyards from…
For those who would enter into the world of Renaissance thought, the „Toll Collector’s House“ at Schüreplatz in Stein provides…
In the story of human origins, the so-called „Big Bang“ of human culture that took place some 40,000 years ago,…
The Neolithic or „new stone age“ was the age in human history during which farming was taken up and a…
Situated immediately below Gottweig Abbey, Furth and Palt are two villages that share a common railway station. Although unremarkable, two…
For those travelling upriver, Krems is the gateway to the Wachau. Opposite the town, on the other side of the…
Prior to the introduction of steam shipping on the Danube, conveys of barges were laboriously hauled upstream by Schiffersleute or…