{"id":726,"date":"2017-01-04T20:46:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T20:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resabi.com\/explorer\/vienna\/?p=726"},"modified":"2017-05-03T10:24:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T10:24:27","slug":"donaukanal-danube-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resabi.com\/explorer\/vienna\/donaukanal-danube-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"Donaukanal (Danube Canal)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donaukanal is a former branch of the Danube river that flows through the center of Vienna, bordering the Innere Stadt (1st District). The 17.3 km long canal, stretches from the Nu\u00dfdorf weir and lock complex in D\u00f6bling district, to the Praterspitz in <a href=\"https:\/\/resabi.com\/explorer\/vienna\/prater-park\/\">Prater park<\/a>. It has been in use since the early 17th century.<\/p>\n<p>The paths on both sides of the Donaukanal are recreational areas lined with cafes, where people walk, jog, cycle and skate. During summers, festivals and other events, flea markets, etc. are held on the banks of the canal).<\/p>\n<div  class=\"extended\">\n<p>The island formed between the Donaukanal and the Danube holds 2 of the 23 districts of Vienna: <strong>Brigittenau<\/strong> (20th District) and <strong>Leopoldstadt<\/strong> (2nd District). The canal is crossed by 15 road bridges and 5 train bridges.<\/p>\n<p>Boat rides circling Leopoldstadt and Brigittenau via the Donaukanal and Danube start at <a href=\"https:\/\/resabi.com\/explorer\/vienna\/schwedenplatz\/\">Schwedenplatz<\/a>, close to the city center. The same location provides the Vienna terminal of the <strong>Twin City Liner<\/strong> fast ferry service that links Vienna with Bratislava, transiting the Donaukanal to reach the Danube.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Donaukanaltreiben Festival<\/strong> is held every year in June in several locations along the Donaukanal. Mainly Austrian professional and amateur bands are invited but from year to year the organisers invite bands from the neighbouring countries.<\/div><a class=\"keep-reading\">Read more<\/a>\n<h3>Getting here<\/h3>\n<p><strong>UBahn:<\/strong> <strong><strong>U1<\/strong><\/strong> (Schwedenplatz), <strong><strong>U2<\/strong><\/strong> (Schottenring), <strong><strong>U3<\/strong><\/strong> (Erdberg), <strong><strong>U4<\/strong><\/strong> (Heiligenstadt Bahnhof, Friedensbr\u00fccke, Ro\u00dfauer L\u00e4nde, Schottenring, Schwedenplatz, Spittelau Bahnhof), <strong><strong>U6<\/strong><\/strong> (Spittelau Bahnhof)<\/p>\n<p><strong>SBahn:<\/strong> <strong>S40<\/strong> (Wien Nu\u00dfdorf Bahnhof), <strong><span class=\"renderable-component-text-box renderable-component-bold renderable-component-text-box-white\"><span class=\"renderable-component-text-box-content\">R, R 40, REX, S 40, S 45<\/span><\/span> <\/strong>(Wien Heiligenstadt Bahnhof), <strong><span class=\"renderable-component-text-box renderable-component-bold renderable-component-text-box-white\"><span class=\"renderable-component-text-box-content\">R, R 40, REX, S 40<\/span><\/span><\/strong> (Wien Spittelau Bahnhof, Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donaukanal is a former branch of the Danube river that flows through the center of Vienna, bordering the Innere Stadt [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Donaukanal (Danube Canal) - Vienna City Explorers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Donaukanal is a former branch of the Danube river that flows through the center of Vienna, bordering the Innere Stadt (1st District). 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