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Canoeing on the Danube

by karagenit on 3/29/25, 3:05 PM with 26 comments

  • by rdtsc on 4/1/25, 6:23 AM

    Danube delta the second largest river delta in Europe after Volga's delta https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danube_Delta

    Another interesting thing about it is there are villages of Russian Old Believers (Lipovans) there. A famous Romanian canoe racing Olympic medalist and coach, Ivan Patzaichin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Patzaichin is from there. He passed away just a few years ago.

  • by axelfontaine on 4/1/25, 10:01 AM

    While I haven't canoed it, I cycled the whole Danube from the sources of the Brigach and Breg in the Black Forest in Germany to the delta in Romania. AMA.

  • by aredox on 4/1/25, 6:56 AM

    More sailing/rowing adventures on the Danube: https://www.sailsmagazine.com.au/reflections-fantastic-voyag...

    Some more nice reading and pictures on that culturally extremely significant river: https://markbakerprague.com/a-thinking-mans-journey-down-the...

  • by nicbou on 4/1/25, 7:37 AM

    I miss this sort of page. It's thorough and informative and completely unlike what I tend to find when I google anything nowadays.

    Above all, it's super niche and will likely make someone's day when it solves their specific problem.

  • by gaussiandistro on 4/1/25, 7:53 AM

    Some other great adventures canoeing on the Danube: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/11438/pg11438-images.ht...

  • by MomsAVoxell on 4/1/25, 3:50 PM

    I live in Vienna and frequently kayak (not canoe) the Donau. It’s a very fun and adventurous river, and there are lots of little side channels and island (Au) regions that can be explored. In Spring/Summer, it can be a delightful escape from the city, with many lovely little spots to escape to and forget that civilization even exists.

    I’ve considered taking it on a longer paddle, for a few days (must of mine are day trips), so this is really a great resource.

  • by drpixie on 4/1/25, 11:12 AM

  • by avh02 on 4/1/25, 4:54 PM

    If you're looking something shorter and easy for anyone, you can raft the Vltava in the south of Czech for a weekend, it's basically a lazy river with countless campsites on the way. Seen people do it with their dogs, drunk, playing guitar, etc. Don't really need to paddle much, just enjoy the ride.

  • by mobilio on 4/1/25, 8:25 PM

    I live in Bulgaria to Danube river.

    Every year there was TID: https://www.tour-international-danubien.org/index_E.php

  • by Gys on 4/1/25, 9:02 AM

    I assume the canoeing is generally done downstream? Because they do up to 80 km per day. Unfortunately the article does not state in which direction the river is flowing? And what the speed is?

  • by nickfromseattle on 4/1/25, 3:55 PM

    American, lived 100m from the Danube for 4 years while in Belgrade, Serbia. One of my life goals is to boat across Europe. Hopefully in something bigger than a canoe, but we'll see.

  • by konradha on 4/2/25, 9:53 AM

    80kms for the longest day, amazing. The most I achieved in the north of Berlin was about 30kms/day. Also, is "Shengan" a british spelling quirk?

  • by ge96 on 4/1/25, 3:11 PM

    Song name (Blue)? or unrelated