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The Donaukanal ("Danube Canal") is a former arm of the river Danube, now regulated as a water channel (since 1598), within the city of Vienna, Austria. It is 17.3 kilometres (10.7 mi) long and, unlike the Danube itself, it borders Vienna's city centre, Innere Stadt, where the Wien River (Wienfluss) flows into it.
The Donaukanal Canal is a side-branch of the Danube that runs through a very central area of Vienna. It is often called "Kleine Donau" (Little Danube) and branches off the main stream in Nussdorf between the 19th district of Döbling and the 20th of Brigittenau. It makes the 20th and the 2nd district an island, before it recombines with the Danube at the so-called Praterspitz just before the Alberner Hafen port in Simmering. After the Ringstraße and the Gürtel, the Donaukanal Canal is probably Vienna′s third most important life-line.
Walking down the Donaukanal Canal, you will find many interesting buildings and sights: Various bars, boats and lido-like facilities that the city of Vienna has created in a desperate attempt to make the area more attractive. |