Blue Danube

The reason it's called the Blue Danube is because of the waltz composed by Strauss in 1866. In reality, it's rather green.

He was inspired by a poem that referenced the beautiful blue Danube.

There is a theory that it actually refers to drunkenness - in German, "blue" can describe someone who is drunk...

The Danube flows through 10 countries. Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine.En savoir plus