This 1930s travelogue captures the scenic journey along the Elbe River, highlighting the picturesque towns and natural landscapes of Saxony, Germany. From Pirna's rich grain district to the ...

with shipping traffic on the Elbe river also halted again, according to officials. An "installed acoustic emission monitoring system" detected steel fractures in two sections of the bridge that ...

No one was injured when a section of the Carola Bridge fell into the Elbe River, the Dresden fire department said on its website. Police are treating the collapse as an accident, because there are ...

Stretching just over 350 feet across the Kir River, Mesi Bridge (Ura e Mesit) is one of the longest and finest Ottoman bridges in Albania, dating from around 1770. Made from stone with 13 arches ...

The National WWII Museum has announced its “Elbe River Cruise Collection” that will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Victory in Europe (V-E Day). Offered onboard the Viking Beyla ...

Viking Longship Beyla near the Albrechtsburg Castle along the Elbe River in Meissen, Germany. Image: Viking Cruises After a warm welcome from Beyla’s friendly hotel manager Janos, I immediately ...

Once an ominous harbinger of hard times and even famine due to critically low water levels, a massive “hunger stone” embedded deep in the Elbe River has reappeared in the Czech Republic after ...

A photo from August 2018 shows one of the 'hunger stones' revealed by low water levels in the Elbe River, in Decin, Czech Republic. In 2022, the stones emerged once more [Reuters/David W Cerny] A ...

One widely reported example appeared again in the Elbe River close to the town of Děčín in the Czech Republic (it temporarily emerged in 2018). The inscription, which appears to have been engra ...

The so-called Hunger Stones can only be seen above the water's surface during droughts, and used to presage bad harvests, interrupted river navigation and consequent famine. Ancient ominous ...