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Jostling through crowds of Germans and tourists in the Rhine River village of Bacharach, I climb to the sun deck of the ferry and grab a chair. With the last passenger barely aboard, the gangplank ...
by Rick Steves, October 10, 2024 | While the Rhine is over 800 miles long, the 36-mile stretch from Mainz to Koblenz is by far the most interesting. Here's what travelers can expect.
The capture of the bridge at Remagen, a surprisingly intact path into Germany, helped U.S. troops hasten the end of World War II.
Soldiers sail across the Rhine to mark 80th anniversary of the invasion of Germany Troops and dignitaries gathered at the Rhine to commemorate a major breakthrough by the Third Army against the Nazis.
It also included three bridges across the Rhine, including the heavily used Hohenzollern railway bridge, which leads into Cologne's central station. Shipping on the Rhine was also suspended.
Parts of the river Rhine in south Germany remain closed to shipping on Monday after a rise in water levels following recent heavy rain, navigation authorities said on Monday.
West Germany, April 1954: Soldiers from the 109th Engineer Battalion raise guy-wires for a 60-ton bridge being built across the Rhine River during an exercise.
The sheer bulk of history that has poured through Germany's Rhine river valley rouses any romantic soul.
A serious accident on a shuttered old bridge over the Rhine River near Cologne on Thursday left one construction worker dead and six more injured, two of them critically, according to the local ...
Rhine river shipping has been stopped around Maxau in south Germany, the German inland waterways navigation agency WSA said. High water means vessels do not have enough space to sail under bridges ...