Passau

Passau sits on a narrow point of land where the Inn and the little Ilz join the Danube, and many classic Danube cruises start here. The old town was rebuilt in Italian Baroque style after a fire in 1662, and St Stephen's Cathedral holds what the city describes as the largest cathedral organ in the world. The Veste Oberhaus fortress looks down from the hill opposite.

Good to know

• Three rivers meet here: the Danube, the Inn and the Ilz.
• St Stephen's Cathedral was rebuilt from 1668 after the city fire of 1662.
• The cathedral organ has 17,974 pipes and 233 stops; the city calls it the largest cathedral organ in the world.
• Midday organ concerts are held in the cathedral in season.

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