Music

Vienna's musical history is the strongest reason many people choose this river. Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and the Strauss family all worked in the city, and a classical concert in Vienna is one of the most popular optional excursions on the route. Some itineraries stay into the evening for it. In Passau, the organ concerts in St Stephen's Cathedral give the week a fine start. In June the city's summer season adds large free open-air events, among them the Vienna Philharmonic's Summer Night Concert in the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace and the Donauinselfest, a music festival on the Danube Island.