Meandering across Europe like lengthy strands of blue-green ribbon are numerous rivers of grand dimensions and historic significance. These wondrous watercourses have served cities and communities for ...

The rivers of Europe are the veins through which life has flowed to the historic cities and towns that dot their shores. What would Paris be without the Seine? London without the Thames? Rome without ...

Europe has no shortage of marquee tourist hot spots, but Diamond Meadows’ first river cruise there didn’t include them. The 28-year-old graduate student took a cruise along the Rhine and Moselle ...

RHÔNE GLACIER, Switzerland — On a hotel veranda overlooking Lake Lucerne, Barbara Achrainer sips a latte and, with a sigh, peers at sightseers boarding a tour boat. It's a warm summer afternoon and ...

The Viking Beyla sailing the Elbe River in Magdeburg, Germany. Photo Credit: Viking VIENNA – River cruising continues to grow, and cruise lines say there's room for expansion on Europe's rivers. That ...

Temperatures in Europe are increasing at twice the average global rate. As glaciers in the Swiss Alps disappear, Europe's biggest rivers are losing a crucial source of their summer water flow. Europe ...

A winter heatwave, record low levels of rain and a startling lack of snow in Europe are pushing rivers, canals and lakes across the continent to alarmingly low levels, with experts warning there could ...

Campaigners say the ecologically extraordinary waters of the Western Balkans are facing potential devastation from hydropower projects. But the tide may be turning. A wooden split-timber bridge ...