简介：Fromitsromanticshores,itswildnaturetoitsbaroqueart,thefascinationoftheDanubeisinescapable.ThecontrastbetweenwildernessandcivilizationiswhatmakestheDanubesounique.Asitflowsthroughitsvariouslandscapes,ittransforms.Influencedbyweatherandclimaticextremes,itisinconstantmotion.Floodsanddroughtdeterminelifeonthegreatriverjustasmuchastheseasons.Theyinfluencemigration,matingandbreeding,aswellashuntingandhibernation.WherevertheDanubeflows,itimpactsnatureandpeople'slives. Neverbeforehasthenatureofthismightyriver,thathashelpedformthecontoursofEurope,beencapturedsoexquisitelyasinthistwo-partseries.Anepicjourneyofdiscoveryintothecontinent’sunknownwildlands,seehowtheriver’sfamouscurrentshelpedsculpttheincrediblelandscapes,andlinksthemtogether. Romanticriverbanksandunspoiltnature–theselandscapesflanktheDanubeRiver.ThiscomprehensivecinematicportraitofEurope’ssecond-longestriverpresentsscenesofbreathtakingbeautyalongthebanksoftheDanube,andinvestigatesthetensionbetweenhumansandnature,civilisationandwilderness.) Damsandpowerstationsalternatewithsectionsofnaturalwildernessalongthismightyriver,whichflowsthroughmetropolisessuchasVienna,BratislavaandBudapestanduntouchednaturallandscapesliketheDanubeNationalParkandtheKopakiRit.Furthersouth,betweentheCarpathianmountainrangeinRomaniaandtheSerbianOremountains,theriverpassesthroughtheso-calledIronGate,137kilometresofGorgesthatareamongthelargestinEurope. Themightyriverendsinauniquelabyrinthofwater,mudandreeds–theDanubedelta.ItisthelastremainingmajorriverdeltainEuropeandthelargestreedbedonearth,usedbyhugecoloniesofpelicans,cormorants,seaeaglesandspoonbillsforbreedingandnesting.…