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LOCKS Understand the

LOCKS Understand the science behind your river cruise with our handy guide HOW DOES A LOCK WORK? A lock works by raising and lowering boats in a device between stretches of water of different levels on rivers and canal waterways. Locks are used to make a river more easily navigable, or to allow a canal to take a reasonably direct line across a country that is not level. 1THE SHIP APPROACHES A LOCK 2THE DOOR CLOSES BEHIND THE SHIP DID YOU KNOW? At 1,777 miles, the Danube is Europe’s second-longest river after the Volga in Russia. It crosses through 10 countries including Serbia, Slovakia and Moldova. CZECH REPUBLIC 3THE FAR DOOR OPENS Krems 1,980 GERMANY 2,203 Passau 2,163 2,147 Linz 2,120 2,092 2,060 2,038 Melk AUSTRIA 142 VIKING.COM EXPLORE MORE 2019

RIVER LOCKS ELEVATION IN FEET / METERS LOCK ELEVATION BETWEEN PASSAU & BUDAPEST On its way from Passau to Budapest, your ship will pass through 12 locks. This chart identifies each lock by name and kilometer marking along the river. The gray bar represents the elevation at which your ship enters the lock; the red bar represents the height your ship rises or lowers. 1,000 / 305 900 / 274 800 / 244 700 / 213 600 / 183 500 / 152 400 / 122 300 / 91 200 / 61 100 / 30 0 Kachlet 983 ft/ 300 m Jochenstein 951 ft/ 290 m Asbach 917 ft/ 280 m Ottensheim 867 ft/ 264 m Abwinden 823 ft/ 251 m Wallsee 787 ft/ 240 m Ybbs 754 ft/ 230 m Melk 742 ft/ 226 m Altenwörth 594 ft/ 181 m Greifenstein 581 ft/ 177 m Freudenau 529 ft/ 161 m Gabcikovo 380 ft/ 116 m 2,231 2,203 2,163 2,147 2,120 2,092 2,060 2,038 1,980 1,950 1,920 1,819 KILOMETER MARKER SLOVAKIA LOCKS ALONG THE DANUBE RIVER 1,950 Vienna 1,920 Bratislava 1,819 Budapest # River kilometer markers: along the river’s edge you will see white signs with black numbers indicating how far that point is from the river’s source, or mouth. HUNGARY EXPLORE MORE 2019 | VIKING.COM 143