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The Danube flows through the following notable cities (ordered from source to mouth):
The Danube flows through the following notable cities (ordered from source to mouth):
*[[Ulm]] ([[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]])
*[[Ulm]] ([[Baden-Württemberg]], [[Germany]])
*[[Regensburg]] ([[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]
*[[Regensburg]] ([[Bavaria]], Germany
*[[Passau]] ([[Bavaria]], [[Germany]])
*[[Passau]] (Bavaria, Germany)
*[[Linz]] ([[Upper Austria]])
*[[Linz]] ([[Upper Austria]])
*[[Vienna]] (capital of [[Austria]])
*[[Vienna]] (capital of [[Austria]])
*[[Bratislava]] (capital of [[Slovakia]])
*[[Bratislava]] (capital of [[Slovakia]])
*[[Győr]] ([[Hungary]])
*[[Győr]] ([[Hungary]])
*[[Budapest]] (capital of [[Hungary]])
*[[Budapest]] (capital of Hungary)
*[[Vukovar]] ([[Croatia]])
*[[Vukovar]] ([[Croatia]])
*[[Apatin]] ([[Vojvodina]], [[Serbia]])
*[[Apatin]] ([[Vojvodina]], [[Serbia]])
*[[Bačka Palanka]] ([[Vojvodina]], [[Serbia]])
*[[Bačka Palanka]] ([[Vojvodina]], Serbia)
*[[Novi Sad ]] (capital of [[Vojvodina]], [[Serbia]])
*[[Novi Sad ]] (capital of [[Vojvodina]], Serbia)
*[[Belgrade]] (the capital of [[Serbia]])
*[[Belgrade]] (the capital of Serbia)
*[[Smederevo]] (Serbia)
*[[Smederevo]] (Serbia)
*[[Moldova Nouă]] ([[Romania]])
*[[Moldova Nouă]] ([[Romania]])
*[[Sulina]] ([[Romania]])
*[[Sulina]] (Romania)
*[[Vidin]] ([[Bulgaria]])
*[[Vidin]] ([[Bulgaria]])
*[[Silistra]] ([[Bulgaria]])
*[[Silistra]] (Bulgaria)
*[[Izmail]] ([[Ukraine]])
*[[Izmail]] ([[Ukraine]])

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The Danube (In German: Donau, in Hungarian Duna, in Slovenian: Donava, in Croatian: Dunav, ancient Greek: Istros) is Europe's second longest river (after the Volga) and the longest river in the European Union with the total length of about 2,860 km. Danube originates in the Black Forest in Germany and flows through (or forms a part of a border of) Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine. Its drainage basin also includes parts of Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Republic of Macedonia.

Danube's tributaries include, among the others, the following rivers:

The Danube flows through the following notable cities (ordered from source to mouth):