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U.S. News & World Report: The 8 Best Rhine River Cruises for 2026
European river cruising is known for its intimate ships, immersive itineraries and captivating scenery — and there’s no better waterway to experience this than on the Rhine River. Regarded as one of ...
The Rhine is the second-longest river in Central and Western Europe (after the Danube), at about 1,230 km (760 mi), [note 1] with an average discharge of about 2,900 m 3 /s (100,000 cu ft/s). It also contains the most powerful waterfall in Europe, the Rhine Falls.
Rhine River, river and waterway of western Europe, culturally and historically one of the great rivers of the continent and among the most important arteries of industrial transport in the world.
After exiting Lake Constance, the river is known as the High Rhine, defining much of the Swiss-German border and featuring the powerful Rhine Falls. From Basel, Switzerland, the Rhine flows northward as the Upper Rhine, forming a border between France and Germany.
Among the largest and most important cities on the Rhine are Cologne, Rotterdam, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Strasbourg, Nijmegen, and Basel. The Rhine has been a vital navigable waterway bringing trade and goods deep inland since the days of the Roman Empire.
In this guide, I walk through the Rhine’s route section by section, highlighting the landmarks, confluences and turning points that make this river unlike any other in Europe. Traced from source to mouth, the Rhine forms a distinctive inverted “L” shape.
