Confusingly there are actually three branches. As well as the "real" Danube, there is also the "New Danube", which follows its partner in parallel, creating in between a park like long island called Donauinsel.
Both are slightly away from the main town, unlike the Danube Canal which is just a short walk down from St. Stephen's Cathedral.
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I think Strauss knew the music business pretty well and was just trying to 'sell' his new waltz. He couldn't very well have called it 'On the Beautiful Gray Danube'.
And if he'd tried to evoke images of the river at sunset, we would have ended up with:
Auf der schönen roten Donau
Maybe I should go back on a summer's day and check whether the water's are blue then.
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