New Danube New Danube The New Danube (German Neue Donau) is a side channel built in 1972–88 on the eastern side of the Danube in Vienna, Austria. It was created to provide flood relief by containing excess water. The Donauinsel (Danube Island), made out of the removed material, separates the new waterway from the main channel of the river. The project was referred to by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) as "the first truly multipurpose fully sustainable flood protection scheme." The New Danube flows parallel to the river for approximately through the Vienna metropolitan area. It diverges from the main
The Blue Danube piece was prominently used in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film "". After a leap from humanity's prehistoric past to its spacefaring future, the first two-thirds of "The Blue Danube" are heard as a space plane approaches and docks with a space station; it concludes while another spacecraft travels from the station to the Moon. The piece is then reprised over the film's closing credits. In a Monty Python's Flying Circus skit, a shortened version is played by an orchestra, and each member explodes after each refrain. Sources The Blue Danube "The Blue Danube" is the common English title of "", Op.