Mooring details, arrival & parking
As part of our ship trips, we dock at different locations. Please refer to the information below for important details.
You can also get more information by phone on +43 1 588 80 or info@ddsg-blue-danube.at.
DDSG Blue Danube Schiffahrt GmbH
“Moments of happiness on the ship” – this is the motto under which the red and white DDSG Blue Danube fleet, consisting of seven modern ships, sets off for countless day and evening cruises. Whether a leisurely trip through the UNESCO World Heritage Site Wachau, a sightseeing cruise on the Vienna Danube Canal or an evening trip with lots of entertainment and culinary delicacies, relaxation, recreation and adventure are the main focus on board our fleet. The friendly crew has made it their business to give you unforgettable hours on the water.
Vienna / Reichsbrücke (HEADQUARTERS)
Headquarters DDSG Blue Danube

MOORING
The following piers are located in the immediate vicinity of the shipping center:
LINE SHIPPING VIENNA 4A, 5
THEME BOAT TRIPS VIENNA 4A, 5, 6, 7
CHARTER 4A, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (by arrangement)
Subject to changes!
OPENING HOURS
Monday – Friday | 09:00 a.m. – 05:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday & Public Holiday | 09:00 a.m. – 04:00 p.m.
PARK
The shipping center area is a private property that is not owned by DDSG Blue Danube. The paid APCOA Reichsbrücke car park, approx. 150 m from the shipping center, has been managed by the private car park operator APCOA since spring 2012.
Reichsbrücke APCOA car park: 1020 Vienna, Handelskai 265
Operator:
Please only park your vehicle in the designated APCOA parking lot with a valid parking ticket.
Opening times: midnight – midnight.
Parking spaces: 200 car spaces, 6 bus spaces
a) Presale parking ticket
You can purchase inexpensive 24-hour tickets for the APCOA Reichsbrücke car park at our headquarters (please note the opening times). These parking permits can only be acquired in connection with a boat trip and cannot be returned or canceled. Please buy this parking ticket when booking the journey! The inexpensive parking ticket at a price of € 7.00 for 24 hours can only be purchased in advance within the opening hours of the ticket counter.
b) Parking ticket at the machine
A parking ticket can also be paid for at the APCOA Reichsbrücke car park directly at the machine at the entrance. The parking fee can be paid by credit card and debit card.
Parking tariffs
Short Term Parking (according to APCOA Website February 2023)
The first hour € 2.00 | Every additional hour or part thereof € 2.00
Daily max. € 10.00
Week max. € 25.00
24 hours* follow-up ticket € 7,00 (only available at DDSG ticket counter in advance)
Night rate from 05:00 p.m. to 06:00 a.m. Max. € 7.00
Bus tariff
€ 7.00 per hour
Day ticket € 35.00
Information provided without guarantee. Please inform yourself about any changes from the car park operator!
For the period of the ticket collection (10 minutes) 3 designated parking spaces are available in front of the building of the shipping center.
MAP
U1 (Vorgartenstraße), approx. 8 minutes’ walk. U1 (Donauinsel), approx. 10 minutes’ walk.
Headquarters
The central administration of DDSG Blue Danube Schiffahrt GmbH is located in the Vienna Shipping Center.
+43 1 588 80
1020 Vienna, Handelskai 265
Vienna / Schwedenplatz
Shipstation Vienna / City

MOORING
The following landing stages are in the immediate vicinity of the boat station:
LINE SHIPPING VIENNA Pier No. 2
THEME BOAT TRIPS VIENNA Pier No. 2
CHARTER Pier No. 1, 2, 3 (by arrangement)
TWIN CITY LINER Pier No. 1
Subject to changes!
OPENING HOURS
OPENED
Monday – Thursday: 07:30 a.m. – 05:30 p.m.
Friday, Saturday, Public Holiday: 07:30 a.m. – 07:00 p.m.
Sunday: 07:30 a.m. – 05:30 p.m.
PARK
Underground car park Franz-Josefs-Kai: 1010 Vienna, Franz-Josefs Kai, Morzinplatz 1.
Operator: BOE Gebäudemanagement GmbH.
Opening times: midnight – midnight.
Parking spaces: 850 parking spaces
Entrance height: 1.90 m
Car Parking fees (February 2023)
€ 4.00 per hour or part thereof
We offer discounted additional tickets for the underground car park for parking from 6:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. Additional tickets can be purchased on board during the following cruises at a price of € 8: “Heurigen cruise with Viennese songs” theme cruise and all other theme cruises from the DDSG station in Vienna / Schwedenplatz and on the “Evening Tour” cruise.
You drive into the garage and buy a normal short-term parking ticket. Before or immediately after the departure of the ship, you can purchase the additional ticket from the purser. After returning to the garage, first feed the short-term parking ticket and then the additional ticket at the pay machine. The specified time period (6:00 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.) is paid for with the additional ticket. Any overtime before and after the specified period must be paid in cash or by credit card at the standard rate of € 4.00 per hour or part thereof.
Information provided without guarantee. Please inform yourself about any changes from the car park operator!
APCOA Bus-Parking: 1010 Wien, Morzinplatz 1
Operator: APCOA Parking
Opening times: 00:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Parking Space: 10 bus parking spots
Entrance height: only for buses!
Parking Fee Bus (February 2023)
€ 17.00 per hour
€ 80.00 Maximum per day
Information provided without guarantee. Please inform yourself about any changes from the car park operator!
MAP
U1, U4 (Schwedenplatz), approx. 1 minute walk
Vienna / City
Countless boat trips start in the heart of Vienna to experience the Danube Canal and the Danube.
+43 1 588 80
1010 Vienna, Franz Josefs Kai 2
Vienna / Marina
Danube Marina
ATTENTION! SHIPS MOORING AND DEPARTING ONLY
(no box office or ticket reservation possible on site)

MOORING
There is a pier in the immediate vicinity of the Marina Wien in the direction of the U2 station. The DDSG Blue Danube uses this for the boat trips on board the MS Empress Elisabeth . Excursions to Bratislava and Dürnstein.
PARK
Parking lot Marina Vienna: 1020 Vienna, Handelskai 343. Operator APCOA.
Opening times: midnight – midnight
Parking spaces: 150
Entrance height: –
Parking Fees Car (April 2023)
1 hour: € 2.00
2 hours: € 4.00
3 hours: € 6.00
Daily maximum (Top rate for 24 hours): € 9.00
Parking ticket presale
You can purchase inexpensive 24-hour tickets for the APCOA Marina Vienna car park at our headquarters (please note the opening times). These parking permits can only be acquired in connection with a boat trip and cannot be returned or canceled. Please buy this parking ticket when booking the journey! The inexpensive parking ticket at a price of € 7.00 for 24 hours can only be purchased in advance within the opening hours of the ticket counter (Reichsbrücke).
That Parking system of the Hilton Vienna Danube that is not in the area of influence of Marina Wien is marked by an entry barrier approx. 10 m in front of the concrete-covered parking lot and an exit barrier approx. 20 m after the 180 ° left-hand bend.
The following procedure must be observed when driving out:
Without having to leave your car, you can pull an exit card by pressing the acknowledgment button. After the open barrier allows you to pass, you can exit within a time window of 20 minutes just by holding the entrance card to the reader of the exit barrier, which is located approx. 200 m after the entrance barrier.
MAP
U2 (Donaumarina) walk approx. 3 minutes
Danube Marina
The Marina Wien jetty is not far from the Donaumarina U2 station. The MS Kaiserin Elisabeth starts from here.
+43 1 588 80
1020 Vienna, Handelskai 343
Krems / Stein
Shipping and World Heritage Center

MOORING
The following landing stages are in the immediate vicinity of the site:
LINE SHIPPING WACHAU Danube station no.25
THEME BOAT TRIPS WACHAU Danube station no.25
CHARTER Danube station No. 25 (by arrangement)
Subject to changes!
PARK
Parking lot Schifffahrtszentrum Krems / Stein
The free parking ticket for the shipping car park is valid for the 20 marked parking spaces with the signs, on the south side along the Danube. For the other parking spaces at the shipping car park, there is a charge between 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. daily, whereby the first two hours are free of charge and the parking fee from the 3rd hour is EUR 1.50 per hour, which is absolutely cheap for tourist areas. The free parking ticket is not valid for the green toll zone of the city of Krems.
Charges apply for cars
Daily 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
The first two hours are free of charge (if you park for up to two hours, use the parking meter!)
Parking fee: EUR 1.50 / started hour from the 3rd hour
Parking tickets are available from the parking ticket machine at the kiosk.
Free of charge
Guests of the sightseeing cruise companies only in the marked parking spaces (obtain a free parking ticket at our ticket counter!)
Guests of the “Wellenspiel” restaurant & café in the allocated parking spaces
Coaches
Parking facts
Opening times: 00:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Parking spaces: car spaces
16 bus parking spaces
Bus parking fees
There is an exit ticket for buses that bring guests to or from the ship and the bus can park for 20 minutes free of charge.
The bus driver takes a ticket at the barrier and drives into the parking lot, then the driver gets the exit ticket from us at the counter. The bus driver has to exit again within 20 minutes, the time on the entry ticket counts. The driver drives straight to the barrier and first inserts the entry ticket and then the exit ticket, which is confiscated.
More parking spaces
Green zone
€ 0.50 per hour
Day parking ticket € 4.00 (available from the parking machine)
ÖAMTC site
There are 26 additional parking spaces available on the former ÖAMTC site. Here visitors can park for two hours free of charge at the same rate as in the ship’s car park, from the third hour onwards the parking fee is EUR 1.00 per hour.
Entrance to Steiner Donaulände, opposite number 21, next to the Shell petrol station.
Art Mile parking deck
In addition, the parking deck Kunstmeile was opened on January 1st, Yachthafenstraße. There are 92 parking spaces.
Free of charge for 30 minutes, then € 1.50 per started hour. € 20,00 24-hour tariff.
OPENING HOURS
PRESEASON
01.04. – 05.05.2023
Monday – Friday from 09:00 a.m. – 01:00 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday from 09:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m
PEAK SEASON
06.05. – 08.10.2023
daily, 09:00 a.m. – 04:00 p.m
AFTER SEASON
09.10. – 29.10.2023
Monday – Friday from 09:00 a.m. – 01:00 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday from 09:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m
MAP
City bus line 1 | Stein – ship station
Wachau line WL 1 & WL 2 | Stein / Danube – Donaulände / Eyblgasse
Arrival by train to Krems / Donau + 20 min. Walk or by bus (city bus line 1 to “Stein – Schiffsstation” or Wachau line WL1 or WL2 to “Stein / Donau – Donaulände / Eyblgasse”)
Welcome to the Wachau
The newly built shipping and world heritage center is the ideal starting point for a boat trip through the Wachau.
+43 2732 782 82
3500 Krems, World Heritage Site 1
Dürnstein
Ticket sales directly in front of the Danube station

MOORING
The following landing stages are in the immediate vicinity of the site:
LINE SHIPPING WACHAU Danube station no.20
THEME BOAT TRIPS WACHAU Danube station no.20
Subject to changes!
PARK
Car park P1
700 m to peer station Nr. 20 / directly at peer station Nr. 21
The larger car park is about 700 m downstream in the immediate vicinity of peer station Nr. 21, at the Kuenringerbad. This parking lot is intended for cars and 13 buses.
Parking lot P2
500 m to peer station Nr. 20
East of the road tunnel, exclusively for cars.
Parking lot P3
50 m to peer station Nr. 20
Coming from Krems to Dürnstein, west of the road tunnel. After the tunnel on the right there is a smaller parking lot for approx. 20 cars. Turning is prohibited when coming from Krems – you have to drive up to the next intersection and make a U-turn.
Buses that only pick up passengers from the ships, but do not stop for longer, do not have to pay parking fees. Entrance not through the barrier, but straight ahead, parallel to Danube station No. 22. Reversing lane available. Information provided without guarantee.
Parking lot P4
West of Dürnstein, 10 parking spaces for cars only.
Parking lot P6
Train station, 90 parking spaces for cars only.
Car |
BUS |
|
Car park P1 east of Dürnstein |
€ 2.00 up to 2 hours € 6.00 from the 3rd hour until the end of the day |
€ 25.00 2-hour ticket € 50,00 Day ticket € 30,00 Night ticket |
Parking lot P2 east of the road tunnel |
€ 2.00 up to 2 hours € 6.00 from the 3rd hour until the end of the day |
no parking |
Parking lot P3 west of the road tunnel |
€ 2.00 up to 2 hours € 6.00 from the 3rd hour until the end of the day |
no parking |
Parking lot P4 west of Dürnstein |
€ 2.00 up to 2 hours € 6.00 from the 3rd hour until the end of the day |
no parking |
Parking lot P6 train station | € 2.00 up to 2 hours € 6.00 from the 3rd hour until the end of the day |
no parking |
OPENING HOURS
PRESEASON: 01.04. – 05.05.2023
tickets on board
MAIN SEASON: 06.05. – 08.10.2023
approx. 30 minutes before departure
Ticketcounter closed on Tuesday! Tickets available on board.
POSTSEASON: 09.10. – 29.10.2023
tickets on board
MAP
Arrival by bus (Wachau line WL1) to the Dürnstein / Wachau West station + a 2-minute walk.
The heart of the Wachau
Discover the unique Dürnstein with the blue church tower and the ruin of the same name.
+43 2732 782 82
3601 Dürnstein, Donaulände, below the monastery
Pointed
Experience a UNESCO World Heritage Site

MOORING
The following landing stages are in the immediate vicinity of the site:
LINE SHIPPING WACHAU Danube station no.16
Subject to changes!
PARK
Car
Since the construction of the flood protection dam, there are fewer parking spaces. Cars can use the small parking lot by the ferry or on the opposite side of the street, free of charge (approx. 20 parking spaces in total).
Bus
Parking not allowed. It is possible to stop for entry and exit at the point of sale. Approx. 30 free bus parking spaces at the flood protection camp near the outdoor pool (sign “Freibad” – 3620 Spitz ad Donau, Donaulände)
Parking fees bus:
€ 25.00 up to 2 hours at a bus parking lot
€ 50.00 Day ticket
€ 70.00 Regional ticket
OPENING HOURS
approx. 30 minutes before departure
Ticketcounter closed on Tuesday! Tickets available on board.
MAP
Arrival by bus (Wachau line WL1) to the Spitz train station (forecourt) + 5 min. Footpath.
The middle of the Wachau
Marillenkirtag, parish church, castle and maritime museum – Spitz is diverse.
+43 2732 782 82
3620 Spitz, Rollfährestraße, Donaulände
Melk
On a discovery tour

MOORING
The following landing stages are in the immediate vicinity of the site:
LINER SHIPPING WACHAU Danube Station No. 9
THEME BOAT TRIPS WACHAU Danube Station No. 9
Subject to changes!
PARK
Parking Spot Ship Station Melk / Hafenspitz
Car
Subject to a fee from 08:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m
€ 0.50 per hour
€ 2.50 Day ticket
BUS
Subject to a fee from 00:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
€ 25.00 for 2 hours
€ 50.00 Day ticket
€ 30.00 Night ticket
€ 70.00 Regional ticket for all bus parking spaces in Wachau valley
For buses that bring or pick up guests to the ship, there is an extension ticket and the bus can park for 20 minutes free of charge.
The bus driver takes a ticket at the barrier and drives to the parking lot, then the driver gets the extension ticket from us at the sales container. He takes it to the ticket machine, inserts the entry ticket and then the night ticket, and in return he gets an exit ticket that is valid for 20 minutes.
You can find all bus tarifs for Wachau valley here: www.busparken-wachau.at.
OPENING HOURS
PRESEASON: 01.04. – 05.05.2023
12:15 p.m. to 1:50 p.m
MAIN SEASON: 06.05. – 08.10.2023
daily: 09:45 a.m. to 04:30 p.m.
POSTSEASON: 09.10. – 29.10.2023
12:15 p.m. to 1:50 p.m
MAP
Public transportation:
Melk train station – boat station approx. 2 km.
The gateway to the Wachau
A baroque masterpiece
+43 664 287 12 03
3390 Melk, Kolomaniau 1, Rollfährestraße - Hafenspitz
Tulln
The garden and trade fair city on the way to Dürnstein

MOORING
The following landing stages are in the immediate vicinity of the site:
EXCURSION TO DÜRNSTEIN Danube station no.26
CHARTER Danube station No. 26 (by arrangement)
Subject to changes!
MAP
Welcome to Tulln
Here is the largest river stage in Europe with many events.
+43 1 588 80
3430 Tulln on the Danube, Donaulände 1
Bratislava
The neighboring capital is always worth a visit.

MOORING
The following landing stages are in the immediate vicinity of the site:
EXCURSION TO DÜRNSTEIN Danube station Huma 4
811 02 Staré Mesto, Slovakia
TWIN CITY LINER Danube station Huma 6
Rázusovo nábrežie, 811 01 Bratislava, Slovakia
Subject to changes!
MAP
Dobrý deň in Bratislava
Whether on board the MS Kaiserin Elisabeth or with the Twin City Liner, you will experience the castle, the old town and much more.
+43 1 588 80
811 02 Staré Mesto, Slovakia
Discover the “Queen among Europe’s rivers” with the DDSG Blue Danube. The Danube is the most sung about river, it crosses a world cultural heritage, glides majestically between vineyards, breaks through rock massifs, offers imaginative views and a lot of variety. For the curious and first-time visitors as well as for “repeat offenders” and connoisseurs.