“Connecting Danube” on action: A 2024 EHL Awarded Project linking young Europeans through shared heritage
The “Connecting Danube” project
The project connects the📍EHL Site Palace of the European Commission of the Danube in Galați (Romania) with the📍Vučedol Culture Museum (Croatia), fostering cross-border cultural dialogue and education. Through immersive guided tours, interactive workshops, and meaningful exchanges, participants explored the rich cultural heritage shared by their regions, united by the Danube River as a common thread.
Exploring shared heritage along the Danube
During the visit young participants engaged in structured educational activities designed to deepen their understanding of the partner museum and its significance as an EHL site. Senior curator Dr. Mirna Šuljug introduced the group to the Vučedol culture, one of the earliest Indo-European civilizations along the Danube’s right bank.
Beyond the museum, the program included visits to the Municipal Museum of Vukovar, a Water Tour symbolizing Croatian resilience, and guided city tours that highlighted the region’s history and cultural importance within Europe. Throughout the activities, young people actively participated in discussions, workshops, and interactive sessions, showing curiosity, teamwork, and enthusiasm.
A highlight of the visit was the opportunity to admire the Danube from both the riverbank and the historic Water Tower, helping participants appreciate the river’s enduring role in European history and identity.
Let’s Wrap Up:
Reflecting on the experience, one of the participants shared:
“After a long journey, we eagerly arrived in the Croatian town of Vukovar. Mirna and Kresho, two keen archaeologists, took us on a fascinating tour starting from the earliest years of mankind. The Vučedol Museum gave us a great insight into the essence of the culture of this area. We saw what the people of those times ate, how they dressed, how they built their houses, but most interesting of all, how they were guided by the constellations. We flew through Orion, Gemini, Pegasus, and Cassiopeia, to the highest peak of the site, where you could see in all its splendor, the Danube, what really united us.”
