His poem, By the Danube, won him a place next to it for eternity.
From here, the green hills slope away, down to the small suburb of Kahlenbergerdorf beside the Danube.
The Romans based a garrison here because the Danube flowing right by made transport easy.
Countries bordering the Danube have reinforced water quality controls and are monitoring the concentration of heavy metals.
But disaster management officials have told the BBC they are cautiously optimistic that the Danube can be saved.
Mr Strel's swim also covers parts of the Danube that were affected by a major pollution spill last winter.
All life in the Marcal river, which feeds the Danube, has been "extinguished".
The swiftness of the waters and their imagined depth reminds me of the Danube where it flows through Bratislava.
The final stop is Margaret Island, in the middle of the Danube.
The bombing of bridges across the Danube has hurt shippers in Romania and Bulgaria, as well as others farther north.
During Nato's air bombardment of Yugoslavia last year, three bridges over the Danube at Novi Sad in northern Yugoslavia were destroyed.
Hotel Skala is a good-value stay in the town of Zemun, a five-minute walk from the banks of the Danube river.
The areas along the course of both the Danube and the Drava form a continuous stretch of habitats extending across the state border.
Both properties offer a complimentary in-room mini bar and wi-fi, provide iPads upon request, and are centrally located between the Danube Canal and St Stephens Cathedral.
Tonnes of cyanide residue poured from a Romanian gold mine into the Tisza river in Romania, and were then washed into the Danube and finally the Black Sea.
The company also does an Alaskan version of the trip, which left July 28, and is planning a European trip on the Danube River for May 2, 2013.
We've had our share of adventures over the years including one (outstandingly crazy) spooky night on the Danube in Budapest that involved a rave, a mild concussion and butchered chicken.
The Romanian section of the Danube canal catered for 31 million tons of goods in 2012, a steady increase on previous years but still only a third of its full capacity.
There are "real concerns" about the impact on the Danube, he says, as "it will increase the heavy metal content of the water and it might have adverse effects on fish".
"The Marcal river is dead, " said Tibor Dobson, spokesman of the Hungarian Disaster Management Agency - a reference to a smaller river which flows north from the disaster area towards the Danube.
Most rooms and the top floor Le Loft Bar and Lounge offer some of the best views in the city from its location just across the Danube overlooking the historic old city inside the Ringstrasse.
The venue for Exit is the great fortress at Petrovaradin, on the banks of the Danube, built by the Austrians 300 years ago to guard what were then their territories against the Ottoman Turks.
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Of course, finding the rhythm in Vienna can also mean a quiet stroll through the Baroque streets at night, a meander along the banks of the Danube or just stirring a cup of coffee in a cafe.
The EU commissioner for regional development, Johannes Hahn, recently stated that the 14 countries (including Romania) involved in strengthening trade in the Danube region still had to " step up a gear" after making a promising start.
Once the track reopens at the end of this month, and for barely a euro, you can ride the number 19 or 41 tram along the western bank of the Danube all the way to Gellert Square, with an excellent view of the river and the Pest embankment.
After all, this outcome was made virtually inevitable by the Europeans' unwillingness over the past week to implement or enforce what the United States hoped would be the three basic pillars of allied action -- the lifting of the arms embargo against Bosnian Muslims, air strikes and a total shut-down of the Danube and other essential supply lines for the Serbian war machine and economy.
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Properties of photons - particles of light - have already been teleported across the River Danube and he predicts that we will be teleporting molecules within the decade, and eventually to the moon.
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