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The Danube Office
The Danube Office - Bridge builder in the Danube Region - Your first point of contact for Europe and the Danube
Since 2002, the Danube Office Ulm/Neu-Ulm, a non-profit limited company of the cities of Ulm and Neu-Ulm, has been committed to exchange, understanding and sustainable development in the Danube region. As a municipal initiator, it focuses its work in three central areas: Projects, Network maintenance and Events - including the International Danube Festival, which brings people from the entire region together every two years.
A particular focus is on working with and for young people. These are at the centre of numerous Educational and participatory projects, international encounters and creative formats. At the same time, the Danube Office maintains a strong network of schools, teachers, project partners and civil society actors in order to create sustainable structures for European youth education and participation. The topic of youth permeates all areas of work - from project development to networking and public events.
In terms of content, the Danube Office focuses on topics such as Sustainable mobility, Environment, Development co-operation, Children and Youth, Current socio-political challenges and European culture.
With its special geographical and historical connection to the Danube, the Ulm/Neu-Ulm region sees itself as an active centre of cooperation. The Danube Office supports the aims of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region and the commitment of the states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria to further develop relations with South-East Europe
European Week of Sport in Ulm
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Office opening hours Public holidays
19.12.2025
Our office will be closed from 22.12.2025 to 06.01.2026.
We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Twin city impresses once again
11.12.2025
Award secured for next funding period
With its EUROPE DIRECT Centre, the Danube Office Ulm/Neu-Ulm has once again submitted a strong application and successfully prevailed against almost 60 competitors. Ulm/Neu-Ulm is one of a total of 48 locations in Germany that have been awarded the contract for the coming funding period. This success also shows how good and targeted the work of the EUROPE DIRECT Centre in the Danube Office Ulm/Neu-Ulm is - with a high number of diverse event formats, excellent quality and a clear focus, the jury was convinced. This means that the European work in the twin city is secured for the next five years.
Over the next five years, EUROPE DIRECT Ulm will receive support from i220,000 euros in total. These funds make it possible to make Europe visible and tangible on the ground. Our programmes are open to everyone - because Europe concerns us all. One focus of our work is to specifically address and involve young people and young adults.
Your Europe - Your opinion
11.12.2025
Final report on the survey
The “Your Europe, Your Opinion!” survey was conducted as a project in cooperation with the EUROPE DIRECT centres in Karlsruhe, Ostalb, Pest and Ulm. The aim was to obtain a picture of the current attitudes of citizens in Germany and Hungary towards the European Union and its policies - 100 days after the inauguration of the new EU Commission. The survey period ran from 12 March 2025 to 18 May 2025.
As a follow-up survey to the survey “The EU and the European elections - opinions from Germany and Hungary” from 2024, which was conducted immediately after the European elections, it offered the opportunity to analyse assessments and opinions from Germany and Hungary.
perceptions of new developments. When analysing the results, it is important to bear in mind that there were half as many participants in Hungary as in Germany and that individual opinions are reflected more strongly in the overall average due to this small number.
The EU and you: rights and values and your future in the EU
05.12.2025
Cross-border exchange project with the Bundesgymnasium Bludenz and the Humboldt-Gymnasium Ulm
Organised by the EUROPE DIRECT Centres Ulm and Vorarlberg, a German-Austrian exchange project with schools took place in autumn 2025. Pupils from the Bundesgymnasium Bludenz and the Humboldt-Gymnasium Ulm took part. The German-Austrian exchange project, which has been running since 2019, is organised annually with one project day in Germany and one in Austria. One school from Vorarlberg and one from Ulm/Neu-Ulm are involved. The project of the EUROPE DIRECT Centres Ulm and Vorarlberg promotes the exchange of German-Austrian perspectives and thus contributes to a cross-border European public sphere.
European Christmas tree decorations swap
05.12.2025
How do children in other countries celebrate Christmas?.
With the support of the Europe Direct Centre in the Danube Office Ulm/Neu-Ulm, five schools from Neu-Ulm and Ulm are taking part in the European Christmas tree decoration exchange campaign. Schools from the 27 EU member states and Great Britain exchange their home-made Christmas tree decorations with each other. In total, over 470 schools with around 36,500 young Europeans from more than 20 European countries are taking part. The following schools from Neu-Ulm, Ulm and the region are taking part: Arnegg Primary School, Eichenplatz Primary School, Kepler Grammar School, Neu-Ulm-Offenhausen Primary School, Tomerdingen Primary School and Pestalozzi School.
The children made Christmas tree decorations in the autumn and prepared information about their school and the German Christmas celebrations. The material was sent to over 20 partner schools in other European countries, e.g. Greece, Croatia, Lithuania and Hungary. In return, the children at the participating schools in Ulm and Neu-Ulm are now receiving more and more parcels containing Christmas decorations. In December, „European Christmas trees“ are decorated at the schools and topics relating to Christmas in Europe are covered in lessons. The Advent mail brings Europe to life.
17th Donausalon: Power.Opinion.Media
11.11.2025
Article in THEMA VORARLBERG (Nov. issue) on our cooperation event 17th Donausalon on the topic Power.Opinion.Media - Austria's political landscape in focus, which took place on 17 October 2025.
The event focussed on the current political situation in Austria and the complex relationship between politics and the media. Discussions centred on how democratic processes are influenced by media staging and where the boundaries between information and opinion lie.
The panel was high-calibre:
- Florian Kührer-Wielach, historian and director of the Institute for German Culture and History of Southeast Europe at LMU Munich
- Wolfgang Weber, research professor for health and social policy and habilitated lecturer in contemporary history and political education
- Moderated by: Antonia Arbeiter-Rauth, editor at Standard and audio editor of the political podcast Inside Austria (in co-operation with the MIRROR)
Projects
Danube Guides Action 2
Danube Guides Action 2" is a follow-up project to the "Danube Guides Action" project funded by the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg.
Active2Public Transport
The "Active2Public Transport" project aims to reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector in the Danube region.
EEA Along the Danube
The European Energy Award is a quality management and certification procedure that is already established in the European reference...
Our network
Networked everywhere
The network is the backbone of the Danube Office's work. Whether in the area of projects or events, without a strong network of partners these would hardly be realisable.
- Danube Strategy
- Network project partners
- Danube Festival Network
Events
Women's Day 2026
05.03.26| Danube Office | 7.00 pm
People by the river
03.02.2026 | 19:00 h | vh ulm
Don@u Online 2026
16.01.2026 - 29.01.2026 | Virtual
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