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Frequently Asked Questions

At the Alsatian river landing 15 kilometres north of Strasbourg, beside the large Rhine locks. The village and the Passage309 are both reachable on foot from the quay.
The Passage309 and its fish pass, allow a good hour, then a walk on the dyke. If the ship offers Strasbourg, a quarter-hour away by road, that is the other main option — but the two together do not fit.
The visitor centre of the fish pass, opened in 2006 at kilometre 309 of the Rhine, hence the name. An underground room with three viewing windows lets you watch salmon, eels and other migratory fish at full effort, ten metres from the river.
290 metres long, with 40 successive basins to overcome 10 metres of height difference. Around 60,000 fish use it each year. It is one of the largest in Europe.
Very much. Children press their noses to the glass, and so do adults: it is hard to stay unmoved by that kind of pure persistence. A permanent exhibition explains Rhine biodiversity and the slow return of migratory species.
Yes, and it is a show in itself. The great locks raise and lower barges and river ships; many passengers gather on deck to follow the manoeuvre in front of the giant gates, stopwatch in hand.
An Alsatian village of the Ried plain: flower-filled houses, a church tower, orchards and dyke paths where locals walk dogs and ride bicycles. A stroll along the bank, between willows and backwaters, offers calm after the big urban stops.
Yes, the Alsatian capital is a quarter-hour away by road, and several lines run excursions there: the cathedral, whose pink sandstone spire is visible far across the plain, is the highlight. That proximity is why this landing appears on so many Rhine programmes.
Yes, waterbirds are plentiful along the bank, herons included. Sunsets over the Ried plain are among the simple rewards of this stretch of the journey.
The euro on both sides of the Rhine, since the German municipality of Rheinau lies directly opposite. French is spoken, with Alsatian heritage; German is very present and English is available at the Passage309.