The way to the New Happy Year 2014 is traced by this beautiful music – as every new year – and is played in Wien, Austria, Europe, to the traditional New Year Concert. «On the Beautiful Blue Danube» artist Johann Strauss, is a wish of good luck for the new year ahead. This beautiful waltz was composed on year 1867 in Wien, Austria by the young talented composer Johann Strauss jr. ////////////// The Danube river il one of the most important river in Europe. It rises in the Black Forrest mountains in Germany, flowing for 1770 miles (2850 km.) to its mouse in the Black Sea through a beautiful delta in Romania. It passes through 10 countries: Germany, Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania.