10 Most Beautiful Rivers in Europe, Ranked Europe's most beautiful rivers run straight through cities, forests and mountains, traversing various landscapes that make them stunning. Beaches set against backdrops of massive oceans and seas typically take the spotlight when it comes to beautiful photos of the world’s bodies of water. But what about rivers? These beauties run straight through cities, forests and mountains, traversing various landscapes that make them equally stunning. The title of most photogenic is in the eye of the beholder, but there is one metric we can turn to — the number of Instagram hashtags that call out Europe’s most beautiful rivers. These are the top 10 we can’t stop looking at. 10. Tiber River Getty Images Country: Italy No. of Instagram posts: 141,584 * The number of Instagram posts listed comes from a study backed by B-Well CBD. Facts About the Tiber sweatyinpink / Instagram Length: 252 miles Source: Mount Fumaiolo Mouth: Tyrrhenian Sea Bridges Crossing the Tiber gentilenia / Instagram Cities: Rome, Perugia Bridges: Ponte dell’Industria o di Ferro, Milvio Bridge, Ponte Marconi 9. Vistula River Getty Images Country: Poland No. of Instagram posts: 152,045 Facts About the Vistula do.not.get.me.wrong / Instagram Length: 650.6 miles Source: Barania Gora, Silesian Beskids Mouth: Baltic Sea, Gulf of Gdansk Bridges Crossing the Vistula kamionek_wczorajidzis / Instagram Cities: Wisla, Ustron, Kraków, Warsaw, Kazimierz Dolny, Nowe Bridges: Swietokrzyski Bridge, Brug van Tczew, Most Debnicki 8. Rhine River Getty Images Countries: Switzerland, Germany No. of Instagram posts: 335,867 Facts About the Rhine aluarts / Instagram Length: 650.6 miles Source: Vorderrhein, Hinterrhein Mouth: North Sea Bridges Crossing the Rhine mich.krebs / Instagram Cities: Cologne, Bingen, Strasbourg, Rüdesheim am Rhein Bridges: Hohenzollern Bridge, Leverkusener Rheinbrücke 7. Loire River Getty Images Country: France No. of Instagram posts: 739,647 Facts About the Loire tom_aero5 / Instagram Length: 625.1 miles Source: Mont Gerbier de Jonc Mouth: Atlantic Ocean Bridges Crossing the Loire thom4801_thomas_lefauconnier / Instagram Cities: Nantes, Tours, Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire, La Charité-sur-Loire Bridges: Pont de Saint-Nazaire, Briare aqueduct, Pont de Cheviré 6. Douro River Getty Images Countries: Spain, Portugal No. of Instagram posts: 746,848 Facts About the Douro thedourofox / Instagram Length: 557 miles Source: Picos de Urbion Mouth: Atlantic Ocean Bridges Crossing the Douro reistop5 / Instagram Cities: Porto, Aranda de Duero, Miranda do Douro Municipality Bridges: Luís I Bridge, Puente María Pía, Ponte da Arrábida 5. Ural River kutuzova_beauty56 / Instagram Countries: Russia, Kazakhstan No. of Instagram posts: 1,047,842 Facts About the Ural orenburg7838 / Instagram Length: 1,059 miles Source: Ural Mountains Mouth: Caspian Sea Bridges That Cross the Ural orenburg7838 / Instagram Cities: Uralsk, Atyrau, Orenburg, Orsk, Magnitogorsk Bridges: Ural River Bridge 4. Seine River Getty Images Country: France No. of Instagram posts: 1,164,012 Facts About the Siene jifutravel / Instagram Length: 482 miles Source: Source-Siene Mouth: English Channel Bridges That Cross the Siene _beatricerocca_ / Instagram Cities: Paris, Le Havre Bridges: Pont Neuf, Pont Alexandre III, Pont des Arts 3. Elbe River Getty Images Countries: Czech Republic, Bohemia, Germany No. of Instagram posts: 1,253,585 Facts About the Elbe elbphilharmonie / Instagram Length: 679.8 miles Source: Giant Mountains Mouth: North Sea Bridges That Cross the Elbe volleskorn / Instagram Cities: Hamburg, Ústí nad Labem, Dresden, Magdeburg, Meissen Bridges: Loschwitz Bridge, Augustus Bridge 2. Danube River Getty Images Countries: Germany, Hungary, Romania, Austria, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Slovakia, Croatia No. of Instagram posts: 1,387,365 Facts About the Danube amawaterways / Instagram Length: 1,771 miles Sources: Brigach, Breg Mouth: Danube Delta Bridges That Cross the Danube travelbytashaleete / Instagram Cities: Budapest, Vienna, Passau, Bratislava, Regensburg Bridges: Giurgiu-Ruse Friendship Bridge, New Europe Bridge, Széchenyi Chain Bridge 1. Thames River Getty Images Country: England No. of Instagram posts: 1,792,054 Facts About the Thames chilloutlondon / Instagram Length: 215 miles Source: Thames Head Mouth: Thames Estuary, North Sea Bridges That Cross the Thames naqashpk / Instagram Cities: London, Henley-on-Thames, Oxford, Windsor, Reading Bridges: Tower Bridge, London Bridge, Westminster Bridge
