In the city of three rivers, you can see how the floodwaters are engulfing the old town. Although they have had a lot of experience with flooding here, the situation is serious.
There was a deceptive calm in Passau on Monday evening. People sat in front of the restaurants like on any other warm early summer evening, tourists strolled through the dimly lit streets of the old town. Water trickled from the fountain in front of the residence. Everything seemed peaceful. And at the same time somewhat absurd, because you could see what this water could be like less than 200 meters away: muddy brown, rushing, relentless.