200th Anniversary Season of KD

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200 years of KD

KD . will celebrate a major anniversary in 2026. The company will turn 200 years old. You can find all the information about this major anniversary here!

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Advent 2026

Set sail and experience unique moments during Advent! You can download the latest winter programs for the 2026 season here.

Loreley tour
Lounge evening cruise Düsseldorf. Several women toast with Aperol Spritz on the open deck.
Lounge evening cruise Düsseldorf
View of the Mainkai in Frankfurt
Panorama tour Frankfurt
KD “Chefs in Town”
Lounge evening cruise Mainz
MS Moselprinz on the riverbank in Cochem
Panorama tour Cochem on the Moselle
Ship MS RheinVision in front of Cologne Cathedral
Panorama tour Cologne
View of the Medienhafen from the ship
Panorama tour Düsseldorf
Combined Ticket for the Chocolate Museum
Lounge evening cruise Wiesbaden
Combined Ticket: Peace Museum and Remagen Bridge
Disguised people celebrating in the interior of a ship, photographed through spider webs as decoration on board
Ghost Ship
All White Party
View of a boat on the shore
Day trip Cologne-Zons
Cologne lights, fireworks on the Rhine, logo in the center
Cologne lights
Two women from a dance group pose on the shoulders of unseen men, their gaze directed at the audience standing in front of the stage
Carnival om Rhing
MS RheinPoesie at the Düsseldorf Burgplatz jetty
All-inclusive evening cruise Düsseldorf
MS RheinFantasie on the Rhine in Cologne at sunset, with the cathedral and the old town promenade in the background
All-inclusive evening cruise Cologne
Round trip Rüdesheim - Loreley
Dinner and Dance Moments Düsseldorf
Sunday brunch Düsseldorf
Sunday brunch Cologne
Display stand with the inscription
Wine Beats Cruise Cologne
Celebrating people inside a ship - party lights can be seen
Express Ü29 Party
People celebrating on a ship
Mallorca Party
View of people celebrating on the open deck at sunset.
Schlager Welle - The Party
Nightwash live
Evening cruise Cologne: Two women look down from the railing onto the MS RheinMagie at dusk
Lounge evening cruise Cologne
DJane Sintica with sunglasses and headphones in front of her DJ booth shows the peace sign to the camera. People celebrating on the open-air deck in the background.
Beats on Board
Liner trips on the Rhine
Spotlights on a blurred background, fir tree with artificial snow
Christmas Party Bonn
Fireworks cruise Wine festival in Boppard
People celebrating on a ship
Summer Beats
People celebrating on the open-air deck
Sion Kölsch Disco
An illuminated dance floor with people dancing in front of a disco desk
80s/90s party
DJ Tom Merkens with a giant candy cane in his mouth in front of the DJ booth and a decorated Christmas tree
Christmas Party Cologne
Christmas all-inclusive evening cruise Cologne
New Year's Eve party Cologne
The dance corps are on stage, in front of them you can see a celebrating crowd
Jeck on deck
Hollywood Night
Peter Wackel's carnival boat
Cultural dinner with Jürgen Becker
The RhineMagic in front of the Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne
End-of-season trip
St. John's Night in Mainz with illuminated funfair and the Rhine with ships behind it
Fireworks tour on St. John's night in Mainz
MS Godesburg in the evening twilight
All-inclusive evening cruise Mainz
Advent brunch Mainz
MS RheinGalaxie festively illuminated and with a Christmas tree at the top
Christmas all-inclusive evening cruise Düsseldorf
Female head with Christmas hairband
Christmas Party in Düsseldorf
Two women dancing in a crowd are illuminated by the spotlights
New Year's Eve party Düsseldorf
Lounge evening cruise Bonn. MS Petersberg side view during the sunset cruise
Lounge evening trip Bonn
Dancing people at dusk
Lounge evening cruise Cochem
Castle tour
Siebengebirgs tour
Combi ticket Drachenfels
View of the Deutsches Eck and the cable car
Combined ticket for cable car and fortress
View of the Niederwalddenkmal
Ring ticket
Aalschokker in Monheim am Ufer
Day trip Cologne - Monheim am Rhein
Ship on the Rhine, cranes in the picture on the right
Day trip Düsseldorf - Duisburg
View of the cathedral and the old town from the ship
Day trip Düsseldorf - Cologne
View of a boat on the shore
Day trip Düsseldorf-Zons
View of the Schelmenturm in Monheim
Day trip Düsseldorf - Monheim am Rhein
Raft bridge Frankfurt by night
Lounge evening cruise Frankfurt
People celebrating on a ship
Dancing on the Rhine
Bel Air on the decorated ship on stage in front of celebrating revellers
11.11. om Rhing - The Paty
More luminous
Christmas trip
white poinsettia
New Year's Eve trip
Next-Level Murder Mystery Dinner in Cologne
Next-Level Murder Mystery Dinner in Düsseldorf
Six cheerfully celebrating people in Oktoberfest clothing look into the camera
Oktoberfest boat party
A couple in pop music outfits at a party, three other people in the background
Schlager boat party
Advent brunch Cologne
A wide view over the Moselle landscape near Cochem. In the upper part of the picture you can see a blue sky, in the lower part you can see the Moselle, which stretches through the town of Cochem.
Federweißenfest Cochem
Afternoon cruise Advent Mainz, view of the Main from the ship at dusk
Afternoon trip Advent in Mainz
Afternoon trip Advent Düsseldorf
Afternoon trip Advent Cologne
Christmas tree and decorated inner deck
Advent brunch Düsseldorf
Christmas all-inclusive evening cruise Mainz
View of the snow-covered Loreley rock
Winter timetable Middle Rhine
All-inclusive New Year's Eve trip Cologne
Ships on the Rhine in Düsseldorf in the dark in front of fireworks
All-inclusive New Year's Eve trip Düsseldorf
Dinner Moment New Year's Eve Special Cologne
MS Palladium against the backdrop of Frankfurt in the evening
Christmas all-inclusive evening cruise Frankfurt
Dinner and Dance Moments Cologne
Food Market Düsseldorf
Cologne Food Market
People celebrating on a ship in front of the Tobias Rickes winery banner
Wein Beats CRUISE DÜSSELDOR
Two DJs and a djane on the turntables speak to the celebrating crowd
Bella Italia Düsseldorf
Nostalgia route
View of a small island with palm trees. A pirate ship can be seen in the waves in front of it. Fish can be seen in the sea.
Cologne children's trips
Man holding a filled Sion Kölsch glass in the setting sun
Father's Day Tour Cologne
Blonde woman dancing with wine glass in nice weather
Mother's Day Tour Cologne
View of the RheinGalaxie in Düsseldorf
Dance into May Düsseldorf
View of Frankfurt at night - the Mainuferweg on the left and the Main on the right.
Fireworks tour Museumsuferfest Frankfurt
Düsseldorf Rhine promenade with ships and fireworks on the Rhine
Japanese fireworks Düsseldorf
Rhine with ships and fireworks, in the background the funfair in Düsseldorf at night
Big fairground fireworks Düsseldorf
Fireworks in the dark night sky
Festival of 1000 lights Andernach
Rhine in Flames Rüdesheim/Bingen
Many ships on the Rhine, fireworks in the sky
Rhine in Flames in Bonn
The illuminated MS Asbach in front of Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz
Dancing on the Rhine - all-inclusive evening cruise Koblenz
Fireworks in the night sky over St. Goar
Rhine in Flames Sankt Goar
MS Goethe on the Middle Rhine. Two men are sitting on a bench at the stern - you can see their backs
Rhine-Moselle tour Koblenz - Winningen
View of the Deutsches Eck and the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle rivers
Panorama tours Koblenz
House Wine Cruise
Dancing people on a ship with decorated maypoles
Dance into May Cologne
Partying people on the ship in front of the DJ booth of the Strandpiraten
Beach pirates on board
Fireworks Oberwesel
Rhine in Flames Oberwesel
The Djane flies an Italian flag
Bella Italia Cologne
Fireworks in Frankfurt with a view of the Main
All-inclusive New Year's Eve cruise Frankfurt
Afternoon cruise Cologne, MS RheinGalaxie on the Rhine in Cologne
Afternoon trip for Mother's Day
Cochem fireworks cruise, Cochem with fireworks over the town
Fireworks tour Cochem wine festival
Fireworks at Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
Rhine in Flames Koblenz
Fireworks at Ehrenbreitstein Fortress
All-inclusive New Year's Eve trip Koblenz
Fireworks in the night sky
All-inclusive New Year's Eve trip Mainz
KD "The Dutch"
Nostalgia Route RMS Goethe in front of the Palatinate on the Middle Rhine
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