Editing Steamboat (section)

===Europe===
[[File:Dampfschiff Uri in Luzern.JPG|thumb|Lake Lucerne side-wheel paddle steamer ''{{Interlanguage link|Uri (1901)|de|3=Uri (Schiff)}}'']]
[[File:Ångbåt Ilma i Helsingfors 1942.jpg|thumb|Steamboat ''Ilma'' in [[Helsinki]] in 1942]]
Built in 1856, PS ''[[Skibladner]]'' is the oldest [[steamship]] still in operation, serving towns along lake [[Mjøsa]] in Norway.

In Denmark, steamboats were a popular means of transportation in earlier times, mostly for recreational purposes. They were deployed to carry passengers for short distances along the coastline or across larger lakes. Falling out of favour later on, some of the original boats are still in operation in a few places, such as ''[[Hjejlen]]''. Built in 1861, this steamboat is running second to the Norwegian Skibladner as the oldest steamship in operation and sails the lake of Julsø near [[Silkeborg]].

Swiss lakes are home of a number of large steamships. On [[Lake Lucerne]], five paddle steamers are still in service: ''{{Interlanguage link|Uri (1901)|de|3=Uri (Schiff)}}'' (built in 1901, 800 passengers), ''{{Interlanguage link|Unterwalden (1902)|de|3=Unterwalden (Schiff)}}'' (1902, 800 passengers), ''{{Interlanguage link|Schiller (1906)|de|3=Schiller (Schiff, 1906)}}'' (1906, 900 passengers), ''{{Interlanguage link|Gallia (Schiff, 1913)|de}}'' (1913, 900 passengers, fastest paddle-wheeler on European lakes) and ''{{Interlanguage link|Stadt Luzern (Schiff, 1928)|de}}'' (1928, 1200 passengers, last steamship built for a Swiss lake). There are also five steamers as well as some old steamships converted to diesel-powered paddlewheelers on [[Lake Geneva]], two steamers on [[Lake Zurich]] and single ones on other lakes.

In Austria the paddle-wheeler ''{{Interlanguage link|Gisela (1871)|de|3=Gisela (Schiff)}}'' (250 passengers) of 1871 vintage continues in service on [[Traunsee]]. The paddle-wheeler [[:de:Hohentwiel (Schiff)|Hohentwiel]] of 1913 is the oldest running passenger ship on the [[Lake Constance|Lake of Constance]].
[[File:AankomstSintGroningen2013.JPG|thumb|Pakjesboot 12 arrives in The Netherlands.]]
In [[Netherlands|The Netherlands]], a steamboat is used for the annual [[Sinterklaas|Sinterklaas celebration]]. According to tradition, Sinterklaas always arrives in the Netherlands by steamboat. The steamer in The Netherlands is called Pakjesboot 12.