At the beginning of any settlement structure, there is a close relationship between watercourses and cities. Those interactions enable communication and were considered a great economic opportunity. After the industrialization period, the connection between bodies of water and urban structures decreased. For many cities and especially Salzburg, the effort to reactivate and to transform the river banks into a leisure space only gained traction in the last half of the century. In recent decades, a number of proposals were considered, but rising water always posed a challenge to realization. The project “Riverside Lounge” attempts to reconnect Salzburg´s river banks with the city center, while taking into account all relevant requirements. The project aims to offer a new urban experience by giving opportunities of appropriation along the river.