The Danube river and the Iron Gates – a small history
In the last weekend of June we visited with good friends the Djerdap National Park, with in it the Iron…
Category: History
A video from 1977 about a trip on the Belgrade-Bar railway
After I wrote an article for the NVBS (a Dutch train hobby club) I got some nice replies. One person,…
Mythical locomotives for Tito’s blue train.
Dinara, Kozara, Sutjeska and Neretva are names of famous battles which the Yugoslav partisans fought against the Germans during the…
Joegoslavië / Yugoslavia / Jugoslawien express (2)
I write earlier about the Joegoslavië / Yugoslavia / Jugoslawien express (link), the direct train between the Netherlands and Yugoslavia (-Greece/Turkey)…
Joegoslavië / Yugoslavia / Jugoslawien express
When my father, who was working for more than 40 years for the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (= Dutch railways) , gave…
Christmas eve and the badnjak
Last Sunday it was Christmas Eve (read here all about Serbian Christmas customs and traditions ) and I just want…
My Eye-Opening First Christmas in Serbia
Serbs celebrate Christmas in real style – and with a variety of old and interesting traditions that were a true…
Krušedol & Grgeteg in winter atmosphere
Today I was at Krušedol monastery which is located near the Fruška Gora National Park, which is more or less…
Serbia’s Wartime History Lies Buried on Mountain
Many Serbs still guard the memory of the Battle of Kajmakcalan, in September 1916, which marked a turning point in…
The 100th anniversary of the end of WWI: unknown stories from Serbia
On the 11/11/2018 Serbia commemorate, with its allies (France, UK, USA, Italy, Belgium etc.), that it was 100 years ago…