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Joegoslavië / Yugoslavia / Jugoslawien express (2)

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Posted on 18/02/2019

I write earlier about the Joegoslavië / Yugoslavia / Jugoslawien express (link), the direct train between the Netherlands and Yugoslavia (-Greece/Turkey) . Peter, a friend, was…

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Joegoslavië / Yugoslavia / Jugoslawien express

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Posted on 05/02/2019

When my father, who was working for more than 40 years for the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (= Dutch railways) , gave me some old Dutch railway…

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Christmas eve and the badnjak

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Posted on 09/01/2019

Last Sunday it was Christmas Eve (read here all about Serbian Christmas customs and traditions ) and I just want to give you an impression…

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My Eye-Opening First Christmas in Serbia

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Posted on 04/01/201905/01/2023

Serbs celebrate Christmas in real style – and with a variety of old and interesting traditions that were a true revelation to this incomer from…

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Krušedol & Grgeteg in winter atmosphere

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  • Serbia
Posted on 22/12/2018

Today I was at Krušedol monastery which is located near the Fruška Gora National Park, which is more or less halfway between Belgrade and Novi…

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Serbia’s Wartime History Lies Buried on Mountain

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Posted on 29/11/2018

Many Serbs still guard the memory of the Battle of Kajmakcalan, in September 1916, which marked a turning point in the country’s history and is…

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The 100th anniversary of the end of WWI: unknown stories from Serbia

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Posted on 01/11/2018

On the 11/11/2018 Serbia commemorate, with its allies (France, UK, USA, Italy, Belgium etc.), that it was 100 years ago that the First World War…

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Morning walk through Kalemegdan

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Posted on 28/09/2018

This morning I had to walk through Kalemegdan, the old fortress of Belgrade, on my way to my office. Definitely not a punishment as it…

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Destruction of railway heritage in Serbia

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Posted on 12/09/2018

Yesterday the Serbian media reported (read here the news report in English from B92) that vandals damaged old steam locomotives in a railway depot from…

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An old railway carriage with a glorious past (or not)…..

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Posted on 29/08/2018

Last Saturday I went to our train model club (Klub ljubitelja železnice Beograd) were we have a old Slovenian post wagon as our club premises.…

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