Once there were many international trains. If you just look to the international time table of 1974 of the Netherlands (here) there were many trains…
The Benelux in Yugoslavia
The Benelux stands for Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg and was the front runner of the European Union. The title of this blog might surprise…
‘The Blue Train in Serbia’
In the Topčider depot in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, there is a special train kept with the name ‘Plavi Voz’, literally translated as the…
Ćićevac (Ћићевац)
Most possibly you have never heard of Ćićevac (Ћићевац), a town and municipality located in central Serbia (near Kruševac). According to 2011 census, the population…
The old Sava railway bridge in Belgrade
Today we walked along the Sava river in Belgrade, which forms the geographical border between Central-Europe (North) and the Balkans (South). Until 1918 the border…
Dutch garbage transported by train wagons from Yugoslavia
The VAM stands for ‘Vuil Afvoer Maatschappij’ (in English translated as “garbage disposal company”) and was a Dutch company which arranged the garbage disposal for…
Toasties Truffles Trains exhibition at the Dutch Railway museum
Finally I visited last month the Toasties Truffles Trains (in Dutch Tosti’s, Truffels en Treinen) exhibition at the Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht (the Netherlands). A very…
Just 10 pictures from our last small holiday in Serbia
Due to the travel restrictions this summer (yes #Covid) we did not travel outside Serbia. So we went to Mokra Gora in South-West Serbia and…
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 Gates. The Iron Gates (in…