The first sunset of the year 2023 I witnessed in Belgrade, it almost become a tradition. From the fortress Kalemegdan, overlooking the confluence of the…
Flandres-Riviera
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 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…
High above the Adriatic stands ‘Lovćen’
There are a few places which I have (until now) visited which impressed me so much as the mountain Lovćen in Montenegro. The mountain is…
A white Christmas at…. Divčibare (Serbia)
To escape Belgrade we decided to go with Catholic Christmas (Serbian Orthodox Christmas is at 7 January, read here) to go Divčibare which is 120…
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…
One of the most photographed spots of Serbia
Last week we went to Mokra Gora which is a 4-hours drive from Belgrade. It is in Western-Serbia and it is really beautiful environment. It…
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…
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, Kees van de Meene, was…