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‘The Blue Train in Serbia’

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Posted on 09/08/202109/08/2021

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…

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High above the Adriatic stands ‘Lovćen’

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  • Yugoslavia
Posted on 04/05/202105/05/2021

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…

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A white Christmas at…. Divčibare (Serbia)

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Posted on 26/12/2020

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…

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Toasties Truffles Trains exhibition at the Dutch Railway museum

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Posted on 20/10/2020

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…

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Just 10 pictures from our last small holiday in Serbia

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Posted on 31/08/2020

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…

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One of the most photographed spots of Serbia

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Posted on 21/07/2020

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…

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The Danube river and the Iron Gates – a small history

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Posted on 05/07/2020

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…

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A video from 1977 about a trip on the Belgrade-Bar railway

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Posted on 19/05/2020

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…

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In the heart of Serbia: Rudnik

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Posted on 14/05/2020

The village of Rudnik is located in the Šumadija region in central Serbia. It is located at around 600 meters above sea level. The highest…

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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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