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…
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) . Peter, a friend, was…
Joegoslavië / Yugoslavia / Jugoslawien express
When my father, who was working for more than 40 years for the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (= Dutch railways) , gave me some old Dutch railway…
My year 2018 in panorama pictures
Here is another year review 2018, this time trough 12 panorama pictures I made. Enjoy watching !
Taking the Iron Road Through Serbia
With Serbia busily upgrading its long-neglected railway lines, there has never been a better time to catch some of the country’s most interesting sites by…
Belgrade – Bar by train during autumn
Belgrade (the capital of Serbia) and Bar (a sea port in Montenegro) are connected by a 476 kilometres long railway. It is one of the…
Destruction of railway heritage in Serbia
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…
Kajmakčalan
Kajmakčalan is a 2528 a.s.m.l. meters high mountain on the Greek-Macedonian border. This is the second time I climbed this mountain, the first time was in…
“Trst je naš”
Last week I enjoyed with my wife a small holiday in the region of Trieste, in the Northeastern corner of Italy. We were in Grado…
Kovačica, the centre of naïve art
Yesterday it was 1st May and that means a public holiday in Serbia so we decided to finally go to Kovačica, a village approximately 47…