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…
Most beautiful train journey through the Balkans: Belgrado – Bar
I wrote an article in Dutch about the ” Most beautiful train journey through the Balkans: Belgrado – Bar ” (in Dutch = Mooiste treinreis…
The forgotten extermination camp in the Balkans: Jasenovac
I wrote earlier already about Jasenovac (here), but this time I wrote an article about this extermination camp in Croatia in my own mother tongue…
Early autumn colours of the Belgrade- Bar railway
Last weekend I travelled again the Belgrade – Bar railway as I was invited to guide a group of wonderful people from the Belgrade Foreigners…
Yugoslavia’s most iconic car: the Zastava 750, the ” Fica “
Yugoslavia’s most iconic car was by far the Zastavo Fica (Fica 750) . The country doesn’t exist, but the car still does. The car even…
10 things you need to know about the Belgrade-Bar railway.
The Belgrade-Bar is one of the most scenic railways in Europe and it is becoming every year a more popular train trip. I wrote earlier…
World leaders in the Friendship Park in Belgrade
When socialist Yugoslavia rose from the ashes of WWII it did not want to be part of any political bloc like the COMECON or NATO,…
Mythical locomotives for Tito’s blue train.
Dinara, Kozara, Sutjeska and Neretva are names of famous battles which the Yugoslav partisans fought against the Germans during the Second World War in Yugoslavia.…
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…