#CrossBorderRail is a very political project – to push for better international railway connections between European countries. But one of the things that makes the project so fun is that it has taken me to some wonderful places amongst the 130 borders I have crossed in the past 12 months […]
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Live blog – Extra Day 07, 9 June – Berlin – Seifhennersdorf – Varnsdorf – Saabrücken
Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route Text updates This day was live-tooted on Mastodon, and the updates only showed here on the site on the day itself. You can still find the Mastodon thread from the day here: https://gruene.social/@jon/110512145932011070 […]
Read MoreGood news! The Seifhennersdorf (DE) – Varnsdorf (CZ) line to re-open
One grey and overcast August day last year I took a New York Times journalist and photographer to Seifhennersdorf, a town in Sachsen, Germany, that is less than 2 kilometres from the border to Czechia. The town features in the resulting piece in the Times about my #CrossBorderRail project. The […]
Read MoreLive blog – Extra Day 04, 31 May – Berlin – Basel – Nuits-sous-Ravières – Paris – Latour-de-Carol-Enveitg
Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route Text updates This day was live-tooted on Mastodon, and the updates only showed here on the site on the day itself. You can still find the Mastodon thread from the day here: https://gruene.social/@jon/110461253911531737 […]
Read MoreLive blog – Extra Day 03, 28 May – Milano – Tirano – Samedan – Chur – Basel – Berlin
Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route Text updates This day was live-tooted on Mastodon, and the updates only showed here on the site on the day itself. You can still find the Mastodon thread from the day here: https://gruene.social/@jon/110444576560068022 […]
Read MoreThe plan for the #CrossBorderRail extra days in May and June 2023 is ready
It has been only a matter of days since my Germany borders project concluded, and I am off again! All of the extra journeys I am about to make are mapped here. First 26-28 May I am making a 3000km journey from Berlin via Kraslice to Klagenfurt, from Klagenfurt via […]
Read MoreLive blog – Extra Day 01, 26 May – Berlin – Kraslice – Marktredwitz – München – Klagenfurt
Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route Text updates This day was live-tooted on Mastodon, and the updates only showed here on the site on the day itself. You can still find the Mastodon thread from the day here: https://gruene.social/@jon/110432802316204499 […]
Read MoreThe Germany borders research is done – but there are events and more trips to come!
The train journeys for the Germany borders project 2023 are now done. You can find the complete route in a Spreadsheet here, and mapped here. 67 trains, more than 60 of them using a Deutschlandticket, and more than 500km on the Birdy folding bicycle and no serious delays or mishaps. […]
Read MoreLive blog – Day 14, 21 May – Berlin – Guben – Żary – Forst – Berlin
Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route Text updates This day was live-tooted on Mastodon, and the updates only showed here on the site on the day itself. You can still find the Mastodon thread from the day here: https://gruene.social/@jon/110405357796503305 […]
Read MoreLive blog – Day 13, 18 May – Berlin – Weißwasser – Horka – Berlin
Jump to: Text updates | Summary videos | Latest photos | Today’s background | Today’s route Text updates This day was live-tooted on Mastodon, and the updates only showed here on the site on the day itself. You can still find the Mastodon thread from the day here: https://gruene.social/@jon/110388328833278556 […]
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