In the course of the #CrossBorderRail project I have learned a fair bit about how to use Interrail passes in a bunch of different countries. While this is far from a complete guide, here are a bunch of tips and tricks I have picked up. All are correct as of […]
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At opposite ends of Germany there are two cross border railways where tickets for the trains are wonderfully simple – from Gronau (Nordrhein-Westfalen) to Enschede (Netherlands), and from Freilassing (Bayern) to Salzburg (Austria). At two other borders – Kehl (Baden-Württemberg) to Strasbourg (France), and Forst Lausitz (Brandenburg) to Żary (Poland) […]
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In December 2014 I went to a funeral for a train – the EuroCity “Wavel” train between Berlin and Wrocław was axed, and then MEP Michael Cramer organised a small ceremony to mark its passing. But in 2016 Wrocław was European Capital of Culture, but there was no convenient way […]
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#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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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 […]
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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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At short notice there are a couple of changes to Day 09 (München) and Day 12 (Dresden and Görlitz) of the project. Due to rain forecast, the original venue in München cannot host the meetup on Thursday 11 May, so that has been moved to Wirtshaus in der Au, Lilienstraße […]
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Guest on #RailNatter with Gareth Dennis – 4 Jan 2023 Han har krydset alle EU’s grænser i tog i 2022. Nu er han mest af alt bare sur Information – 3 Jan 2023 – Mathias Sonne Aktivisten Jon Worth har i 2022 kørt Europa tyndt og krydset alle europæiske […]
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It was a nice idea. Get myself out of the digital-only communication means on my blog and on Twitter, and go back to old and friendly forms of travel writing – postcards! But not any old postcards… Self-printed postcards, 2 for each day of the #CrossBorderRail project, home made and […]
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Kaunas – the second city of Lithuania – is European Capital of Culture in 2022. But trying to get from Lithuania to either Latvia or Poland is – at the time of writing – impossible by train. And that despite the future Rail Baltica route connecting Poland with the Baltics […]
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