All posts tagged "trains"
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576TravelGetting around France by train, dealing with a broken elbow, train strikes and more, Pt. 1
The day before I was to jet off to Paris, I tripped and fell while hurrying to catch the train home and...
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1.4KNews & BuzzTrains beat planes: Is this the future of travel?
Air travel used to be the favored form of going from Point A to Point B. Not any more it seems, and...
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991TravelEffective 9 September: Striking unions to disrupt rail service across the Netherlands
If you depend on Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the Netherlands’s national rail service, better start looking at other options as rail strikes continue across...
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2.4KExpat EssentialsPlan to be in the Netherlands for more than a couple of weeks? Get an NS Flex subscription
(Editor’s note: You can read more here about NS options. You can see Stephen Heiner’s “The American in Paris” blog here.) Whenever...
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1.7KNews & BuzzNew for 2022: Check out Dispatches’ list of free or reduced train fares and transport discounts across Europe
Good news for train travelers in Europe this summer: Several countries have taken measures to reducethe travel costs for residents and tourists,...
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3.5KTravelVenice to Vienna by train: How to book two fabulous cities and the train routes in between
I originally flew to Venice to visit a professor friend of mine who teaches at the University of Padua, just outside of...
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1.9KLifestyle & CultureInstead of flying, Jackie Harding takes the ICE train from the Netherlands to Vienna
I made Greta Thunberg happy this Christmas by taking the decision to travel to Vienna, Austria,by ICE train from the Netherlands for...
