A re-emerging GoVolta will launch its first international train services to Berlin and Hamburg in Germany on 19 March 2026. From that date, the company will run three weekly services between Amsterdam in the Netherlands and Berlin, and three weekly services between Amsterdam and Hamburg.
Tag: North Brabant
Hamont – Weert on foot, because the train connection still isn’t there
Dutch rail infrastructure manager ProRail counts the Weert – Hamont rail connection as one of the future links between the Netherlands and Belgium. But while there are tracks, there is still no (passenger) train connection. So I walked it it on a February 2025 Wednesday. Also, crossing a border on foot has a lot of…
Arriva Tri-Country Train between Maastricht, Liège and Aachen will start on Sunday 9 June 2024 without OV-chipkaart
From 9 June 2024, Arriva‘s Tri-Country Train will connect Liège (Luik, Lüttich) in Belgium in to Maastricht in the Netherlands and Aachen (Aken, Aix-la-Chapelle) in Germany, after years of preparation. Contrary to previous announcements, the Dutch OV-chipkaart or public transport chip card will not be accepted as a valid ticket on the Belgian leg of…
NETHERLANDS | Museum Helmond and its Kunsthal Helmond
It’s very rare Dennis, Danny and I can spend a full day together, due to our very clashing work schedules. Recently, this was possible though. So Dennis proposed an excursion to Helmond in the province of North Brabant. Helmond has the largest moated castle of the Netherlands.
NETHERLANDS | Helmond Castle
It’s very rare Dennis, Danny and I can spend a full day together, due to our very clashing work schedules. Recently, this was possible though. So Dennis proposed an excursion to Helmond in the province of North Brabant. Helmond has the largest moated castle of the Netherlands.
NETHERLANDS | Moerputten and the walkable Moerputten Railway Bridge in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
On a colder than anticipated Sunday in March 2022, Oriol took me for a surprise one-day road trip to the Netherlands for a hike. First we walked the Moerputten Bridge near ‘s-Hertogenbosch, we then went to Gorinchem (also spelled as pronounced Gorkum or Gorcum), to Dordrecht and we ended the excursion at Willemstad.
Roosendaal
August 2021. Not only are there still coronavirus countermeasures, but I’m also on the lookout for activities which don’t involve eating and drinking. I really want to keep my weight in check. So after Troll Forest at De Schorre in Boom with Oriol, Thanh and I took the S32 train to Roosendaal, just across the…
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