It’s still cold these days. The winter is here again, after a very warm period over Christmas. It is only fortunate that the weather is still somewhat stable. This being said, I still prefer cold to hot, because you don’t…

There are essentially two main lines that go from east to west in the Ruhr area – the one connects Duisburg and Dortmund, and the other one connects Düsseldorf and Hagen. As the distance between the two is not very…

The cold wave that came a few weeks ago is still around. Probably it’s not going to be this cold this winter anymore. Accordingly, among the people who signed up hardly anyone appeared. Of course, in my case there’s no…

There are a few famous Christmas markets in NRW. They are mostly outside of big cities. Today, we hiked from Hennef to Siegburg, because Shrijal specifically requested the Christmas market there. We have actually been there twice over Christmas, although…

Telling a joke is not quite part of the local culture, but this is maybe because there’s a huge joke here in Germany: German railway. Download kml / gpx This morning, right before the departure time of our train, it…

Just like always, we are nearing the end of the year. And with the arrival of the end of the year, there’s something we usually look forward to: Christmas markets. Since there are only a few weekends where we can…

Since the end of the 9-euro ticket, we have this promotion that allows us to go everywhere inside NRW for free. As it was so warm last week, I thought we can still have a nice hike in the Eifel,…

It’s not like there’s something really impressive in VRR. It’s just there are really a lot of people living here. Together with the really good weather forecast, there was really nothing that hindered the growth of the group. Download kml…

There is usually not much to be happy about with the trains in Germany. However, there was one positive development recently: the NRW-wide promotion for the ticket subscribers got extended, meaning we can travel everywhere inside NRW with any ticket…

There was a nice piece of information that I found yesterday in the evening – the autumn promotion of the local railway companies, which allowed us to travel everywhere in NRW with a ticket on subscription, got extended, meaning we…