Back in spring 2011, when Denmark still had a centre right government supported in parliament by the populist Dansk Folkeparti, the country drew sharp criticism from the European Commission with a plan to reintroduce border controls. The centre right lost the election later in 2011, and the borders plan did not […]
A few things roughly related to Denmark that I’ve come across recently… Via @sorenhave – a fun way to advertise a bus company Reminded by @iaindale – a bus flash mob (I’ve even been on a bus in København with this guy driving) A very elegant Copenhagen time lapse (via […]
ICE36 train, departing 0944 from København H to Hamburg Hbf will not be able to run any further than Rødby on the Danish side of the Fehmarn Belt, and all passengers will have to board the ferry on foot instead of in the train, and take a replacement bus on […]
The theory of liberalisation of European railways is all very well. At one level the cross border service between København and Malmo, the Øresundstog, is a good example of it – a rail service running every 10 minutes across the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, and run by neither Swedish […]
Tomorrow is the last day of operation of the Benelux Train, an hourly Intercity service that has been connecting Brussels, Antwerp, Rosendaal, Rotterdam, Den Haag and Amsterdam since the 1950s. Philip Richards documents his three eras using it here, here and here, and Alex van Herwijnen will be on the […]
Maybe it’s the winter season, or perhaps it’s just bad luck, but two friends of mine are currently wrestling with airline customer services to get compensation – one for luggage lost for a fortnight, and another for a long delay. There is one clear lesson from my huge Wizzair delays […]
