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Smoking in the former Soviet Union
Cigarettes are dirt cheap all across the former Soviet Union, hence why smoking is so prolific. In Kiev I found cigarette packs for sale between 7 and 30 Ukrainian hryvnia – about US$0.85 to US$3.70! And cigarette displays were in […]
Graffitied trains on the Bucharest Metro
When I rode the metro system in the Romanian capital of Bucharest, there was one thing that struck me about the trains – how graffiti covered they are.
Posted in Trains
Tagged Bucharest, Bucharest Metro, graffiti, metros, Romania, vandalism
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When bike paths meet a railway level crossing
Recently I asked myself the question – how does a bike path cross a railway? When a road does the same thing, a level crossing has to be built – but I had to look to the Netherlands to see what a level crossing for bikes looks like.
Building blocks of a Soviet metro station
In cities of the former Soviet Union such as Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Kiev, you will find an metro networks filled with ornately decorated underground stations, none of which look the same. But if you look a little deeper at the strcture of each, you will find that each of these stations actually have a common set of building blocks that they all follow.
Posted in Trains
Tagged escalators, Kiev Metro, metros, Moscow Metro, rail operations, Russia, Saint Petersburg Metro, underground
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Ретропоезд – the heritage trains of Russia
In Russian there is a word for old time trains such as steam engines – «Ретропоезд». It roughly translates to “retro train”, and on my visit to Russia, I saw quite a few of them.
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Tagged heritage railways, Moscow, Moscow Metro, railways, Russia, Saint Petersburg, steam trains
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Icebreakers on the River Neva, Saint Petersburg
During cold Russian winters the River Neva through Saint Petersburg becomes covered with ice, with icebreakers required to keep the waterway open.
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Tagged maritime, Russia, Saint Petersburg, shipping, snow, winter
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Learner drivers in Russia
A few times in Russia I spotted an odd sticker affixed to car windshields – an exclamation mark inside a yellow box. But what do they indicate?
Freight wagon codes of the Russian Railways
While travelling across Russia I saw plenty of freight trains, each made up of a variety of different rolling stock. So how are each of these freight wagons identified?
Riding the Nizhny Novgorod cable car
Cable cars are usually something associated with tourist resorts and snowfields, but they can be used for public transport – with the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod being one example.
Churches of Nizhny Novgorod
One thing struck me when exploring the old town of the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod – just how many churches there were to see.