Kristian Skjellum AasMay 29, 2023
Train travel time again! Starting in Warsaw, I will make my way to the computer party #X2023 in Someren, Netherlands, and all the way back home to Oslo, Norway.
Check out my (Norwegian) travel microblog on Twitter (@kristianaas), and my (Norwegian) blog post about the journey, the party and my Commodore 64 demo group Hoaxers here: https://togoglok.wordpress.com/2023/03/24/neste-prosjekt-gamle-datamaskiner/
Neste prosjekt: Gamle datamaskiner!

Ok, da har jeg vært på løkfestival. Jeg har besøkt Europas største matmarked. Og jeg har hatt en vinter der jeg i stor grad har vært hjemme. Men jeg trenger et nytt, litt sprøtt prosjekt, og det ko…

Tog og løk
Show threadKristian Skjellum AasMay 29, 2023
As a test, I will be doing English updates here, Norwegian updates on Twitter.
My first train trip is tomorrow. In the meantime, I will just be hanging out in wonderful Warsaw.
Show threadKristian Skjellum AasMay 29, 2023
Now calling in for the night. Met a Norwegian woman from the Togferie-group at the wonderful Hala Koszyki earlier tonight. Highly recommended, both the food hall and meeting up with people you just barely know.
Tomorrow, it's time to head west. South-west, that is.
Show threadKristian Skjellum AasMay 30, 2023

First train of the journey! From Warszawa Centralna, a station I find hard to love, I will head southwest towards one of my favourite Polish cities: Wrocław. Unfortunately, today I only have time for lunch there.

From Wrocław, I will head further towards what I hope is the very ugliest station in the whole country.

Show threadKristian Skjellum AasMay 30, 2023
On this trip, I travel on a mix of single tickets and Interrail. Today and tomorrow, it's single ticket time.
Traditionally in Poland, tickets for PKP and regional trains must be bought at separate websites. As I have a connection with regional train today, I decided to try the independent ticketing app KOLEO, that can buy it all in one go. And it works very well indeed. Maybe an app you can add to your guide, @seatsixtyone?
Show threadKristian Skjellum AasMay 30, 2023
Train number 2: a local train from Wrocław Głowny to Węgliniec, during rush hour. I promised to get some photos of this and the next train for @jon, but it will have to wait until Węgliniec: the platform in Wrocław was far too crowded.
Show threadKristian Skjellum AasMay 30, 2023
Train number 3 was this cute little thing, rattling me along from Węgliniec to Zgorzelec Miasto, probably the ugliest train station in Europe.
Show threadKristian Skjellum AasMay 30, 2023
Things immediately got better when walking towards Zgorzelec centre, and downright stunning when entering Görlitz. I can see why people dub it the prettiest city in all of Germany.
Show threadJon WorthMay 30, 2023
@kristianaas It is wonderful. Just a bit eerily quiet in the evenings on the German side!
Show threadKristian Skjellum AasMay 30, 2023
@jon Eerily quiet? I 'm having a ball!
Show threadJon WorthMay 30, 2023
@kristianaas the square behind looks quite empty!
Show threadKristian Skjellum Aas
@jon It is. And it doesn't seem like a city where there's a lot going on. A bit museum-like, but drop dead beautiful.
I just came from Warsaw. It's quite a contrast.
May 30, 2023 at 9:24pmWeb
Show threadEdmund LauterbachMay 30, 2023
@kristianaas @jon Like other East German cities, e.g. Plauen, Görlitz had a large loss of population. Almost 100,000 in the 1950s, about 55,000 today. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einwohnerentwicklung_von_G%C3%B6rlitz
Einwohnerentwicklung von Görlitz – Wikipedia

Show threadJon WorthMay 30, 2023
@kristianaas Right. And all along the border - Slubice/Frankfurt, Gubin/Guben, Lęknica/Bad Muskau, Zgorzelec/Görlitz it’s like this. Polish side a bit rough, but it has life. The German side spotless but a bit eerie and quiet.