Solo Journey Across Eastern Europe

Solo Journey Across Eastern Europe

Good morning and welcome to Europe by Ben. In this series, I travel Europe by Ben H. For this first episode, I’m on my way to a stretch of highway in Germany which has an overhead wire. Like what? But first, welcome to useless facts with Holland station. Did you know that at this border crossing near Badlu, one petrol station is located in the Netherlands and the other in Germany. That in itself is not that crazy. But what is crazy is that the highway doesn’t cross the border until a little bit further on. So when you go to the gas station, you go to Germany and then you go back to the Netherlands to go to Germany again. Now that we have officially left the always a relatively sunny cloning, the rain started pouring down. As some of you have commented on one of my previous videos, German autobounds are much less flat to drive on in the rain. In many places in the Netherlands, we have asheld that allows water to pass through the ashevel. In Germany, however, all the water has to run off the road, which can cause a lot of spraying water and possibly even aquaping. [Music] Anyway, after 2 and 1 half hours, I arrived at the Harbor of Hamburg, one of the biggest in Europe and probably the biggest in Germany. Yep, that’s right. And I think you already know how a harbor works, but well, you never know. So, this is where the cranes unload the cargo ship. These are self-driving wagons that move the containers within the yard. This is a shunting locomotive that comes to collect some containers to bring them to the railway yard. And this is the railway yard where the collected containers are combined into one long train. The port of Hamburg is connected by this bridge. And sorry, I have to do this. Welcome to useless facts with Holland station. When it opened in 1974, this bridge was the longest cable state bridge in the world. at least according to its Dutch Wikipedia page. So, I don’t know if it’s really true, but at least now you know. Anyway, let’s head towards the overhead wire. It was already a bit late, so I drove a little faster and after 45 minutes or so, I finally arrived. Welcome to Test Treka Aines, a 5 km long stretch of Autoban south of Lubec equipped with an overhead wire. Here an alternative way of driving on green energy is being tested. Instead of filling trucks with batteries, they are investigating putting pantoraphs on the trucks. This way you need less space for the batteries and you can charge the remaining batteries while driving. Batteries are no problem for short distance truck rides, but they may be less suitable for long, long stretches on the highway. A truck that could charge with a pentagramraph while driving could possibly be a solution to this. However, this system with overhead wires also has a major disadvantage. For the system to work, overhead lines must be installed on the highways throughout Germany and possibly even Europe. that will cost a lot of money and will also require a lot of maintenance. I’m curious what you think about this. Do you say, “Yeah, let’s build it.” Or do you prefer batteries? Let me know in the comments. Well, the sun has gone down. I’m going to sleep and I see you in the morning. But where do I sleep? Well, if you paid attention in the second shot of the video, you could have seen that there is no passenger seat. That’s because I built my bed in there. I sleep in the car, have everything I need in the trunk, and I can even cook dinner at any place I like. I put my homemade window covers up and I can go to bed. And now I have converted the car in a very cozy bedroom. What else does a person need? Good night. [Music] Hello and welcome to Kulongborn, a small town on the Baltic Sea. It’s a bit of a touristy place with a beach, beach huts, restaurants, and of course the seagulls. But of course, that’s not what I’m here for. No, I’m here for the Molly Steam Train. [Music] I didn’t come for the steam train, though. After all, I could have seen that in the Netherlands, too. No, I came here for one of the most unique pieces of railway in Europe, and this train happens to drive over it. [Music] Because the train is going to drive over the unique stretch of track and the train is ready to depart. We will get on to see what makes this railway line unique. [Music] Or wait, I have a band that also needs to come along. So, uh this is Bad Bran, 15 km further on the other side of the line. Here, the train runs through the middle of town on the old streets. And it’s not just any old street. It is even designated as a pedestrian area. It actually makes no sense at all. I mean, it breaks all the rules of a pedestrian area. With the train steaming through the village up to twice an hour in the summer, it has become the main attraction of Batau Baran. In every gift shop I could find, it was full of Molly train things. And there are even songs written about it. [Music] [Music] Welcome to the autoban. At the moment I am driving towards Berlin and the weather is nice. So the conditions for driving are good. [Music] As I got closer to Berlin, I noticed that Germany also has rush hour lanes on the highway shoulders. I always thought that that was a Dutch thing, but apparently not. And here I am on the outer ring of Berlin. This city is full of metro lines and beautiful stations. So, let’s explore my top 10 most beautiful metro stations in Berlin. [Music] Welcome to number 10 on the list, Cluster Strasa. This station was recommended to me by Mr. Sandwich, mostly because of two special things this station has. The first is this an old Metro train wagon that has been placed at the entrance and exit of the station. The second special feature is that the station has images of trams and metro trains hanging along the entire walls. [Music] Like most metro stations in Berlin, this station is built just below the surface. This is because they were built with the cut and cover method where simply put a trench is duck, a metro line is built and the trench is then covered again. Cheap and technically the most feasible in that time. When we leave the station, we see that the station is located in the historic part of Berlin. The arch over the entrance fits well with this. [Music] Welcome to station nine on the list, Un Lindon. This station is by far the newest on this list, opening in 2020. It’s just about 4 years old now. This station is part of an extension of the U5 towards Alexander plots and was built right under the existing U6 making a smooth transfer possible. Unfortunately, this meant that the existing station on the U6A, which was located a little further to the south, had to be closed. As far as I’m concerned, this is a small disadvantage, but absolutely necessary because transfer times must be kept as short as possible. So, thumbs up, Berlin. Oh, by the way, this is a small loading gauge train on the large loading gauge line. But I will explain that to you later because first we are going to the next station. [Music] Welcome to Schlesto. This station gives me a bit of a farm feeling with those roof styles on the canopies in combination with the band in the tracks. I don’t know. Also, with the brick building incorporated into it, I just like it. [Music] But to tell you a fact, did you know that this station was a terminus station at the time of the Berlin wall? After this ban, the tracks crossed the Spray River with the Ober, which was at the border at the time. The Obam is a beautiful bridge by the way. [Music] This is a small loading gauge station, by the way. The difference is Oh, wait. It’s time to go to the next station. [Music] Deutsche Opra is a station with four platform sides equipped with green columns in the middle. I don’t know exactly what this is and I also wonder why there is a box here that prevents you from using this platform in a passenger service. [Music] After my online research, I thought it would look nicer. Even when you get to the surface, it isn’t that beautiful at all. Anyway, let’s move to the next one. And I think I have to reconsider the station ranking at the end. [Music] This is Hakasha, an espan station on the east west railway line through the city center. For the public transport nerds among us, I know this is not an uban, but I don’t care. I make the rules. For the other people, the difference between an esban and an uban is that an esban is more like a train and also goes further outside the city than an uban. Anyway, the reason I have this station in the top 10 is because I think the brick walls with the steel gurners and the wooden roof simply fit together nicely. [Music] Unfortunately, when the platforms were made longer, a canopy was added that, in my opinion, does not fit at all. All right, let’s go to the top five. [Music] Welcome to Hermon Plots, a station with some height which is quite special for a Berlin metro station. The reason for this is that this is the deepest platform of the cross station and that this space is built as it were like a U around the platform above. When you come from outside and enter the station, you are greeted by such a hole. I mean, I think that’s pretty impressive. And those little details in the ceiling, I love it. It’s a bit of a shame that there were construction works on the other side, but whatever. Onto the next. [Music] Welcome to Fear in the Plots. But unfortunately, I found out that it was under construction work, too. So, no metro trains this time, but beer tables and benches. With the exception of those, I think that the atmosphere of the past has been very well preserved on this platform, [Music] which is funny because the other platform and the building on the surface are typically 1970s, which is in great contrast. [Music] Welcome to Ubanhov number three, Ratau Pandow, the most western metro station in Berlin and terminus of the large loading gauge line 7. At least for the time being, an extension of the line is planned and they have more plans for the station. They want to extend the small loading gauge line two to here and beyond. When they constructed the station, they had already taken this into account. So there is room for four tracks. Of these, only the middle two are now in use. During my research, the station immediately stood out to me with its pillars, lamps, and yes, actually the whole picture. I think this station definitely earns it to be in the top three most beautiful stations of Berlin. Oh, now that we are talking about the large and small loading gauge thing, I might as well explain it very briefly for those of us who don’t know what it is. Basically, a train has two and perhaps more gauges. You have the track gauge where Bane uses standard gauge across the entire network. But you also have loading gauge. That’s basically how high and wide the train is, and that’s important if you don’t want to hit the platform or have a large gap between the train and the platform. The Berlin Metro Network has two different loading gauges. very inconvenient. Although there must be an historical reason for this. But now one part of the train fleet cannot be exchanged with the other unless you widen the small gauge trains with planks things as is currently temporarily done on the U5. Well, that’s enough. I want to go to the next station. [Music] [Music] Welcome to perhaps the strangest station on this list, Berlin Hanhov. There must be a Yuban station hidden somewhere in this three-story complex. And that makes a station technically eligible. Anyway, who cares? We’re already there. Well, this is Berlin Hobenhole, a station built from scratch in 2006, made of glass and steel. This in combination with the three levels makes it an enormously impressive structure. The station is served by all kinds of trains ranging from international to highspeed to esban trains. This is partly via the north south connection which is located in a tunnel and partly fistban the east west railway where hakasha is also located. The relatively new U5 that we have already seen at un de lindon starts from this station. On to number one. But before I did that, I had to be the typical tourist eating delicious curiv. Look, that’s the Reich. And this is the bund. Uh, whatever. Let’s go to the number one most beautiful uban station of Berlin. [Music] Welcome to the number one most beautiful station of Berlin, Hydburgger Plats. With its stone pillars and ceiling, it is in stark contrast with any other metro station in Berlin. The station gives the feeling as if you are standing in a cathedral. Really nicely done by the builders at the time. At the entrance, you will find this glass dome. What else can I say? [Music] Oh yeah, I based the order of the stations on my online research, but after visiting, I changed the order to this. I find myself in a forest just outside Berlin and I am on my way to an old railway yard that has been converted into a public park. [Music] And here we are at the Esban station. There is a abandoned railway yard that has been converted into a public park. The old tracks can still be found throughout the park, some of which have been used for foot paths. However, that’s not the only thing. There are all kinds of hidden gems like this underpass or this thing or this underpass, but the highlight has to be this locomotive or this turntable. Man, it’s packed here. By the way, if you want to visit this, it cost €1. Welcome to T line 87 in Berlin. Here they still run trims from the 1960s. Wait, this is line 88. Oh no, and I’m boarding it. Well, this is a somewhat older tram, which does run on a meter gauge, but was not the trim I expected. That one looks like this and runs 4 and 1/2 km east from here. Well, in conclusion, always do your research carefully. And maybe I’m going to visit it next year or something. [Music] It’s time to leave Berlin and head back west towards a canal that is literally built with a bridge over a river. But first, this is baton crabs, a problem on many former East German motorways. And when I say a problem, I mean a very big problem. At the time a wrong raw material was used causing a chemical reaction that expands the concrete. Kilometer upon kilometer of the outbounds of the former East Germany have this problem and are now all being completely demolished and rebuilt way before their expected end date. A huge expense and a blunder. [Music] Welcome to our next stop, the canal bridge of Magnabber. We have now gone a bit west from Berlin and we are now at the largest canal under bridge in the world. And I must say it is certainly not small. The bridge was built to allow ships to sail from the west to Berlin or vice versa without having to descend into and then climb out of the Ela River. The bridge is 918 m long, 34 m wide, and has a longest span of 106 m. Quite impressive if you take the weight of the water into account. [Music] After the bridge, I started driving south straight through the hearts, which is a low mountain range in the middle of Germany. The roads became steeper, which my car didn’t necessarily like. Considering it has a 75 horsepower diesel engine and that it is packed with, I quote, “All the stuff I need.” But with a slightly higher RPM than normal, it was certainly still doable. Luckily, these are the largest slopes of the trip. Or are they not? Well, let’s don’t get ahead of ourselves. I did something with horses and then came across this steam train. I’ve just found out that a little cable was not good connected. So, the audio of the last videos wasn’t there. It’s a bit sad, but I am at the diesel trams in Ilf. [Music] This railway is shared between the diesel trams and the occasional steam train which we have seen on the way here. The trams come from the terminal network of North Housen where the trams just do normal trampings driving around with an overhead line. However, a branch line originates from the town all the way to Ilfeld. This line runs over the heartbam, a railway used by steam trains. As such, the line was not electrified. Very nice to see, but not very practical for the tram or the citizens of Ulfeld. So it was decided to run hybrid trams between the steam trains driving electric on the city network and diesel on the branch line. I’m going to light to see some other train infrastructure. Welcome at the light esban. And here we are, Leik M. As you can see, this is a modern train tunnel which is built under the old city center of Lipik. [Music] Lip has several Eban trains crisscrossing the city which are all funneled through this tunnel through the city center. So the service here is quite good. This red train just rolled in, which means that some lines of the Esban are run by Deutsche Ban and some lines are run by another company. What was funny to see is that the overhead lines were not made of hanging wires, but of a rigid steel beam. As you can see, the station has very much space height, which makes it feel very open, which I very like. Now, I’m going to walk to the Halpine Hoff through the city center, and there are some steam trains that stand on the platform there. [Music] And here we are right. Welcome to Europe’s largest station by floor area. When you come out of this little entrance hall, you enter the main hall with all the train tracks. Labanov is a terminal station with 24 tracks. The station roof is even larger than that with a width of 300 m. A width of 300 m. The station is so huge they have even room for some parking spaces, but more in interestingly a small railway museum. And that perhaps makes the station even more special for railway fans. Here is one of the Greeks lock steam locomotives. Here are a few old electric locomotives. And this is an electric express train from the Nazi Germany era. This is all fitted in this busy station next to the indoor free layer parking garage. All possible because of that enormous roof, which by the way matches the steam locomotive very nicely. I like it. In one of the arches, the entrance has been made to the recently opened city tunnel via which we came into the city. And with this, the lightov is actually no longer a real terminus station. But I am not taking the train. I’m going to walk through the city center. What I noticed is that the trams here sometimes have a trailer thing. For example, this modern tram pulls one trailer and these two older trims pull a trailer together. Interesting. Anyway, I made it back to another station like Lip Tiger Mark station. Does this station have a high ceiling and it’s very spacious? Think you were [Music] And I’m back at Baklinburg Gatan. I’m on my way to Den and oh no, I’m pulled over just for a general drug check, but they didn’t find anything. This fired duct is located a little outside of the between two tunnels. Anyway, there are some pretty nice viewpoints here. For example, this one. I mean, this just looks like a miniature railway. And now I find myself at the border of the Czech Republic. First a sunset drive through the Czech Republic. [Music] [Music] Good morning. Yesterday I drove about 20 km in the Czech Republic and now I’m back in Germany because I’m going to head into Poland. Soon after crossing the border, I took the highway all the way to the next big city, Codswaf. Welcome to useless facts with Holland station. Until a few years ago, this stretch of highway was the last stretch of Hitler’s original Reich Autoban. And with a road service of about 80 years old, this stretch of highway was known for its poor condition. Anyway, that’s no longer irrelevant because the last stretch of renovated highway opened in 2023. Welcome to Vatzv. Here they have indicated at the traffic lights how long it will take before they turn green. Is this the future? Oh no, it’s just normal life. Look at this water tower. Beautiful. Here I’m going to take the to the city and see what it’s like. So you can buy your ticket on the tram and it’s only 160 uh Polish money which is this in euros. And here we are in the north of the city. Now going to walk back. [Music] I noticed that the city has two sides. Some parts are beautiful with historic buildings and some parts have 1950s flats in between them. Anyhow, these benches were nice and I’ve arrived at the station. This station has 10 platforms. I think Polish trains use them for stops. And yeah, what else can you say about a station? Well, that it is beautiful. [Music] Anyway, I’m going to take the tram back to the car and then drive to the next city. For this trip, I set the following goals. Not paying for tolls and overnight stays. Well, you have already seen what the last goal on the journey looks like. But from now on, the first goal will also become relevant. I will hardly use a highway for the next 1,800 km. From now on, I almost only used B- roads, but I like it this way because I’m not in a hurry and I can see a lot more of the surroundings. [Music] Poland has crosswalks everywhere in town, out of town, even on the dual carriageway. For me as a traffic guy, it was quite a strange experience. [Music] Hello. And I’ve arrived in the second city, Kako. [Music] [Music] I don’t know exactly why, but apparently I didn’t film much of the city itself, but I thought it was beautiful city. It didn’t have those 1950s apartment buildings like Vlaf, which made the city center look much nicer. And with a beautiful castle next to it, the picture is complete. Okay, let’s find a place to spend the night. [Music] Okay, welcome in my car. Uh, I got a problem. I drove myself stuck on a piece of ashfeld. I’ll explain. I was searching for a place to sleep under a vioaduct because this uh the whole night it will be lightning. Um and the road to the vioaduct uh was uh unpaved and it was wet and I got almost stuck. But luckily I found some piece of asfelt. Uh, I’m now there, but there is no way of this piece of asfelt. I will explain in the voice over. Yep. So, this is the situation. These are the vioaducts. First, I drove to this one on this road. But, it turned out that a huge ditch had been dug so that you could no longer get from here to here. Then, I went on this route and man, I almost got stuck. It was already getting dark and I didn’t want to get stuck at all costs because I depend on my car to continue traveling and eventually get home. Luckily, I made it to an Ashfeld road. But before I wanted to spend a night there, I wanted to know how I could get away from this place. So, I drove along the entire road, but there was no way to get off this piece of except these five unpaved roads. The other roads that were shown on the map didn’t exist anymore. They were probably temporary roads for the construction of the highway. By the way, there was no phone service, so I couldn’t zoom in and see the condition of the roads on satellite view. Anyway, these two roads were uphill into the woods and were probably dead ends. This one was impassible and overgrown with bushes. So only this road and the way I got here remained as options. As I was in shock of almost getting stuck at the road I came from, I tried the other one. First it was fine. But then it got steeper and steeper to the point I couldn’t reverse or turn back. So I went down into the valley, but then there was a river which was swollen due to the rain to a point I definitely couldn’t cross it. Luckily, there was another road back up the hill. I drove past the house with four Polish men looking weird at me and my car. But for the second time, I made it to my piece of Ashfeld. In the meantime, it had already become quite dark, so I parked my car under the vioduct. And here I am. Tomorrow, it’s also going to rain. Uh, so I don’t know how this will end, but I guess you have. Tonight, I spend the night here under this bridge. And now I welcome you to my attempt to go with this car with only rear wheel drive down this very muddy unpaved road. Yesterday I have driven up this road and today it’s going down but it’s still very scary and if I get stuck I have another problem. A lot of time Yeah. [Music] Heat. Heat. And I made it back to the asheel. Well, let’s go into Slovakia. [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] What immediately stood out was that the road in Slovakia suddenly became very wide without any markings. Maybe it was built this wide for waiting trucks for the border. Maybe it was a prestige project of the former communist government. I have no idea. Do you have any ideas why? And here here we have reached the easternmost point of the journey. 930 km further east of where I come from. And you could tell I didn’t change time zones. So the sun came up more than an hour earlier than at home. At the same time, it also set more than an hour earlier, which had already surprised me a few times when looking for a place to sleep. Anyway, [Music] before we arrive at the train for the football stadium, we first have to cross a small path. Due to the lack of highways, all trucks in this direction have to use this road, too. So soon I found myself behind a truck, slowly climbing the mountain. [Music] And I arrived at this railway museum because this railway museum runs four or three lines in this region. And one of which goes through the football stadium between the field and the thing, the grand stand. Thank you. As you can see, it’s a narrow gauge railway. Uh, and it seems quite a bit bumpy, so it’s definitely not for high speed, but it’s uh quite cute. If my information is correct, they will leave a train in about 20 minutes from here towards the football stadium. I don’t think it’s a steam train because this it is Monday today, but uh I don’t know which one if there is one. Well, I’m going to drive to the football field and I’ll see you there. So, there we are. There is the football field. There is uh the thing, the grand stand. And here are the rails. Unfortunately, it’s private terrain, so I’m not going to be able to get on there, but I can film it from this angle. [Music] [Music] [Music] I’m going to see if I can catch it on another place again. So, uh, let’s go. Well, I have a plan. There is a railway crossing. Going to film it there. Drive to here and film over this fence which has a better view. Heat. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. Valley. [Music] Good morning from the outskirts of Budapest. Let’s go on board of this old Soviet train towards the city center. [Music] together. [Music] Budapest has a number of these type of lines that connect the suburbs with the city center. Definitely recommended if you have a thing for trains and are visiting Budapest. By the way, they are absolutely not wheelchair accessible. I’ve never seen such a high step into a train. And I’ve arrived in the city center. Here we can change to the metro. In Berlin, I did know where I wanted to go, but here I don’t. So, I’m just going to catch a train somewhere. I realized that the front and the end of the train were much less busy. So, I’m going to change trains to the next train, if that makes sense. [Music] Well, that was the M2, which was one of the more boring lines. Uh, now I’m going to change to the green line, which is the Well, I thought the M2 was one of the newer metro lines, but this one, the M4, look at this station. I realized that this station is actually one of the railway stations I wanted to visit. So, I’m going to explore the railway station. [Music] Besides the fact that the station has a very nice entrance hall, which I showed you, I also noticed that people in Hungary find it a lot more normal to walk on the tracks. This is done by both staff and travelers. Quite different from the Netherlands. Furthermore, this station is a terminal station, but many trains consists of a locomotive and a row of carriages. This means that there are constant lock movements to take the wagons out of the station. Not efficient at all, but it is cool to see. Heat. Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Anyway, back to the M4. [Applause] All right, I am at Seret or something like that. And this is actually the only station that I selected in advance to go to. I mean, look at these arches and mosaic. I think it’s a really cool design. What do you think? Let me know in the comments. A thing I just discovered is that the these trains on the M4 are driveless, so I hope to catch a seat at the front. [Music] [Music] And I am on the M3. And I believe if my information is correct, there are some old communist style trains here. These metro train sets were originally built in Russia in the Soviet Union. Since 2018, all train sets have been modernized. Before the modernization, they look like this. These old Soviet metro train sets are very recognizable because of their sides. You can find those all over the former Soviet Union. I’ve come to the end of the line and there is a very old station here. But I’m going to turn back and I show you the train. Welcome. [Applause] Let’s go to the last but not least metro line, the M1. This is the Wait, let’s go to the actual beginning station. [Music] This is the M1 Metro, the oldest metro on Europe’s mainland. The M1 is a 4 and a half km long line that opened in 1896. There have been some adjustments over the years, but as you can see, most things are still in quite historic state. [Music] By the way, this end of the line is located right in the center of Budapest near its well-known riverside. Beautiful. Anyway, let’s take a trip down the line. [Music] [Music] [Applause] Metro [Music] and arrived at the end point at a modern station. Now I’m going to turn back to an station I saw on the train called Oprah. So the one thing I missed at the first station and that they do have here are these boxes. Anyway, I’m going to go to a tram, which isn’t really a tram, but climbs a hill with a sort of system. I’m going to take a towards a rack railway here in Budapest, which is very historic and old. And here we are. Budapest wacky wreck railway thing trimm thing thing. And it works like this. Under the trim or train sets, there are not only normal wheels, but also this gear. The sprocket engages with the center wheel thing and thus prevents the wheel from starting to slip down the hill. Super handy, of course, but it also makes a lot of noise. Let’s get on the thing. Yeah. Oh my god. I stepped out of the train one station before its terminus and I can tell you the train surely goes deep and the train was full of mountain bikers who go with their bikes to the top to ride down. So filming the inside of the train is a job for our way down. Well, that’s not how you are supposed is to board a train. As I missed my train, I decided to walk to the tram’s terminus to catch a train downhill. made it. And I have two extra shots of the train. Let’s go inside. [Music] Well, there was 20 minutes up and 20 minutes down. After that, I headed into Budapest and took some shots of the trams and that was it. Heat. Heat. [Music] 106. Heat. Heat. [Music] versus major heat. Good morning. I’m on my way to a very large railway museum here in Budapest. I thought I show you around. [Music] Hop up. [Music] [Music] Hello. Hello. I am [Music] [Music] I find myself in the Dolommites in Italy. And let me show you how I got here. I find myself in Budapest and I’m going to drive towards the Alps via Croatia without using any highways. Join me on this adventure through the Hungarian, Croatian, Slovenian, and Italian countryside. First things first, we have to get out of the city. As I don’t want to pay tolls, I choose to drive only on browse through. This means that you see a lot of the country. You go into villages and out again all the way to the border. And here I am, the border with Croatia. since March 23rd, 2023, an open border. So, I didn’t have to stop, but instead go directly into the land of rear traffic lights. I don’t know about you, but I thought these traffic lights only existed in Japan. Anyway, they are here. That was a surprise for me. After I spent the night near a little bit creepy abandoned building in the middle of the forest, I arrived at the Adriatic Sea. $40. [Music] Okay. Slovenia and a stop set. So Arabic stop in Slovenia. [Music] After I spent the night here next to this pile of logs because the parking on the other side of the road was full of campers and vans, it was time to head into Austria into the real mountains. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] And now we’re already in Germany. Time flies. We’re going to head into Munchin into the metro and the city. Good morning. I’m at the Mun Uban and one of the things I want to see is the Aclasser, the old Aclass trains. Well, that’s already found. So, in this range, you can still open the window, I think. Yes, it can. closer. Those trains are very old, but it surprised me how quiet they are. [Music] I don’t know what it is, but this is already the second uzak Uh that ends here and there’s still no U3 train. [Music] And I arrived at Odon Plats where an elevator concealed within a pillar lifts you straight from a classical garden to the platform below. Well, that’s what I call efficient. Let’s go on the U4. Correction, U5. They do share the platform here, so I have to wait 7 minutes until my train. Here, I’m going to change to an ESBAN that runs through the city in a tunnel. bit like Leipzig or a Hamburg one. And you know what I said in Hamburg, but you might say this isn’t a metro. Yes, it isn’t a metro, but it has a service like a metro. So, I like to ride on this as well. The same applies here. All right, it’s not running because there are bite. So, I’m going back on U5 to East Plats. Heat. Heat. As you can see and may probably have found out already, there are a lot of crossplatform transfers here available. Uh, which is quite nice. And again, I missed the train. Turn it like this. [Music] Heat and welcome to Theresian visa. Theresian visa has an yellow roof with those black things. I don’t know. I like it. Heat. Heat. Heat up here. And I’m back at Orio’s Plus. Now I’m going to Marin Plus. And I arrived at Marian Plus. Thank you for watching. I’m going to drive home to Netherlands and I see you there. Bye. [Music] hey, hey down. [Music]

🚂 Solo Journey Across Eastern Europe | Steam Trains, Metros & Getting Stuck in Poland

Join me on a 21 day long solo adventure across Eastern Europe, exploring everything from historic steam trains and modern metro systems to breathtaking landscapes and remote villages.
I travel completely alone, sleeping in my car, chasing the rhythm of the rails, and sometimes—getting stuck in Eastern Poland!

In this episode, you’ll see:
🚂 A rare narrow-gauge steam train in action
🚇 Unique metro systems in different cities
🚞 Beautiful rail journeys through forests and countryside
🌄 Stunning Eastern European landscapes
🚗 The challenges (and charm) of solo car travel

Whether you’re into railway adventures, solo travel, or just love discovering hidden corners of Europe, this video’s for you.

📍 Countries visited: Gemany, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia and more
👍 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for the next journey! (very soon!!)

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