Recent content by biko

Interesting, for me it doesn’t matter as it’s a percentage of the transaction At my bank, it’s exactly the other way around as generally the Mastercard debit conversion rate is better than for credit cards

When travelling within the Eurozone, I tend to carry the amount of cash that I would also carry at home (in the Netherlands). If going to Germany, I check that it is more than €50 because it is much more of a guess when you would need cash (restaurants for example), while in other countries I...

It used to happen a lot in the Netherlands with all intercity trains to the north divide into a part towards Groningen and one towards Leeuwarden. Nowadays, only some trains to Maastricht have a part for Heerlen. Next to that, many night trains on the continent have multiple destinations and...

I’ve tried to figure these things out a few years ago in 2023 when I went on holiday in the same area. At that point in time, it wasn’t worthwhile to buy a Mugi for me and we bought separate tickets. Also for the Euskotren journey to Bilbao we bought paper tickets from the machine. I remember...

In my experience, Switzerland is the best, I haven't had any moments without good connection, even on remote mountain stretches. France and Spain were pretty good as well on the high speed lines. I could do online meetings without big problems, sometimes a bit of a delay, but nothing like...

To add to the previous reply, trains to Amsterdam are half-hourly. To Brussels it’s an hourly connection with one change in Liège which takes 1h46 in total. A ticket is €25,40 for a single but it might be possible to get a cheaper ticket by splitting on the border or by using a senior or...

I don’t think we have a proper disputes section on any relevant forum in the Netherlands. I’ve seen this kind of threads on the NS forum but that’s about it. It also really depends on the type of problem he had. Did he need to buy a new ticket or was he fined?

Mostly true, but with exceptions of course… It depends on the route.

In France, I don’t know about a national timetable but regional trains can be found on the ter.sncf.fr regional websites. Unfortunately, you first need to know which region and then you can go to the timetable page. On that page, you can choose the route from a dropdown menu and then you’ll get...

Venezia Santa Lucia?

Indeed! Very quick!

No, but in the right area of the world

I also did the first time but I later discovered the bay platforms at the side which are not covered like the rest of the station. The next question has no buildings in sight but I think there should be enough clues:

Winterthur in Switzerland?

Did you use the domestic or the international journey planner of NS?