Nigel Bagshaw
@nigelbagshaw
Translator specialising in all things Central and East European (other than espionage). Sustainable transport campaigner and former Green councillor.
As the buses pile up on #Edinburgh ‘s Princes Street, can people please stop asking ‘why do we need trams’?
Euphemistically known as ‘Café Achteck’ (Café Octagon), a gent´s urinal designed by a Berlin city councillor in 1876, of which only about a dozen remain. From a time when people still understood about public convenience. #Hermsdorf
Morocco 1994 was hot as hell. Whitby 2023 was unbearable. But Berlin 2026 is the worst yet. Can we please stop ignoring man-made climate chaos and actually start doing something about it?
Top railway stations of Central Europe. #Prague Main Station is well up there.
#Plzeň, Czech Republic. Population 188,000, tram network 21.7 km (13.5 miles). Why? Because trams make sense.
Edinburgh - Berlin is a bit of a slog in one day. But with Spotify, a good sunrise, sunset and a gentle ale or two (plus the thought of consuming a twentieth of the carbon of a flight) it’s entirely doable.
CO2 consumption traveling from Berlin to Munich by plane, car and train respectively. And which forms of transport get the most support?
You can also choose to vote for those who think more broadly about the city’s overall environmental, social and economic future. #Edinburgh needs its old Granton branch line back.
It’s pothole-pointing season again. And it looks like the LibDems don’t have a monopoly on it.
Across Central Europe, some of the best places to eat and drink are in the basements of town halls. Might this be a lesson for local democracy elsewhere?
May be other takers for Europe’s top station buffet, but #Przemyśl ‘s Austria-Hungarian beauty is definitely up there.
Often see long-distance trains leaving Berlin for wacky destinations and think it should be me on there. And today it was.
Rightwing German politicians talk about tightening up border controls. But all anyone has to do is walk casually from one side to the other.
Still wintery view from the Züssow (DE) - Świnoujście (PL) branch line. Amazed routes like this still exist, but glad that they do.
Looks like Labour have pulled off the impossible and beaten the LibDems for the award of dodgy bar chart of the year.