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Ich von der einen zur anderen Tramhaltestelle umgestiegen und fand's in dem Moment irgendwie unübersichtlich, weil man nicht erkennen konnte, welche Richtung den jetzt eigentlich gerade Vorrang hat. Und wusste nicht, dass man in der Schweiz bei Zebrastreifen kein Schild noch dazu braucht 🫣

14.03.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Tram stop "Binningen Schloss" on Basel lines 10/17 next to a roadway with railing and glass temporarily removed so replacement buses can stop there

Tram stop "Binningen Schloss" on Basel lines 10/17 next to a roadway with railing and glass temporarily removed so replacement buses can stop there

why plan/build a platform for your replacement bus somewhere, when you can just unscrew the tram stop fence and put a bus sign there

13.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
crossroad of Viaduktstrasse and Margarethenstrasse

crossroad of Viaduktstrasse and Margarethenstrasse

this crossroads was a bit scary tbh, cars, trams and bikes going from everywhere to almost anywhere else and no lights or anything! but apparently it works

13.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Tram stop "Binningen Schloss" on Basel lines 10/17 next to a roadway with railing and glass temporarily removed so replacement buses can stop there

Tram stop "Binningen Schloss" on Basel lines 10/17 next to a roadway with railing and glass temporarily removed so replacement buses can stop there

why plan/build a platform for your replacement bus somewhere, when you can just unscrew the tram stop fence and put a bus sign there

13.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The country of electric narrow-gauge railways, running frequently from early morning to late at night: France πŸ‡«πŸ‡·

(or at least this French town that happens to be on Basel line 10)

13.03.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Level crossing gate live updates

12.03.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Parmi les meilleurs en Europe: Un rΓ©sident sur cinq prend les transports publics gratuits tous les jours GrΓ’ce Γ  la gratuitΓ© totale des transports publics, le Luxembourg est l'un des pays europΓ©en oΓΉ l’on utilise le plus bus, tram et train.

Hm ils ont supprimΓ© la version originale de l'article, nouveau titre: "Parmi les meilleurs en Europe - 1 rΓ©sident sur 5 prend les transports publics gratuits tous les jours"

infos.rtl.lu/news/luxembo...

(je suis pas convaincu, RTL semble pas avoir une grande chose d'expertise dans ce sujet)

12.03.2026 12:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Bummer I'm going Monday :D

12.03.2026 11:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Luik then

11.03.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

LΓΌttich

11.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Klingt erstmal lustig, war aber tatsΓ€chlich eine ΓΌble Diskriminierung von MinderheitenangehΓΆrigen, die ihren Kindern Namen geben wollten mit Buchstaben, die im "franzΓΆsischen Alphabet" nicht vorkommen. HΓΆchste Zeit!

10.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I would watch 5 hours of this 😍

10.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Absolutely beautiful out this evening

09.03.2026 23:33 πŸ‘ 556 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 0

Just learned we'll have a presidential election next February.

I always find our presidential election system a bit crazy, it's the federal and MPs and other politicians, and then some random celebrities, CEOs, unionists etc. appointed by the state parliaments 😳

09.03.2026 08:33 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And it's only four other state elections this year πŸ₯΄

09.03.2026 08:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

broadly a good result so far, only I would have liked Die Linke in the Landtag as well πŸ™‚ I'll be curious who will be our next Green transport minister - Winfried Hermann said he doesn't want to be again

08.03.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How so?

08.03.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

what that looks like: Tube set in a German station bsky.app/profile/simo...

08.03.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I voted βœ…

08.03.2026 09:07 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

does a train service once a year on a predictable day (always Good Friday) count as a regular train service? πŸ˜†

07.03.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

that would be crazy tho, who'd want to live next to the station??

07.03.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot Google Streetview

Screenshot Google Streetview

Karlsruhe Ikea screenshot from Google Earth

Karlsruhe Ikea screenshot from Google Earth

I like our Karlsruhe IKEA, it does have parking but it's all on the roof and it's right next to the tram stop

07.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The sentence at the end of the quote goes on "But in Dubai, you can, often at salaries that exceed Europe’s."

07.03.2026 08:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Current rail infrastructure in Flensburg with the loopy station on the main line to Denmark (with a cut-off at Weiche) and the branch line to Kiel

Current rail infrastructure in Flensburg with the loopy station on the main line to Denmark (with a cut-off at Weiche) and the branch line to Kiel

Map of Flensburg with plans to rebuild the city centre station and some connection curves and delete the old station

Die bisherigen KostenschΓ€tzungen reichen von rund 27 Mio. € fΓΌr die einfache ErtΓΌchtigung der Strecke
zum neuen Flensburger Innenstadtbahnhof bis zu circa 70 Mio. € beim Bau mehrerer
Verbindungskurven und weiterer Haltepunkte im Knoten Flensburg

Map of Flensburg with plans to rebuild the city centre station and some connection curves and delete the old station Die bisherigen KostenschΓ€tzungen reichen von rund 27 Mio. € fΓΌr die einfache ErtΓΌchtigung der Strecke zum neuen Flensburger Innenstadtbahnhof bis zu circa 70 Mio. € beim Bau mehrerer Verbindungskurven und weiterer Haltepunkte im Knoten Flensburg

Not Schleswig-Holstein planning to basically undo the 1927 Flensburg station reorganisation, rebuild the old city centre terminus and close the current station 😳

07.03.2026 08:10 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

From 2019 to 2024, the Freiburg S-Bahn line up to the Black Forest (Titisee/Neustadt) was every 20 mins on Sundays mainly for bikers/hikers, but every 30 mins every other day. Now it's been reduced to 30' every day, but there are some supplementary excursion trains similar to elsewhere in the state

06.03.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Gifts from the US Supreme Court (a wooden box with a US constitution) and the Constitutional Court of the Kingdom of Belgium (a glass engraved with the building that court sits in)

Gifts from the US Supreme Court (a wooden box with a US constitution) and the Constitutional Court of the Kingdom of Belgium (a glass engraved with the building that court sits in)

Gift from the Supreme Court of Canada: a glass with two polar bears on it

Gift from the Supreme Court of Canada: a glass with two polar bears on it

Gift from the Conditional Court of the Republic of Mali which is a miniature version of a traditional porte/door from Timbuktu

Gift from the Conditional Court of the Republic of Mali which is a miniature version of a traditional porte/door from Timbuktu

Of course, the US gifts a copy of their constitution. Others were more original, like these polar bears from Canada or a traditional Timbuktu door from Mali

06.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Justice bench with eight seats, a German flag and an eagle

Justice bench with eight seats, a German flag and an eagle

Room where hearings and proclamations of judgements happen

Room where hearings and proclamations of judgements happen

Exhibition in the library

Exhibition in the library

Office building next to Karlsruhe castle

Office building next to Karlsruhe castle

Visited the Federal Constitutional Court today

06.03.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Das Laden Ihrer BahnCard hat leider nicht geklappt. Bitte versuchen Sie es noch einmal.

Das Laden Ihrer BahnCard hat leider nicht geklappt. Bitte versuchen Sie es noch einmal.

Why is the most difficult thing to transfer from my old to my new phone not the bank apps, not various 2FAs, but my fucking Bahncard 🫩🫩🫩

05.03.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hmm, the whole election campaign made me feel "meh" at best, no option really excites me. I do hope that Greens manage to keep transport ministry so service cuts will be as low as possible. I guess if the polls in the past days turn out to be true, Greens might beat CDU which would be a nice signal

05.03.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So far only two parties have physically electioneered for me (by putting flyers in my mailbox) - and it's the two currently in government πŸ˜…

Oh and one of them tried to talk me while I was running for my train in the rain... bad timing

04.03.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0