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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Balcony with Landscape, Eduardo Vicente in the Bilbao Museoa, oil on canvas c. 1963 #FeinsterFrietag

Open window with railing at the bottom and flat country landscape beyond.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Whenever în #Bilbao Mumbo Jumbo is recommended for good beer and good tucker.

Two beer mats. Face: a tiger with the words Fresh Local Beer Bilbao and the website and Instagram accounts. Obverse: MUMBO JUMBO FRESH BEER

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

A final visit to Donostia-Amaro Station in its current form to change trains. It is being replaced next month with an underground through station and two new stations on the route east. Apartments will be built on the site of the platforms and the throat.

View of the throat from the end of one of the platforms.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Sitting next to the aisle in a non-non-window seat. @kaydo #Kaydo

Two train seats side-by-side with a structural pillar taking up 80% of the space where the window should be.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Tops's top tip: if you're travelling from #Harrogate Station and fancy a beer beforehand then eschew the Harrogate Tap by the station itself and head for Husk over the road. Only a minute further and a superior experience.

The entrance to Harrogate Station as seen from Husk over the road.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Azuma arriving at Harrogate Station for southbound service to King's Cross.

Old school semafore signals visible in the distance.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

That seemed like one of the noisiest DMUs I've been on in a long time. Further down the platform there was a similar unit painted in the old "Southwest Airlines" livery.

Class 159 Sprinter at the platform in Salisbury.

Class 158 Sprinter at a different platform in Salisbury.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Good afternoon. Here is this afternoon's Brussels Midi Eurostar International Terminal report. Ticket check: Slow but steady. Backed up by... Security: Mild chaos, with fast-lane passengers (entirely families with pushchairs in this case) being incorrectly […] [Original post on im-in.space]

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

"In other words, a cellar full of rats." IYKYK

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Back at Unna Station, headed for Saarbrücken. Siemens ❤️ Bombadier

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

I Worth the visit! Three thousand square metres of exhibition space in the remains of what was a significant brewery. The only permanent, dedicated light art space in the world, they say. Highlights were the two pieces by James Turrell, a massive, interactive […] [Original post on im-in.space]

Camera Obscura by James Turrell. Clouds and blue sky on a round, white section of the floor.

James Turrell (sorry, missed the title) room with colours that make it look like it's foggy.

Lori Hersberger's piece. The words are written on the neon. I

Neon rainbow (colours out of order, no blue or green) reflected in broken mirror on the floor

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

To Unna, for a visit to the Zentrum für Internationale Lichtkunst (Centre for International Light Art). Shout out to @mkivinen who mentioned it at some point in the past and thus alerted me to it's existence.

Transparent cube with sculpture inside lit to take the form of a tree.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

🎵 Fun, fun, fun on the Eurobahn.

Front of a Eurobahn train at Dortmund Station

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Arrived in Dortmund, checked in and out and about.

Dappled rose-coloured clouds in blue sky. A spire breaks the roofline.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

The buzz disappeared from the speakers once we got under way and we made up some time on the way to Berlin. Crossed town on the S Bahn and now sitting on an ICE at Charlottenburg waiting to leave, about fifteen minutes late.

Berlín from the S Bahn. Buildings and river shown with big fluffy cloud lying like a blanket on the horizon below blue sky.

Platform at Charlottenburg seen from the train.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Into Germany where we stop at Frankfurt (the Oder one). Some German border staff walk through the carriage but just that, nobody seemingly fitting their profile. While running a few minutes late in Poland we pick up another ten before leaving for Berlín. We've […] [Original post on im-in.space]

View across the tracks at Frankfurt (Oder) Station, the name sign visible in the middle.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Wasn't expecting #FreeStuff, even if it's only a bottle of water.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

I'M ON THE TRANE Good morning from the 0900 PKP Intercity service from Warsaw to Berlin. I was originally booked on the 1100 but then discovered that the place I'm staying at in Dortmund tonight closes at 9.30pm with no late check-ins catered for. I don't want […] [Original post on im-in.space]

Warsaw Central Station. Moody clouds overhead.

The PKP Intercity service as seen down the platform from the back door.

Ceiling of the train with the information screen visible.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

This appeared last week in the garden at my parents' new home. #MushroomMonday

A shaggy inkcap mushroom (Coprinus comatus), also commonly called the shaggy mane or lawyer’s wig.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

It's as if yesterday was all a dream. #TramEM

View down the tram lines looking at what was the course of the 12th European Tram Driver Championship

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

A good, wide-open setting for the competition. A shame there isn't a grandstand. The best view appears to be from TK Maxx. #TramEM

People watching through the window in TK Maxx

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Walking to the 12th European Tram Driver Championship. The action takes place in front of the Pałac Kultury i Nauki (Palace of Culture and Science) which is the spire in the photo. Watch live in just under half an hour at www.youtube.com/live/R1PeT9Zeiow #TramEM

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Arrived in Warsaw on time. It was a confortable journey, ride quality OK albeit with the occasional shonk. Would take the Leo Express again if the circumstances coincided again to warrant doing so. And so... ready for #TramEM tomorrow. :-)

Looking down on the platform at Warsaw Central from the top of the escalator.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

A Business wasn't much dearer than an Economy one, itself about half the price of a PKP ticket. The section is empty, just two other passengers.

Interior of the Business section of a Leo Express train.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Anyway, I'M ON THE TRANE. Saved an #Interrail day by booking onto the Leo Express service to Warsaw. Small shudder as it enters the station with the words, "Powered by Renfe," emblazoned on the front.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Getting into the mood for #TramEM on Saturday just down the road at the Muzeum Inżynierii i Techniki I Kraków (Krakow Museum of Engineering and Technology).

1920s wooden chasis tram with even older streetcar behind it.

Yours truly în the driving seat of a mock up of the front end of a modern Kraków tram.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Caught it up en route, caught a tram to the hotel and conked out. Now within figurative sight of Warsaw and #TramEM on Saturday. ✔️🎉💃

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Also saw a fancy bike garage like that automatic car park in London which broke down and trapped the cars inside for many months.

Fancy bike storage facility. Your bicycle is ingested and stored in one of many slots arranged around a circle on what appears to be about ten levels.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Some snaps from the hour-and-a-bit layover in Břeclav. Walked down to Frankies Brewery, about ten minutes from the station, for a cheeky half. Pretty decent.

Looking south along the River Thaya near Břeclav Station. Blue sky with a few clouds.

Tall chimney in the distance viewed between trees in the foreground

The same chimney viewed from platform 3.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

As for the third leg, Breclav-Krakow, I tried twice yesterday to buy 1x normal seat + 1x #Interrail seat from PKP. Twice their payment provider accepted my card (different cards) and twice PKP said payment had not been received and did not issue a ticket. I gave […] [Original post on im-in.space]

Vienna Hbf as seen through the train carriage window.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

I was prepared to ignore this warning but fortunately it disappeared five minutes later and now we are on our way to Krakow... with a this-time self-inflicted #Kaydo seat.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

A smooth journey to Budapest with no intra-Schengen border nonsense this time. There were two options to connect once we had arrived, a departure timetabled 35 minutes later from Nyguati or one an hour later from Kelenföld. The latter is an easy bob down Metro […] [Original post on im-in.space]

Budapest metro train at Kelenföld, its doors closed.

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tops @tops.im-in.space.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

There was a confusing moment when a car transporter wagon pulled into and stopped at the platform the Budapest train was advertised as departing from just as it was supposed to arrive. Then the platform departure board on the adjacent platform indicated we would […] [Original post on im-in.space]