Frisian Space. Tjeukemeer and the Tower of Spannenburg/Tjerkgaast, Fryslân, The Netherlands
It's about two hours by train from Amsterdam to Groningen but today railway workers are on strike and so no NS trains. 'Ah!', I thought, there may be busses'. And indeed there's a Flixbus service every two hours or so in just over two hours. I was in time to get a ticket, a comfortable seat and a pleasant ride up north through the Dutch polders; moreover, the price was far less than my usuual ride by train.
I'd not been on this route before. There was lots to see. Here's a view across the western part of the Tjeukemeer under cumulus clouds to the highest tower at 118 metres at Spannenburg-Tjerkgaast. It was built in 1971-73 and serves Cellnex telecommunication.
Frisian Space. Tjeukemeer and the Tower of Spannenburg/Tjerkgaast, Fryslân, The Netherlands
It's about two hours by train from Amsterdam to Groningen but today railway workers are on strike and so no NS trains. 'Ah!', I thought, there may be busses'. And indeed there's a Flixbus service every two hours or so in just over two hours. I was in time to get a ticket, a comfortable seat and a pleasant ride up north through the Dutch polders; moreover, the price was far less than my usuual ride by train.
I'd not been on this route before. There was lots to see. Here's a view across the western part of the Tjeukemeer under cumulus clouds to the highest tower at 118 metres at Spannenburg-Tjerkgaast. It was built in 1971-73 and serves Cellnex telecommunication.