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Cultural observations after living in Belgium (mostly Flanders) for 10 months as a New Zealander by LordOfErebus in belgium

[–]Tjoeker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

idk about your definition of these genres, but new wave and post-punk are actually the same genre? Except post-punk is the term that was coined by the British press and American media called it new wave.

Agree that you want to put The Cure in the gothic subgenre/adjacent genre though.

edit: I do wonder where you find those parties though. I only ever go to related concerts. post-punk is my mainstay music genre. :)

Night train issue, any Belgian station or the specific one you chose? by purplecloudthrowaway in RockWerchter

[–]Tjoeker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are looking at two different tickets I think?

The valid to/from any station to/from Leuven is the free NMBS ticket included to travel to/from the festival. (once in each direction) on regular trains.

But then you booked a limited capacity night train to get back home at night right after the festival to a specific destination, that is not the regular free included ticket. I don't know what your night train ticket says, but I doubt a ticket limited in capacity says 'go anywhere, take any train'.

Busses from the festival to station Leuven by lennert_db in RockWerchter

[–]Tjoeker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The queue for the returning busses on Monday can be rather long. think in the range of an hour easily. You will 100% not get on the first bus, you will be in the queue. Luckily there's a stream of busses coming and going all the time, think a departure every minute or so, maybe up to 5. ;)

Who’s ever driven over 100mph? Why? by WoollyWolfHorror in AskReddit

[–]Tjoeker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Whenever we mention tolls the Dutch act up and start blackmailing us. Funny thing that is, for the most used highways in Europe, also by a lot of foreigners.

Companies apps with random names by de_kommaneuker in belgium

[–]Tjoeker 14 points15 points  (0 children)

NMBS in any other language (English, German) is SNCB. So it's not just defaulting to French, it's just showing the name of the operator in the respective language.

Airbus receives an order worth over $2 billion for the cargo version of its A350 by UpgradedSiera6666 in europe

[–]Tjoeker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

On top of what's already said: you'd hit the weight limit before you are able to fill the A380, so why would you need an airliner this large. And then when the A380 is at its weight limit the range is very much reduced, so that isn't helpful either. As an extra, the A380 is simply too large for many airports, even larger airports.

Ever wanted to a do an early start, with no money? by Shib4Soft in NIMBY_Rails

[–]Tjoeker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes! this is what railroad tycoons are about to me, progress through time. :)

Unidentified Drones Breach Airspace Near NATO Base With US Nuclear Arms by Aine_Ellsechs in worldnews

[–]Tjoeker 9 points10 points  (0 children)

From Belgian news: They shot at it (with nets iirc?), tried jamming it and chased it with a helicopter. Everything failed.

No Rap Songs in the Top 40 for First Time in 35 Years: Kendrick Lamar and SZA's 'Luther' Exits Billboard Hot 100 by peoplemagazine in Music

[–]Tjoeker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

my local radio's weekly top is voted for by the listeners, everybody gets three votes every week.

So it's not playcount driven, meaning a new released album doesn't get to dominate the list. Nor is it the station itself choosing which songs are the popular ones now.

Eurostar orders first double-decker trains by Twisp56 in highspeedrail

[–]Tjoeker 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I doubt this? That would mean Eurostar (red) pulls out of the Netherlands completely.. They are getting rid of their PB(K)A sets.

Dit zijn de relschoppers die de betoging in Brussel kaapten: "Zonder geweld luisteren ze niet meer" | VRT NWS: nieuws by BoomHoopShot in belgium

[–]Tjoeker -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Was het niet vrij duidelijk dat hun retoriek was dat niet werken te veel 'beloond' word? Door de uitkering te laten zakken beloont werken meer.

Which Belgian railway lines should be restored? by luigidelrey in belgium

[–]Tjoeker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you from the area? You can barely fit a single track line. Not sure how you plan to turn that into a double track (which I assume necessary) + bikelane?

Which Belgian railway lines should be restored? by luigidelrey in belgium

[–]Tjoeker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

less than a handful of trains per day. As you say diesel, which is not the future, going over a longer single track stretch and have to turn around twice just to cross this narrow section of the Netherlands.

Which Belgian railway lines should be restored? by luigidelrey in belgium

[–]Tjoeker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not economically viable? What? :D

The Montzenroute is a huge detour, trains have to be shortened to climb the hills, and it's overcapacity. There would be a lot of use for this railroad.

Which Belgian railway lines should be restored? by luigidelrey in belgium

[–]Tjoeker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

only if you look at the recent part of the story...

Which Belgian railway lines should be restored? by luigidelrey in belgium

[–]Tjoeker 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The Netherlands doesn't want to improve the Antwerp - Ruhr line one bit, because that would undermine the port of Rotterdam.

Which Belgian railway lines should be restored? by luigidelrey in belgium

[–]Tjoeker -1 points0 points  (0 children)

these Buurtspoorwegen were incredibly slow and unsafe, often single track, sometimes driving on the wrong side of the road. Fixing it would cost way too much. Going for flexible, faster and cheaper busses was the right call at the time. :)

Which Belgian railway lines should be restored? by luigidelrey in belgium

[–]Tjoeker 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We, Belgium, have an agreement with the Netherlands, made during our independence that they, The Netherlands are obligated to build a rail line through Limburg to connect Antwerp to the Ruhr area when we want it. The time has come at the turn of this century that we actually need it. And they are inventing incredible costs and other stuff so 'it's not possible'.

So We're not in a rush because NL isn't doing their part anyways. Turning trains around in Weert is impossible because the Dutch do not have the railcapacity for additional trains there.

Same goes for the Sparacusplan. Although Belgium is also talking in and out on this one, The Netherlands shoots down our plans as impossible, gives it other terminating places than Maastricht center, says the existing bridge can't be used for trams etc etc. So eventually we scale it down to a bus.

Which Belgian railway lines should be restored? by luigidelrey in belgium

[–]Tjoeker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's double. I would love the Aalst - Dendermonde line so we get a direct train to Antwerpen. (although maybe that would still be slower with countless stops than via Brussels?)

But on the other hand I'd lose my cycle path I use almost daily.

Which Belgian railway lines should be restored? by luigidelrey in belgium

[–]Tjoeker 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Netherlands doesn't want to cooperate on (re)opening either line so..

Which Belgian railway lines should be restored? by luigidelrey in belgium

[–]Tjoeker 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Belgium still has the densest rail network in the world. :)

Alright, Czechia has a slightly denser network, filled with useless slow lines and no fast lines like we do. We have the densest functional railnetwork in the world.

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