Platform 0

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Left the hotel saturdaymorning at 6 o clock. Walked to the station. Even so early the prostitutes are alraedy or still in the streets. Took breakfast and checked the platform. 6.50 the train was leaving for Aalborg. I don t know why but it sounds like a spirit.Unfortunately my agent had forgotten to check if it was a train with reservation possibillities. I had no reservation. So in the 4 hours I was travelling in this train I had seven different seats. In Aaborg a coach with not enough seats was waiting to bring the remaining passengers to Hjoerring where I had to buy a ticket to Hirtshals almost the most northern point of Denmark.

The train left half an hour later from platform 0.They have only two platforms in Hjoerring and found it possible more original to number them 0 and 1.

Entering the small endstation we saw the ferry of Smyril line in the harbor. However quite at the opposite point of where we got of.No transport available so with another 15 passengers I started the 1 hour walk with luggage to the terminal of Smyrill. Fortunately we could check in and board right away-

On our walk we stoipped a police car to ask if there was a faster way to reach the ferry. As usual with this kind of people when you need them they have no idea how to help. He not even knew there was a ferry from there to the Faroe islands and advised to find somebody else to ask..

Not like this last week sleeping with 3 strangers in a very small cabin I had booked a cabin for myself. With restricted view.What means that you have a window and that they hang a lifeboat in front of this window to restrict your view.

Yesterday the train used the bridge from Malmoe to Copenhagen. The big one known from tv serials like Wallander,The 8 km bridge built in the way you see often in China .Cars on the upperdeck and trains below.

Denmark looks bigger than I thought. A lot of space and not many people. They love bridge building. You see lots of big ones.Its a green country. Everywhere windmills for electricity, almost 45 euro cent for a plastic shopping bag. City bikes you can take for 20 Dkr and get the money back when you bring the bike back to one of the stations and in all trains possibilities to take a bike with you on board

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Comments

[Cees Smit]

Safety first
Hi Bert, As you know:" safety first" must have given you a very comfortable feeling with a lifeboat nearby. I'm not realy surprised that you arranged this in advance. What's the temperature over there. Was in Sevilla Ast saturdat 38 degrees - told was mild in mid summer up to 50! Take care, Cees

[traintraveller]

Cees it s cold. daytime 12 degrees and night 8 degrees. Had my heater on.The temperature is not the worst, its the wind.Blowing with force 8 or 9 all day.