von Michael Hieslmair | Aug 11, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
Crossing the Serbian border we again leave the EU. We pass a long queue of trucks waiting for the customs. The customs-officers request a road-toll which we should pay cash – either in Euro or in Serbian Dinar. But we just have some Bulgarian Lew. After negotiating with employees of several exchange offices a lady agreed to change the money – we could go...
von Michael Hieslmair | Aug 11, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
On our trip we were u.a. in search of once important stops along the major traffic-corridors. So we were very much attracted by this roof construction on our way from Sofia to the Serbian border. But it turned out that this was a misinterpretation and the complex was an abandoned military...
von Michael Hieslmair | Aug 11, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
… is the largest open-air and partly indoor market in the north-west of Sofia. Serbs told us, that during the period of international embargo against Serbia this market was made especially to serve their needs. The embargo is over since a long time. But the market surprisingly it still exists, it is even upgraded with the Carrefour...
von Michael Hieslmair | Aug 11, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
As we noticed already in Vienna many transnational commuters use the extensive bus-network. The rather brand new ‚Container Village‘ in front of the main station hosts travel-agencies and small cafes. The ad of this bus company covers exactly the destinations we passed on our „triangle-trip“ (Vienna – Tallinn – Sofia –...
von Michael Hieslmair | Aug 11, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
Very representative the combination of the big hall, a monument and the vast underground network of passages and paths. But sadly the spaces are hardly frequented and shops closed down. … and on the platform – encounter with the frigo-containers of an Austria based hauling...
