{"id":17445,"date":"2016-12-13T11:45:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T11:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=17445"},"modified":"2016-12-13T11:45:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T11:45:24","slug":"crossing-a-chilly-border-bad-bentheim-station-in-winter-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/crossing-a-chilly-border-bad-bentheim-station-in-winter-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossing a chilly border: Bad Bentheim station in winter, Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bad-bentheim-station-winter-01.jpg\" alt=\"Crossing a chilly border: Bad Bentheim station in winter, Germany\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Located on the border of Germany and the Netherlands, I spent 20 minutes on a frozen Bad Bentheim railway station\u00a0last week and grabbed a few photos as we waited for the train to continue its journey east.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bad-bentheim-station-winter-02.jpg\" alt=\"Crossing a chilly border: Bad Bentheim station in winter, Germany\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Served by train services operated by Deutsche Bahn with NS International and the Westfalenbahn, the\u00a0station was opened on 18 October 1865 and is located on the Almelo &#8211; Salzbergen railway.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bad-bentheim-station-winter-06.jpg\" alt=\"Crossing a chilly border: Bad Bentheim station in winter, Germany\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The temperatures were well below minus, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/one-hundred-years-on-adlestrop-train-commemorates-the-evocative-edward-thomas-poem\/\">unlike Adlestrop<\/a>, several\u00a0passengers took advantage of the wait to step outside and stretch their legs and smoke a cigarette.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bad-bentheim-station-winter-04.jpg\" alt=\"Crossing a chilly border: Bad Bentheim station in winter, Germany\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bad Bentheim station is located to the north of the small town (pop 15,300) in Lower Saxony, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Trains have to wait at the border station while\u00a0Dutch and German locomotives are changed over (the countries use different\u00a0voltages).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bad-bentheim-station-winter-05.jpg\" alt=\"Crossing a chilly border: Bad Bentheim station in winter, Germany\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I decided to take a risky walk through a gap in the fence to take a look around.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bad-bentheim-station-winter-07.jpg\" alt=\"Crossing a chilly border: Bad Bentheim station in winter, Germany\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wintry scene and long shadows by\u00a0a house facing the station.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/bad-bentheim-station-winter-08.jpg\" alt=\"Crossing a chilly border: Bad Bentheim station in winter, Germany\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3629.058035513108!2d7.154434964587456!3d52.30700935433655!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x47b83b360847b019%3A0x6ca72cbf18137054!2sBad+Bentheim+Bahnhof!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1481629305561\" width=\"610\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located on the border of Germany and the Netherlands, I spent 20 minutes on a frozen Bad Bentheim railway station\u00a0last week and grabbed a few photos as we waited for &hellip; 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