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Weekend traffic predictions
The roads are expected to be busy in France and Switzerland. Three German autobahns are shut for road works. Austria should be quiet but the spring-like weather is already turning. Bison Fute has...
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Random Passes: Pyrenees, Alps, Spain and Italy
Catching up with this week’s random pictures, from a quiet mountain pass in Andorra to an easy high in Switzerland, a once-in-a-lifetime adrenalin-fuelled ascent in Spain and, a great diversion on the...
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Weekend Traffic, 23-25 May 2014
Getting away from the UK this weekend might present some problems, today particularly, but otherwise it is expected to be quiet on the Continent’s roads – apart from some road works and road closures...
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Avoiding the Gotthard Tunnel – Le Mans Traffic
Research into Alpine Passes has thrown up another alternative to the Gotthard Tunnel/Gotthard Pass – the Oberalp and Lukmanier passes between Andermatt and Biasca. Le Mans kicks off with scrutineering...
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Holiday Traffic: Hot + Cold Dates This Summer
TODAY: The worst, and best, days to drive in Europe this summer. French police lie in wait for Gumball3000 (though the bodywork of one car defeats a radar trap). Support for Gothenburg’s congestion...
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Das Loop #3: Nufenen Pass. Super-high but Easy to Drive.
Switzerland’s Nufenen Pass might be super-high but it’s easy to drive with some great views, especially if you know what you are looking at (and are lucky enough to see it). . . . Nufenen Pass […]
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Das Loop #5: scary Susten Pass.
Everything about this road freaks us out. All photos @DriveEurope. Click to enlarge. For maps see below. . . Susten Pass is the fifth road on ‘The Loop’, six mountain passes all centered on Andermatt...
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Das Loop #6: Furka Pass.
Nobody expects an easy ride on James Bond’s favourite mountain road, do they? For maps see below. Click photos to enlarge. . . Furka Pass is the sixth road on ‘The Loop’, six mountain passes […]
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Driving The Loop: The Logisitics
Driving the six ‘Central Alps Mountain Passes’ around Andermatt in Switzerland: where, when, how long and where next? . The day dawned bright and clear. Damn! The last hope had been that bad weather...
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Taminabrucke – the dizzylingly high gateway to the Glarus Alps
Introducing the dizzyingly high Tamina Bridge, a burgeoning tourist attraction in its own right, just off the A13 motorway, which opens up an interesting area of east Switzerland, and a pay-as-you-go...
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