Thread by @jonworth

I discovered this weekend that the @EuropeanGreens are holding their next Council in June in Rīga

But this is about the most impossible place in Europe to travel to in a green way 🤦‍♂️

Details in the 🧵

In terms of train connections it's a nightmare

There are NO trains currently that cross the Lithuania-Latvia border, and none that cross the Poland-Lithuania border either

From the north it does just about work - Tallinn-Valga trains run, as do Valga-Rīga trains

What if you took a ferry to Latvia?

There are Lübeck-Ventspils, and Travemünde-Liepaja ferries (each takes 18 hours or so!)

But in Latvia there are *no trains* Ventspils (Latvia's 5th city!) to Rīga

Liepaja to Rīga theoretically runs, but I can find no trains

And yes, there are coaches you could use instead - both within Latvia, and also from Poland and Lithuania

And you could, I suppose, do it by train and ferry through Sweden and Finland, short ferry, then through Estonia

@EHuytebroeck @thomaswaitz do you have any view on this? Some activists are also trying to do something about this lack of rail connectivity in the Balkans with an open letter as well kaunas.trainsforeurope.eu

@vdupouey @ChrisJBCarroll @AnnaDeparnay @JakopDalunde anything we could do around the event to highlight these issues further?

Happy to accompany - for example - a train-bike expedition from Berlin if you like!

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