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Indonesian Rail Trip

August 14-16 will see the Railway Museum (Spoorwegmuseum) in Utrecht take on an Indonesian flair as the museum celebrates Pasar Perron. For the 16th year, the museum helps to celebrate Indonesian culture by becoming an original and entertaining marketplace. Enjoy food, music, demonstrations, film screenings, dancing and shopping as the museum and its trains and stations become like another land.

Part of the reason for this annual celebration is the famous Indonesian wood-burning steam locomotive, which now makes its home at the Railway Museum. You can see this train, known as the Sri Gunung, or Mountain Queen, in World 3 of the museum. The price of entry for the Pasar Perron is the usual entrance fee for the museum.For more information about the festival and the museum, visit the museum's website. Information about the event is available only in Dutch, but the site does include information about the museum itself in English.

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