Visitors enjoy a taste of Holland at The National Railway Museums latest free exhibition, Once Upon a Tide

The National Railway Museum in York is giving its visitors a taste of Holland with its latest free exhibition, Once Upon a Tide, sponsored by Stena Line.

Celebrating ferries transporting passengers to Holland since 1867, the exhibition focuses on tales of more than 100 years of North Sea ferry crossings between Harwich and the Hook of HollandA Stena Line roll-on roll-off ferry takes centre stage, with visitors experiencing ferry travel from 1890 to the present day. Children can learn more about travel to Europe by taking part in storytelling and craft sessions, in which they can make their own windmill to take home.

Rail and sail holidays continue to be popular today, with Stena Line reporting a 15 per cent year-on-year increase to its dutchflyer service, between 2008 and 2009. Stena Line’s dutchflyer ticket can be booked to depart from London Liverpool Street or any National Express East Anglia station including Cambridge, Colchester, Ipswich or Norwich to any Dutch station from just £35 one-way.

The exhibition runs from 10 February to 6 September 2010. After it closes, objects featuring in the exhibition will be displayed at the Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht.

To make a booking visit stenaline.co.uk / dutchflyer.co.uk
call Stena Line on 08447 70 70 70 / 08445 762 762
or visit your local travel agent

Notes to editors:
Every year more than 200,000 people cross the North Sea to Holland with Stena Line, the largest ferry operator in Europe and one of the largest in the world. In the UK alone Stena Line, which operates Europe’s most comprehensive route networks, offers two daily crossings on its Harwich to Hook of Holland route as well as over 30 daily crossings on its five different routes to Ireland (Stranraer to Belfast, Fleetwood to Larne, Holyhead to Dublin, Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire and Fishguard to Rosslare) providing fast and efficient crossings with excellent onboard services and facilities.
Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ferries are vessels designed to carry wheeled cargo such as cars or lorries that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels. RORO vessels have built-in ramps which allow the cargo to be efficiently "rolled on" and "rolled off" the vessel when in port.

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