{"id":195138,"date":"2026-01-08T17:40:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=195138"},"modified":"2026-01-21T17:45:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:45:59","slug":"gestrand-door-de-sneeuw-het-kostte-mij-72-uur-om-vanuit-jakarta-naar-rotterdam-te-reizen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2026\/01\/08\/gestrand-door-de-sneeuw-het-kostte-mij-72-uur-om-vanuit-jakarta-naar-rotterdam-te-reizen\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranded by the snow: \u2018It took me 72 hours to travel from Jakarta to Rotterdam\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Due to heavy snowfall in the Netherlands, thousands of travelers were stranded over the past few days. International students returning to Rotterdam after the Christmas holidays also faced cancellations, rebookings, and long waiting times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018Four hours waiting on the plane and still didn\u2019t reach Schiphol\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Student Haya set off on Sunday full of optimism toward Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana. That optimism quickly faded when she had to stand in queue at the check-in counter for four hours. \u201cThe departure time had already passed when we were told that our flight was cancelled because of snow in the Netherlands\u201d, she says. \u201cI begged to be put on another flight that same day, but they said that people with connecting flights at Schiphol had priority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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She returned home, only to go back to the airport the next day. After some delay, her flight finally departed toward Schiphol. \u201cBut after seven hours in the air, we heard that we couldn\u2019t land there. The plan was to fly to Brussels first, refuel there, and then continue on to Schiphol.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once in Brussels, the passengers had to wait another four hours on the plane. \u201cEventually, we didn\u2019t go back to Schiphol at all. We had to leave the aircraft and get out of Brussels Airport as quickly as possible because it was far too crowded.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That turned out to be easier said than done: Haya had to wait another four hours for her suitcase. \u201cIt was absolute chaos.\u201d Fortunately, the train journey from Brussels went fairly smoothly. She left around 10:00 p.m. and arrived home around 12:30 a.m. A trip that normally takes 10 hours took her 24 hours this time. \u201cI\u2019m still annoyed that classes this week were cancelled or moved online. I could just as well have stayed longer in Accra and followed the classes from home. That would have saved me all that misery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The taxi ride cost as much as my plane ticket\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Housemates Kaiden and Helena flew back from different continents, but both were unlucky. Kaiden visited family in Washington, D.C., during the holidays, while Helena spent Christmas in Lisbon.<\/p>\n\n\n

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When Kaiden flew back to the Netherlands on Saturday, they received a message from the airline company that their direct flight had been cancelled. \u201cI was offered an alternative with a transfer in Atlanta. I thought: better something than nothing, so I accepted it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a two-hour delay, Kaiden departed from Atlanta toward Schiphol. There, they had to wait another hour and a half on the plane, followed by an hour at the luggage carousel. In total, their journey was delayed by about twelve hours. \u201cIt was one of the most terrible trips I\u2019ve ever experienced. The delay itself might not have been that bad compared to others, but the uncertainty about whether you\u2019d arrive at all was extremely stressful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helena recognises that feeling. She was supposed to depart on Sunday, but was told by the airline company that her flight was cancelled due to bad weather in Amsterdam. On Monday, she was back at the airport. \u201cMy flight was supposed to leave at 12:55 p.m., but all the flights before mine had already been cancelled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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At the gate, she was told that more information would only come an hour later. \u201cI really started to get nervous. It was uncertain whether we would fly at all, but I had to get back. Classes had already started and I\u2019d already missed classes on Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After an hour of waiting, her flight finally departed and landed on Monday evening at 8:00 p.m. She too had to remain on the plane for another hour and then wait an hour for her luggage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime, she checked the Dutch Railways timetable. \u201cGoogle Maps said the train was running.\u201d But nothing could be further from the truth: outside the airport, not a single train was running. \u201cI walked back and forth between the platforms and the terminal, but there was really nothing.\u201d She tried ordering Uber and Bolt, without success. \u201cSix times my ride was cancelled.\u201d Eventually, she joined the queue for regular taxis. \u201cThe queue was extremely long and the ride was three times as expensive, but at least I was sure I\u2019d get home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two hours later, and 200 euros poorer, around midnight she arrived at her student house where Kaiden had arrived a day earlier. \u201cThe taxi ride cost as much as my return ticket to Lisbon\u201d, Helena says with a laugh. \u201cBut I was mainly happy that I could finally sleep in my own bed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018This was the first time I flew alone, I wasn\u2019t prepared for this nightmare\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

EM reporter and student Saskia wasn\u2019t too worried on Monday evening in Jakarta when she heard that her flight was delayed by three hours. \u201cI went to eat satay and chat with friends who brought me to the airport.\u201d Panic only set in after arriving in Istanbul. \u201cThat\u2019s where I heard there were no more flights to the Netherlands\u201d, she says. \u201cThis was the first time I flew alone, I wasn\u2019t prepared for this nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the staff she heard that the chances of flights to Schiphol in the coming days were slim. She was therefore given a flight to D\u00fcsseldorf the next day. \u201cWe were taken by car to a hotel to spend the night. I thought the hotel was nearby, but it was an hour\u2019s drive away, in the middle of nowhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next morning, her flight departed at 8:00 a.m., which meant she had to be at the airport by 6:00 a.m. \u201cI slept restlessly. I was so afraid of missing the shuttle that I was already waiting in the lobby at 3:30 a.m.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chaos reigned at Istanbul Airport. \u201cWe received contradictory information, there were no gate details, and all flights to the Netherlands were delayed.\u201d After an hour\u2019s delay and a three-hour flight, she finally landed in D\u00fcsseldorf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe next challenge was traveling by train to Rotterdam with more than 30 kilos of luggage\u201d, she laughs. The train journey also went poorly. When she arrived in Eindhoven at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, she heard that the next train to Rotterdam Alexander wouldn\u2019t leave until 4:00 p.m. \u201cWell, then we just have to eat something again, right?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Rotterdam Alexander, it turned out there were no buses running to her home. \u201cEventually I took the metro to Oosterflank and walked a kilometer and a half home.\u201d With two heavy suitcases. \u201cA woman I met along the way felt so sorry for me that she helped carry them\u201d, she says, laughing. She sighs: \u201cNormally this trip takes 24 hours, but now it took me 72 hours to get from Jakarta to Rotterdam.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The return journey will take another fifteen to eighteen hours\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lila went home for the holidays, to \u0141\u00f3d\u017a in central Poland, for the first time since she started her International Bachelor Communication and Media studies last summer. \u201cAt the end of that period, I went to Prague with friends for a few days. Traveling back from there would be faster and cheaper.\u201d That was the plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, she heard that her flight to Amsterdam the next day had been cancelled. \u201cFortunately, I knew a day in advance. That way I could drive six hours back home with friends, because since it was force majeure, KLM didn\u2019t reimburse anything for a longer stay or food. KLM really wasn\u2019t helpful at all \u2013 it was total chaos there, I think. Understandable with all those flights being cancelled, but still incredibly frustrating. I was also immediately very stressed about being able to follow my classes. Luckily, those were cancelled or continued online. I was really quite lucky in that respect too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now Lila hopes she\u2019ll have some luck on the return journey as well. She\u2019s flying to Brussels on Thursday and hopes to catch a bus from there. \u201cThe return journey will take another fifteen to eighteen hours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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