Railtripping • The best slow travel tips & trips

Along chalk white cliffs – on foot along the Hochuferweg on Rügen

Bart Giepmans

Rail & Hike

There are those hiking trails where time seems to stand still for a moment. The Hochuferweg along the steep north coast of the island of Rügen is one of those. A day trip full of…

From cows and castles to craters in the Alps

Bart Giepmans

Journeys, Rail & Hike

If you take the train from Spiez in Switzerland into the Simmental, you are not just travelling through a valley, but through a small chapter of Swiss railway history. First, the line takes you through…

Cycling over the Kanonenbahn, Zossen, Brandenburg

Rail biking on a disused railway

Journeys

An old railway line that once transported Prussian troops and military equipment has been brought back to life. Today, you can enjoy a ride along the disused railway on a draisine – or rail bike….

Canals at Amsterdam red light district. Copyright Hugh Conner - Shutterstock

Exploring Amsterdam through the eyes of the homeless

Stations

They say you can’t properly understand someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes. And while this saying might be overused to the point of being trite, I think we can all agree that…

Along chalk white cliffs – on foot along the Hochuferweg on Rügen

Rail & Hike

There are those hiking trails where time seems to stand still for a moment. The Hochuferweg along the steep north coast of the island of Rügen is one of those. A day trip full of…

Deutschland-Ticket: the ultimate slow travel ticket

How To

Tram, train, bus, metro, ferry, Schwebebahn and even a rowing boat with ‘private driver’. Since early May, you can make unlimited use of all regional public transport in Germany with the ultimate slow travel ticket,…

7 views to stay on board for

Journeys

In Switzerland, travelling by public transport is often not a matter of ‘getting from A to B’, but an experience in itself. This is certainly true in the canton of Bern. Although most locals use…

On-track to discover Franconian wines & Bavarian traditions

Journeys

Discover Franconia’s thousand-year-old winegrowing tradition, alongside world famous Bavarian beers, from the window seat of a Deutsche Bahn train .

Take trains not planes

How To

As the slow travel movement gathers pace, here are our top 7 reasons you should consider the train and not a plane.

The Walter Benjamin Monument by artist Dani Karavan, Portbou

Across the Pyrenees to freedom

Rail & Hike

Along sun-drenched wine terraces, colourful paths full of flowers and herbs and an endless Mediterranean Sea runs one of the most impressive hiking routes in Europe – not only for its scenery, but especially for…

By train through the Scottish Highlands

Journeys

The highlands, the sea, the whisky, Harry Potter… there are many reasons to travel to Scotland and there’s no better way to cross the rugged highlands than by train.