Railtripping • The best slow travel tips & trips

7 routes to the sun

Bart Giepmans

How To, Journeys

Sometimes it’s about the journey, sometimes it’s about the destination. But when travelling to the Mediterranean by train in comfort and sustainability, it’s about both! Railtripping gives you 7 options for train journeys to the…

10 special stops in the Bern region

Bart Giepmans

Stations

Train stations are more than just places to get on a train. They are starting and ending points of journeys, meeting places full of stories, and sometimes the platform offers unforgettable views. In the Bern…

By train to Switzerland

How To

Switzerland is easily accessible by train from the other European countries such as the Netherlands, and it is faster than you think. Many Swiss cities, including Bern, Zurich and Lugano, can be reached in around…

Soviet War Memorial Treptower Park, Berlin

Battle of Berlin: 15 silent witnesses

Destinations

Despite the devastation, several landmarks and battle scars still survive today scattered across Berlin, serving as an important reminder to the last major offensive of the Second World War in Europe.

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,…

10 places around Berlin Hauptbahnhof

Stations

Berlin Hauptbahnhof lies at the heart of Europe with trains departing for Amsterdam and Prague, Moscow and Zurich, Vienna and Warsaw. The station is a monument to modernity, a palace of glass – but there’s…

Journeying to Germany’s northernmost point

Journeys

As a student, I would often find myself waiting on the platform at Essen railway station, on my way to university, weighing up whether or not to throw caution to the wind and jump on…

Rheinroute, Graubünden, Schweiz, Rhätische Bahn

To the source of the Rhine by train and bicycle

Journeys

As you stand on the banks of the Rhine and look out over this mighty river, many words come to mind. Enchanting, formidable, majestic. It’s hard to imagine that at its source you can step…

Royalty & Rail: The making of Brighton as a great escape

Destinations, Journeys, Themed routes

Brighton wears its moniker “London by the Sea” and “the LGBTQAI+ capital of the UK” with immense pride, and so it should. This loveable, fun and historic seaside city remains famously liberal, creative and progressive….

Discovering Dresden’s vibrant musical history

Destinations

Dresden is full of musical places. City guide Christoph Münch set out to find forgotten musical traces and collected them in his book “Dresden – 500 Places of Music”. The railway also played an important…

Berlin ↔ Munich

Journeys

Relaxing, eco-friendly travel without the queues and security checks of an airport? Here are our top reasons why you should ditch flying and travel the 500 km between Berlin and Munich, one of Germany’s busiest…