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The grande dame of the Pyrenees

Bart Giepmans

Stations

Canfranc station in the Spanish Pyrenees was built as a 241‑metre palace for international trains between France and Spain – a “grande dame” of the mountains in a village of barely 600 people. During the…

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…

Parc Floral: a green oasis on the outskirts of Paris

Destinations

You might not think so, but in a metropolis like Paris you really don’t have to travel for hours to refuel in the greenery. A ride on the underground or the RER is all you…

8 railway stations in Germany you should visit

Destinations

Unlike airports, many train stations have a much deeper historical significance and retain a certain grandeur of a bygone era. Railtripping visited 8 of Germany’s most interesting and impressive train stations where it’s well worth…

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…

A day in historic Görlitz, Germany’s hidden gem

Destinations

The air is thick with cinnamon and cloves, roasted almonds and sweet pastries. Artisans busy themselves selling handmade decorations and handicrafts to curious shoppers. There’s stollen (a traditional sweet bread filled with candied fruits) to…

Interrail: over 50 years of unlimited European rail travel

How To

From Amsterdam to Istanbul or from Berlin to Lisbon? With Interrail you can train through 33 European countries for as long and as unlimited as you like… and that with just one train ticket on…

Discover the top 5 night trains in Europe

How To

In Europe, there are around 90 night train routes in which you glide through the night in your ‘hotel room on wheels’. We selected five routes for their particularly nice wake-up calls and their arrival…

Connecting the best of Bauhaus by rail

Journeys

Visit the birthplace of modern design on this tour of the best Bauhaus sites across eastern Germany. The pioneering principle of the Bauhaus school – namely functional elegance – continues to shape the world we…

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…

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…