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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

The ruins of Kostrzyn – Poland’s Pompeii on the Oder

Destinations

Walls protrude from the tangled undergrowth. Cobblestones cut through the grass with kerbstones delineating old pathways and tracks. Ahead, steps spiral up to what once must have been a grand doorway. A stone plinth stands…

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…

The marvellous interior of Le train bleu at Paris Gare de Lyon station

Paris Gare de Lyon – What to do in and around?

Stations

The next time you have a few hours to spare at the Gare de Lyon, don’t waste it in some run-of-the-mill coffeeshop scrolling away on your smartphone – get out and explore! There are several…

Wild Wales

Journeys

Bordered by miles of rugged coastline and unspoiled beaches, northwest Wales is a land of wild, poetic beauty. From ancient fortresses and Celtic shrines to mountain trails brimming with tales of legendary kings, the region…

From alpine lakes to Europe’s highest waterfalls

Journeys

The tiny red and white trains of the narrow-gauge Pinzgaubahn make their way slowly through Austria’s Pinzgau Valley for 53 km. Villages and picturesque churches dot the landscape as you head towards one of the…