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Win a copy of Moonlight Express & a Global Pass (7 travel days in 1 month)!

  • July 28, 2026
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  • Keeps calm and carries on
  • August 3, 2026

I would love to take the night train from Paris to Vienna because you wake up in a wonderful city, with an amazing culture and architecture, a really good atmosphere and nice places to visit. Austria is a great country, so taking a night train to Vienna, the capital city of Austria it's like a dream because you come out the train station and you just fall in love with Vienna 


  • Rail rookie
  • August 3, 2026

I'd choose the SJ night train from Stockholm to Abisko, so I could fall asleep under city lights and wake up in Swedish Lapland's dark, snow-hushed wilderness. Waking up just in time to catch the aurora borealis dancing over the Arctic Circle.


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  • Rail rookie
  • August 3, 2026

Wow, I am really looking forward to reading the book! (whether I win or not haha). I would love to try the Helsinki to Rovaniemi, especially after discovering Swedish Lapland.  


  • Rail rookie
  • August 4, 2026

As a fan of Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot, I've dreamed of the Orient Express since I was young. Now I'm "an old lady" (like Miss Marple) but still have those dreams knowing they will remain as dreams. But maybe some shorter (and more affordable) trips by train will come true ☺️ 


  • Rail rookie
  • August 4, 2026

I’d love to spend the night on the Munich-Warsaw night train so that I could visit the Polish capital and eat a steaming plate of Pierogi. Moreover it would be amazing to see Vienna (one of the many stops the night train does) at nightime, all lit up, from the window train.


  • Rail rookie
  • August 4, 2026

The Caledonian Sleeper from London to the Scottish Highlands. Waking up to misty lochs, mountains, and wild nature right outside the cabin window must feel straight out of a storybook! In the busyness of my life, I really long for this kind of route that combines tranquility and adventure 💓🛤️


  • Rail rookie
  • August 6, 2026

It is really hard to decide for one specific sleeper train as there would be so many beautiful journes to do, all the way from Southern Europe to Scandinavia. However, if I had to choose one, I would take my dream night train ride on the Highlander Caledonian Sleeper, leaving from London in the evening and waking up going through the Scottish highlands towards Fort William, followed by some days of hiking and exploring Scotland!


ralderton
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  • Railmaster
  • August 6, 2026

Ooh, there’s so many to choose from. First, the ones that got away:

I never got to take the Joan Miró, which ran from Paris-Barcelona. A great way to reach Spain.

And the Eurostar Nightstar - direct sleepers from Edinburgh to Paris, or London to Milan. The trains were built, but the service never ran. It would be so exciting to look up at the departure board in St Pancras and see Barcelona, Milan, Berlin or Vienna.

But the one I’d really like to take is Belgrade to Bar. 


BrendanDB
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  • Full steam ahead
  • August 6, 2026

Hmmm, I’m doubting.

Either a Finnish night train from Helsinki all the way up north (Kolari maybe) to go hiking there. Or the IntercityNotte, from Milan (or Rome) to  either Messina, Syracuse, Palermo. But since the latter goes on a ferry and I haven’t visited Sicily ever, I’ll make that my number one option to try out.