Win a copy of Platform Europe + an Interrail Pass! (closed)

My favourite route is from Munich to Venezia. Scenery is changing on the way, especially when sun is shining on massive mountains.

Helsinki - Rovaniemi 

Great, long, full of solitude

My favourite train route is in the UK from Shrewsbury to Pwllheli. At first the route goes through the Welsh mountainous countryside, then it follows the Cambrian Coast from Machynlleth to Pwllheli.

Bernina Express I would love to travel. The beautiful bridges and lovely surroundings really attracts me.

For me it's definitely the Ligne de Cerdagne (the Yellow Train) through the Pyrenees! I took it with my friends a few years back during Interrail and it was stunning.

I like the tour from munic to the alps. But i woul d like to travel to spain next year. 

I’m really looking forward to my travel plans this summer; I will be going from innsbruck to lubljana with the train and then to bohinj lake, I heard the route was amazing and very scenic!

I think the Swiss narrow gauge railways are absolutely spectacular, but I also enjoyed exploring the Scottish Highlands very much. I went to every Scottish terminus station 😍 And I always appreciate the night train from Vienna to Romania, love waking up in the Romanian countryside and enjoying a few more hours riding to my destination. 

My favourite journey would be Bucharest - Sofia - Skopje - Pristina. I would really love to discover this cities and countries !!!

We’re celebrating the release of Platform Europe, the latest book written by our longtime friend Bart Giepmans. Bart is an author, travel journalist, photographer and a passionate advocate for exploring Europe by train.

He is a true champion of slow travel and spends much of the year discovering Europe by rail, embracing historic stations, meaningful encounters and the stories found along the tracks. He wrote and photographed most of the journeys featured in Platform Europe!

😍Win a copy of Bart’s beautiful book AND a FREE Interrail Global Pass (7 days in 1 month)!

Participation is open to all persons 16+ living in Europe. The giveaway ends on 28 April 2026 at 12 pm CET. Five winners will be randomly selected and contacted via the community DM on 28 April 2026. The winners will receive 1x Interrail Global Pass for 7 travel days within 1 month (2nd class) and 1x Platform Europe book. The book will be shipped free of charge.

📄 Read the full Terms & Conditions, here.

How to enter the giveaway

Whether you are an experienced rail traveller or still dreaming about your first trip:

💬 Tell us your favourite slow travel train route – or the train journey that's next on your wishlist – and why.

Share your answer in the comments below to enter the giveaway👇

Iwould like to indulge my inner child who never got to travel back then. I would relish this prize as.a miniature gap year and explore Norway, Starting from Bergen and up to Tromso, the Lofoten Islands and further north the Sami people and the reindeer. 

My next trip is to travel most of the Scandanavia network on a 15-day/two month pass. My first leg is to go Oslo to Stavanger, sail to Bergen, then Bergen, Fåmm, Oslo. Then up to Bødo, Lofoten Islands, Narvik. Then onwards into Sweden, Finland and Denmark! The journey never ends! I cannot wait! 

I dream of a train trip to Berlin through the path I used in 1989 through Belgium, because I'm very nostalgic.

This is such a tough question! But I have to say, the views I had on my first Interrail back in 2022 crossing from Munich through Innsbruck and to Verona, Italy simply took my breath away. Normally I'm busy reading a book or working from the trains but that time I was glued to the window! I took a million pictures on that trip but nothing could compare to the real thing. 🏔☀️🚅

My favourite slow train journey is the old EC-ride from Hamburg to Copenhagen. It takes about 5 hours but you can enjoy the nature of Northern Germany and Denmark, look at beautiful islands and impressive bridges and if you’re lucky, you even get some tourist info by one of the Danish staff.

We’re celebrating the release of Platform Europe, the latest book written by our longtime friend Bart Giepmans. Bart is an author, travel journalist, photographer and a passionate advocate for exploring Europe by train.

He is a true champion of slow travel and spends much of the year discovering Europe by rail, embracing historic stations, meaningful encounters and the stories found along the tracks. He wrote and photographed most of the journeys featured in Platform Europe!

😍Win a copy of Bart’s beautiful book AND a FREE Interrail Global Pass (7 days in 1 month)!

Participation is open to all persons 16+ living in Europe. The giveaway ends on 28 April 2026 at 12 pm CET. Five winners will be randomly selected and contacted via the community DM on 28 April 2026. The winners will receive 1x Interrail Global Pass for 7 travel days within 1 month (2nd class) and 1x Platform Europe book. The book will be shipped free of charge.

📄 Read the full Terms & Conditions, here.

How to enter the giveaway

Whether you are an experienced rail traveller or still dreaming about your first trip:

💬 Tell us your favourite slow travel train route – or the train journey that's next on your wishlist – and why.

Share your answer in the comments below to enter the giveaway👇

Travel across the coast of Italy, France and Spain! Definitely on my wishlist of train travel routes. Take a bunch of stops along the way in beautiful coastal cities and/or towns and it would be amazing! :)

En partant de la ligne des hirondelles et ses viaducs incroyables  dans le jura Français, remonter vers Paris, pour aller voir la mer plus haut en prenant le temps, d admirer comment la France est belle, en train!

My favourite trip is the ski train from London to the French Alps. It is a great day and so much nicer than flying. 

I took the train from Oslo to Bergen last summer. It was such an amazing experience : travelling around mountains and lakes during many hours and crossing by the higher station ♥♥

I’m new to train travel, but my absolute dream would be to travel through Switzerland via train! Ideally the Glacier Express or Bernina Express as I love being in nature and would love to see the mountains and lakes in Switzerland.

The slow train from Oslo to Bergen is unbelievable - it takes you high into snowy mountains with breathtaking views! My mum did it in her youth and I followed suit when I had the chance to play there as a violinist! 

from munich to bologna, feeling like in a james bond movie

:)

My favourite Journey is from Berlin via Hamburg, Kopenhagen, Stockholm to Uppsala, where is living my daugther. Back from Uppsala to Göteborg and by ferry to Fredrikshamn in Denmark and by train to Aarhus, where my other daugther lives.

My favorite Interrail trip was one I made 2 years ago across Europe from Budapest to London. It was a 15-day trip touring large cities and small towns. An experience to repeat!

My favorite train journey which is in my wishlist is by Bernina Express, Switzerland to Italy

My favourite journeys include Copenhagen to Hamburg where the train goes on the ferry, Zagreb to Stuttgart through the mountains and tunnels and Montrose to Kyle of Lochalsh via Aberdeen and Inverness. I love these three trips because of the geographic and cultural changes you see out of the window as you slowly travel.