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

my favourite ride is from Glasgow up to Mallaig in Scotland :) great scenery

Very soon i will travel with interrail in central Europe, visiting five countries. I am excited about this

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👇

I'd love to visit northern europe 🥹

Maybe it was not the most scenic journey my girlfriend and I made the first year of Interrail. It was 1972 and we traveled from Schiedam, The Netherlands around the Botnic Gulf. Mostly by train, sometimes by boat and sometimes by bus. We traveled with no plan and no timetable. In Finland we took the train in Helsinki, direction Vaasa. Birch trees and lakes for hours and hours. Every now and then the train conductor came along and informed the passengers of the stops along the route. We didn't understand a word of his Finnish. But looking outside the windows at the station we read the names of the stations. We wanted to get out in Jyvässkula, but it seemed that we passed a lot of stations, called Ravintola. Finally we understood that we passed Jyväskula an hour ago and that Ravintola ment 'restaurant'. That night we pitched up our tent between the tracks of the station of a small Finnish village. How romantic, traveling without a smartphone and internet!

My favourite journey was the night train from Hamburg to Copenhagen, with so many different people, I imagined the stories and why they took this train.

By night train to Roma, Napoli or Barcelona. 

The Lavaux with the lake of Geneva and the snowy alps in the background. 

My favourite slow travel train route is the Trencelta from Vigo to Porto. This train was part of my fascinating journey from Germany to Portugal.

After successfully changing the station downwards in beautiful Vigo, the Trencelta started its way towards the Spanish-Portuguese border. Even though the train is declared as IC, it really took its time to curve out of Vigo and cross into the hilly landscape. No rushing!

About halfway, the train reaches the coast. Atlantic waves in front of the down-going sun – what a view!

The Trencelta terminates in Porto Campanhã – only one station next to the more centrally located Porto São Bento. This spectacular station with its 20,000 azulejo tiles provides a perfect entry into the great city of Porto!

Die Zugfahrt von Zürich nach Graz ist traumhaft schön und herrlich zum Entspannen

my all-time favorite: Innsbruck to Bologna 😍

It’s tough to choose between the Train from Split to Zagreb, going through luscious green forests, or the trains crossing the Scottish Highlands in the fall! 

Our favourite journey was in Norway from Dombas along the spectacular Rauma railway to Andalsnes. The scenic line runs through the beautiful Romsdalen valley between mountain and fjord, with amazing views of the breathtaking Trollwall cliff.

I could die happy if I have taken the most scenic route in the world: from Myrdal to Bergen (Norway). I would love to win this giveaway! Love, Lola

My favourite journey was between Venice and Villach with a connection at Jesenice, the views near the end were just beautiful. 

My favorite travel route is from Oslo to Bergen, the train crossses a plateau that in often covered in snow even in summer.

I’ve been dreaming about the route from St. Moritz to Milan for a while now. I’m obsessed with the idea of starting in the snowy peaks of Switzerland and ending up in the Italian sun a few hours later. For me, slow travel is all about those Bernina Express windows and just watching the world change completely outside. Fingers crossed!

My first solo interrail journey will always be one of my favourite trips! From Munich through Slovenia to Budapest. On my wishlist is definitely the journey from Oslo to Bergen in Norway! :))

Easy to decide. It was the way all along the cost of East Spain. Tolouse to Madrid. Vía Barcelona and Valencia. I would do it again anytime;). But i would like to Travel Italy with the trains now.😍🙂😊. I would be really happy and thankful.

Difficile de choisir entre la traversée de la Suisse du Nord au Sud et le trajet entre l’Autriche et Lubjana…
Le voyage à venir sera Paris-Narvik, mon rêve !

I’m hopefully selling my business later this year and have plans to meet girlfriends in April 2027 in Porto. My plan is to travel by train from London to Amsterdam, then through France and into Spain then into Portugal. This would be a ream trip for me after decades of running an off-grid touirsm site which promoted flight free holidays. 

The italian night trains have a special place in my heart, whether its waking up along a meandering river in Tuscany towards Rome from Vienna, or across the straight on a ferry to Sicily, these journeys are core memories. I’d love to visit my european friends, being so disconnected here in remote northern Sweden, and I’d love to take the train from Belograde to Bar, or Zagreb to Split. Ive seen there once was a direct train from Sweden to the Balcans and a train journey connects home and destination in a tactile way. 

I used to travel from Zurich to Chur quite often and there are some stunning mountain and lake views on that route!

Having only made one interrail trip so far, I don't think I can pick a favourite just yet as I need to experience more routes before deciding. So I'll go with the route I most want to travel next. I experienced the amazing journey past the foot of the Alps from Munich to Salzburg last year and was awed by the spectacular views, I'd love to go to the next level and see them up close from Switzerland to Italy and back on the Bernina Express!

My favourite trainline is the “Hochrheinbahn” - beautiful views along the water, with lots of hills and castles for the eye to enjoy

My favorite so far has been Poland and an Balkan Trip from Split. I also loved and would love to see more of Spain/France or see the Balkan area again and even more than that to Istanbul. 

I would love to travel by train from Ljubliana thorugh the Balkans till Sofia, then Thessaloniki and then again to Istambul.

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