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

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👇

Id like to travel to the United Kingdom by Train. It must be exciting to pass through under the water. Also the sceneries from England to Scotland are amazing. I really would enjoy seeing all this by train. 

Ohhh, this is a hard one! But as I’m Austrian, I have to say that I love train rides through the snowy mountain landscape in our country! There are such scenic views, especially in winter! 😊

Marselle to Nice :-)

My favorite train ride is the one from Ljubljana to Innsbruck. Amazing slow route passing through the alps!

 I would say Oslo to Bergen for the breathtaking views!

Looking forward to my first interrail trip since 1974. 
I’m sure we will  enjoy all the rail journeys we are going to take but we are really delighted to go on the Glacier Express. Lyon to Geneva will be lovely and if the fountain is running on the lake,I hope to get another photo of albeit 52 years older ! 

I love travelling the slow way by train, as that’s the best way to really experience adventures. I have lots of destinations on my wishlist: I love Sweden, but I’d also like to visit Scotland & Ireland again. I’ve never really been in Spain, so that’s another trip I’d love to take.

I want to travel from Sweden through denmark and down to portugal and then back again through the Italian, Swiss and French alps😍 I am super excited to get out of school to go travel around Europe!

I'd love to take another trip to Annecy, and from there explore Italy! A longer trip than my last one 🚉 Annecy is so very beautiful, cycling around the lake is a must-do.

I also really enjoyed Strasbourg, so many sights and cool spots! I'd love to explore more of Germany.

When traveling from Annecy to Switzerland, the view from the train was beautiful. As you have noticed, I really like to see lakes and waters.

Hey, I would love to take the train to danemark and Sweden from Zurich! Theses countries are amazing and I would love to discover them by train 

Travelling by train from Bucharest to Istanbul was quite an experience. I would say not the best views I had during my 2 months Interrail, but the feeling of slowly entering ‘’another’’ Europe was special. That land bridging the EU to the Middle East. I felt something unique when observing the panorama staying the same and yet slowly changing. It was also the first time I booked a bed for sleeping in the night - I loved the experience! 

A couple of years ago I traveled from Portugal to Finland by train, though then the connection between Sweden and Finland was still by ferry - now even that is possible by train. There are many nice places to stop along this long way. After spending time in Portugal, traveled through Madrid, the Basque country, west coast of France and Brittany, before heading north through Germany, Denmark and Sweden, visiting friends in those countries.

Definitely on my wishlist: Belgrade to Bar. This line has been hyped up so much for me, I’d love to actually experience it.

My favorite train route is from London St Pancras to Paris, and I dream of taking the train across Switzerland to explore that beautiful country! I would use my pass to do so for certain, the trip if a lifetime!

My favourite train route so far has been Lucerna to Milan, stopping at Interlaken and Lugano. Landscapes changing from lakes, to the Alps, to fields, to lakes again. It’s also a gradient of villages and houses, from the typical swiss mountain houses to the typical italian colourful houses.

My favourite train journey in Europe is the Costa Verde Express, a six-day trip between Bilbao and Santiago de Compostela with some of the most beautiful coastal scenery in northern Spain. What makes it special is that it all happens in daylight, so you never miss the changing views of the Atlantic, from rugged cliffs to quiet fishing villages and elegant seaside towns like Santander and historic cities like Oviedo. The pace is relaxed, with time to step off and explore along the way, and the experience feels thoughtful rather than rushed. It’s such a wonderful journey, with good food, gorgeous views, and a sense of gentle adventure.

My favourite journey is Newcastle to Edinburgh on the East Coast Mainline 

Would it be too cheesy if I choose the railway with only 20km? However, the Flamsbana train’s ride takes about an hour. It’s an iconic journey from Myrdal to Flam, a fjord in Norway. Definitely among the most beautiful, magical, and misty train rides in Europe.

quote: The Flamsbana scenic train makes its way among the winding fjords, valleys, rivers, and passes tiny Norwegian villages at a maximum height of 863 meters (2831 feet), making the Flam railway one of the steepest railways on the planet. Moreover, the train travels at a slow speed of 40 km/h (25 mph) which is ideal for taking in the views of the stunning landscapes of the Norwegian countryside.

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 am dreaming about a slow travel train route from Innsbruck - > Poprad-Tatry! I would love to see that amazing view from the train, I am planning on going this summer! 

Hi all. I can really recommend the trainroute from Tirano in Italy to St. Moritz i Swizerland. The train takes you through alpine terrain and over high passes. You can get off the train and hike around crystal clear lakes and then board the next train. The best part though is when the trains winds its way up a hillside. You feel you’re in a toy train:-)

I would really like to visit norway by train. Fully take in all the beutiful nature whilest looking out the window of the train. I bet that will be a great trip. I want to make that trip sooner or later.

Meine Lieblingszugfahrt war mit der Bergenbahn. Der Ausblick ist atemberaubend.

My favorite route, so far, was going from Salzburg to Lubjana

My favourite journey is in Sweden! In 2003, I travelled from the Netherlands to Sweden and Norway. I was lucky to have chosen the Inlandsbanan railway from Östersund to Gällivare to find my way to Sapmi, Lapland. Expect almost 15 hours of forests, lakes, hills, elks passing by… and only a handful of tiny villages where the train stops to get a coffee refill and a cinnamon bun or a reindeer sandwich. Slow travel at its best!

I would love to take the Switzerland Glacier Express once 😊.