World Atlas

Adriatic beaches, Ottoman towns and mountains that rise straight off the coast.

1 cities · 2 travel hubs

A Pyrenean microstate of ski valleys and duty-free towns.

0 cities · 0 travel hubs

An Alpine republic whose railways were built to hold an empire together and now link Vienna with the whole of central Europe.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

Forests, wetlands and a Soviet-era capital on the Svislach.

0 cities · 0 travel hubs

The country that opened continental Europe's first passenger railway in 1835, and still has one of the densest networks anywhere.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

River gorges, Ottoman bridges and a capital ringed by mountains.

2 cities · 2 travel hubs

Mountain monasteries, Black Sea beaches and a low-cost rail network.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

A thousand islands, Roman coastal cities and an inland capital of cafés.

2 cities · 2 travel hubs

Mediterranean beaches, Byzantine churches and a divided walled capital.

2 cities · 2 travel hubs

A central European country of spa towns, castles and one of the oldest industrial railway traditions on the continent.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

A country of islands stitched together by bridges and tunnels, with a rail link running straight into Sweden.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

A medieval old town, digital public services and ferries to Helsinki.

1 cities · 2 travel hubs

A country of forests and lakes with a broad-gauge railway inherited from the Russian imperial network.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

The country that industrialised high-speed rail, radiating from Paris to the coasts, the Alps and beyond.

1 cities · 3 travel hubs

A federal country of strong regional identities, linked by one of Europe's busiest mixed passenger and freight railways.

6 cities · 7 travel hubs

Ancient sites, island ferries and a modern metro under the centre of Athens.

2 cities · 4 travel hubs

A Danube country whose capital was formed by joining Buda and Pest, and whose railways still radiate from that single point.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

Volcanic plateaus, geothermal pools and no public railway at all.

1 cities · 2 travel hubs

Green coastlines, literary cities and an intercity rail network radiating from Dublin.

2 cities · 4 travel hubs

A long peninsula where high-speed trains link the great historic cities in a few hours each.

2 cities · 2 travel hubs

Art nouveau streets, Baltic dunes and a central market beside the station.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

An Alpine principality between Switzerland and Austria.

0 cities · 0 travel hubs

Baroque Vilnius, the Curonian Spit and a rail link toward Poland.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

A fortress city of viaducts and the first country with free national transport.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

Fortified harbours, limestone towns and ferries between three islands.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

Vineyards, underground wine cities and a quiet, low-rise capital.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

A Riviera city-state on a steep Mediterranean coast.

0 cities · 0 travel hubs

A fjord-like bay, walled coastal towns and one of Europe's most dramatic railways.

2 cities · 2 travel hubs

A compact country where almost every town is reachable by train, and where the bicycle is part of the public transport system rather than a competitor to it.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

Lake Ohrid, mountain monasteries and a capital of statues and bazaars.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

A fjord country whose railways cross high mountain plateaux to reach the western coast.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

A large country rebuilt after near-total wartime destruction, now running high-speed Pendolino trains between its main cities.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

An Atlantic country of tiled facades and river cities, with fast Alfa Pendular trains along the Lisbon–Porto spine.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

Carpathian passes, painted monasteries and a large classic rail network.

2 cities · 3 travel hubs

The largest country, spanning Europe and Asia.

0 cities · 0 travel hubs

A hilltop republic surrounded by Italy.

0 cities · 0 travel hubs

Danube confluences, a fortress capital and a new high-speed link north.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

Castle towns, the High Tatras and a compact rail spine along the Danube.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

Alpine lakes, karst caves and a short coastline, all within a two-hour drive.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

Home to Europe's largest high-speed network, radiating from Madrid to almost every region.

4 cities · 8 travel hubs

A long northern country where the railway runs from the Öresund bridge to inside the Arctic Circle.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

A mountain country that turned punctuality into infrastructure: trains, buses, boats and cable cars are timed to connect with one another.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

Golden-domed Kyiv, Carpathian villages and one of Europe's busiest rail systems.

1 cities · 1 travel hubs

Birthplace of the passenger railway, with Victorian train sheds still doing daily work in the middle of its cities.

1 cities · 3 travel hubs

The smallest state, inside Rome.

0 cities · 0 travel hubs