Welcome to #CrossBorderRail

Since 2022 I have been investigating international railways all over Europe. Find out what the issues are, and how we put the problems right!

#CrossBorderRail so far

399
Border lines
investigated

1086
Trains taken
166310km

229
Bike stages
5451km

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Two public bike tours, and a speech on board the Kulturzug Berlin-Wrocław – let’s talk #CrossBorderRail this autumn!

04.09.2025

Starting 15th September I am back on the rails (and cycle paths!) of Europe on my #CrossBorderRail conclusions tour. You can find the whole route of the tour here (dates indicated in the data panel of the map), and the signup form for all the events here. But there are […]

#CrossBorderRail at the Les Journées d’été des Écologistes

23.08.2025

The France-Italy office of the Heinrich Böll Stiftung approached me and asked whether I would like to present #CrossBorderRail at the big summer event of the French Green Party 21-23 August in Strasbourg. The result is a small poster series in English, French and German, explaining my project and the […]

Mapy.com – the map app for everything?

22.08.2025

This summer’s #CrossBorderRail Finale tour was the first I did without using Komoot as my bike mapping tool. Read the post I wrote before the tour for the background as to why I wanted to switch. Now after having been using Mapy.com as my alternative for more than 1000km of […]

Quick mid August stock take – statistics, photos, and a conclusions tour plan for the autumn

13.08.2025

A week ago the #CrossBorderRail 2025 finale ended, and I am writing this post back in Ravières, and this is a kind of quick stock take. The finale encompassed 25000km on 168 trains, more than 1000km on the Birdy folding bike, and a mass of experience and lessons learned that […]

Live Blog – 2025 #CrossBorderRail Finale Day 45 – 5 August – Wien – Zürich – Dijon – Ravières

05.08.2025

Jump to: Updates | Summary videos | Borders & background | Music track | Route map | Photos   Text updates There was a thread on Mastodon from this day of #CrossBorderRail – you can find the whole thread here   Jump to: Updates | Summary videos | Borders & background […]

Live Blog – 2025 #CrossBorderRail Finale Day 44 – 3 August – Wien – Sopron – Kőszeg – Oberpulledorf – Deutschkreutz – Fertőszentmiklós – Wien

03.08.2025

Jump to: Updates | Summary videos | Borders & background | Music track | Route map | Photos   Text updates There was a thread on Mastodon from this day of #CrossBorderRail – you can find the whole thread here   Jump to: Updates | Summary videos | Borders & background […]

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All the #CrossBorderRail borders documented so far