Nicky Gardner

Recently moved home to Wannsee, so time to revamp social accounts too. No longer posting here but find me at nickygardner.bsky.social along with europebyrail.eu and hiddeneurope.eu. See you on the other side.

@bessbbe Not even this?

Never have I loved anything on rails more 💖

Opinion | You thought UK train ticketing was a mess? Try booking one in Europe 🖋️ @Nicky_Gardner trib.al/kCu0DeW

Read our thoughts about Trenitalia's expansion plans shorturl.at/qp3g5 Photo by Florian Pépellin (CC-BY-SA 4.0). Frecciarosa train 9296 from Milano to Paris at Modane.

Paris to Berlin by train is now faster by five hours. @Nicky_Gardner⁩ tries out the new service and says: ‘lovely ride‘, but asks: 'when can we expect it to speed up?’ theguardian.com/travel/2024/de…

Viaggi in treno per il Guardian c'è l'Italia 🇮🇹 e il Frecciarossa. Sullo storico quotidiano 📰 britannico 🇬🇧 un articolo di @Nicky_Gardner suggerisce degli itinerari ferroviari 🚉 da fare in inverno ❄️ in giro in Europa 👇fsnews.it/it/viaggiare/i…

Arriving in IJmuiden on a very lightly loaded and delayed King Seaways after a stormy overnight crossing from North Shields on the Tyne. @dfds_ukire @DFDSUKUpdates @DFDSGroup @EuropeanRailTT

Industry in the Highlands. Balmenach distillery near Cromdale in Strathspey. Moody winter weather these past few days.

Looking across Moray Firth to Black Isle near Nairn. One of our weekend walks. Looks so calm and mellow, yet just a few miles inland it was very wintry weather.

Okay, so after more than two decades of hidden europe, what is our favourite European city? Our votes goes for Trieste. And you?

An autumn afternoon on Pfaueninsel, a short hop on a ferry from Wannsee. #Berlin

The heart of old Stolpe village on Wannsee island. Nowadays part of Berlin but another world from the city centre. Stolpe is one of two historic villages on Insel Wannsee; the other is Klein Glienecke.

@bywaytravel Honestly think it's hard to trump some of the Moscow metro stations. This is Mayakovskaya. That's if sheer beauty is sole criterion.

What's the most beautiful European train station? Answers in the thread 👇🚉

@xEaglesNFT @jayrayner1 The Times Literary Supplement and many more.

@jayrayner1 What review platform existed a quarter of a century ago that you left the review on?

Give me strength. Outraged diner ccs me into complaint to restaurant that they had visited based on one of my positive reviews. Intones my name in complaint. I check the review. It’s almost a quarter of a century old, I’m sorry when anyone has a bad experience, but really.

'I live in Germany - the best way to understand a country is to cross its borders' 🖊️ @Nicky_Gardner for @iPaperTravel this weekend inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

@seatsixtyone @al3xbrown Or any top tier loyalty card from any RailTeam card, eg. Platinum BahnBonus from Deutsche Bahn. In practice they also seem to accept BahnCard 100 First.

@al3xbrown Business Premier ticket or (as me) a Eurostar Carte Blanche card.

Checked in for the 08:01 to Paris and now in Eurostar’s business lounge. Oooh it feels early…

A pic taken within the ramparts of Angers Castle. It looks so uninviting from the outside but such a wonderful, relaxing garden within.

Wannsee, near Berlin. A striking piece of 1920s architecture, with faint echoes of brick gothic. A Roman Catholic church.

Belle Époque style on a regular scheduled train from Montreux to Zweisimmen. Gorgeous landscapes, fabulous retro design on the train. No seat reservations necessary. No special supplements. @raileurope @bywaytravel @seatsixtyone @AndyBTravels @MySwitzerland_e @MySwitzerland_f

If there is one thing we have discovered this past month, it is that exploring France by TER trains and avoiding TGVs opens new horizons. Why rush when there are so many wonderful rural railways? @AndyBTravels @SimonCalder @bywaytravel @raileurope @Interrail