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A History of Europe in 75 Train Journeys Podcast

by Thomas Ableman

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Journey 10: Vienna to Venice

October 25, 2026 · 11 min

Chapter 48 : Hunger, Hardship and the Marshall Plan In this journey, we cross the Alps and discover both the horrors of post-war hardship and the extent of human generosity and friendship. MAY 2006: WIEN WESTBAHNHOF We’ve never eaten from…
Journey 9: Berlin to Kraków

September 25, 2026 · 11 min

Chapter 43: The Holocaust This chapter of A History of Europe in 75 Train Journeys takes us to the darkest moment in all of our continent’s bloody history. If this was a BBC news report, they would warn that some people may find the…
Journey 8: Paris to Berlin

August 31, 2026 · 14 min

Chapter 31: The Revolutions of 1848 This chapter of A History of Europe in 75 Train Journeys takes us through the heart of a continent in turmoil, between two cities ravaged by revolution. Good job we’ve got a cosy compartment for the…
Journey 7: London to Paris

August 31, 2026 · 16 min

Chapter 29: Waterloo and the Demise of Napoleon It’s time for the seventh journey in A History of Europe in 75 Train Journeys, and we’re doing the classic European train ride for Brits: Eurostar to Paris. We'll leave from Waterloo; the…
Journey 6: Ljubljana to Koper

August 31, 2026 · 8 min

Chapter 28: The Dissolution of the Venetian Republic Journey 6 of A History of Europe in 75 Train Journeys takes us into the former Yugoslavia at the start of the twenty-first century. We'll travel across the history of collapsing Empires…

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Journey 5: Prague to Amsterdam

August 31, 2026 · 12 min

Chapter 69: Europe's Resurgent Islamophobia It’s time for A History of Europe in 75 Train Journeys’ fifth trip, and we’re making the long overnight trek from Prague (not then in the EU) to Amsterdam. We enter Prague’s main station early…
Journey 4: Györ to Prague

August 31, 2026 · 13 min

Chapter 54: Sex, Sleeper Trains and the Revolutions of 1968 It’s journey four in A History of Europe in 75 Train Journeys and we’re crossing Eastern Europe at the start of the 21st century… In the course of this journey, you'll learn how I…
Journey 3: Innsbruck to Budapest

August 31, 2026 · 13 min

Chapter 51: Europe Divided It’s time for the third journey in A History of Europe in 75 Train Journeys and we’re picking up in Innsbruck where we left off last time.As we cross the Alps, we'll learn about the divisions of the nationalities…
Journey 2: Rome to Innsbruck

August 31, 2026 · 13 min

Chapter 36 : The Reshaping of Europe following World War OneThis episode picks up where the last left off, in a hot, sticky Roma Termini on my first-ever Interrail trip with my then girlfriend (now wife). This is the second in a series of…
Journey 1 - Paris to Rome

August 30, 2026 · 12 min

Chapter 55 - The Treaty of Rome This is the first-ever journey in A History of Europe in 75 Train Journeys. Over the next six years, I’ll be telling the story of our messy, beautiful, bloody continent on the 25th of each month. First I’ll…

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About the show

Exploring European history through 75 train rides. From Charlemagne to Brexit, Oslo to Istanbul. Read one way: it’s a travelogue. Another: a sweeping history of the continent. Join me to ride the rails into the past! historyofeuropein75trainjourneys.substack.com