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A trip by Sunny Marmot

Lisbon to Kraków by rail

2–6 May 2026 · Portugal, France, Germany, Poland

5 days5 stops4 countries2,900 km

Home to home without leaving the ground. Four trains, one night in Paris, and a sketchbook that filled itself.

  1. Day 1 2 May
    1
    Lisbon 🇵🇹
    Portugal
    Santa Apolónia at 21:30. The Sud Express still exists, and it still feels like 1994.
  2. Day 2 3 May
    2
    Hendaye 🇫🇷
    France
    Twelve minutes to change trains. Bought a coffee anyway.
  3. Day 2 3 May
    3
    Paris 🇫🇷
    France · 1 night
    Gare Montparnasse to Gare de l'Est on foot, because I could.
  4. Day 3 4 May
    4
    Berlin 🇩🇪
    Germany · 1 night
    Hauptbahnhof, all glass and grey. Tomek met me with a bike I didn't need.
  5. Day 4 5 May
    5
    Kraków 🇵🇱
    Poland · 1 night
    Rynek at seven in the morning, before it belongs to anyone else.

Along the way

  1. 12 May
    Three days, four trains, no regrets1 min read

    Lisbon to Kraków without leaving the ground — and why I'd do it again next month.

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