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.

Day 1 2 May
1

Lisbon 🇵🇹

Portugal

Santa Apolónia at 21:30. The Sud Express still exists, and it still feels like 1994.
Day 2 3 May
2

Hendaye 🇫🇷

France

Twelve minutes to change trains. Bought a coffee anyway.
Day 2 3 May
3

Paris 🇫🇷

France · 1 night

Gare Montparnasse to Gare de l'Est on foot, because I could.
Day 3 4 May
4

Berlin 🇩🇪

Germany · 1 night

Hauptbahnhof, all glass and grey. Tomek met me with a bike I didn't need.
Day 4 5 May
5

Kraków 🇵🇱

Poland · 1 night

Rynek at seven in the morning, before it belongs to anyone else.

3 May

Notre-Dame de Paris 🇫🇷Paris, France
Between trains. Reopened, pale as a new tooth, the rose window lit from inside. Drew it from the bridge in the time I had.
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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