The Bernina: a train that climbs the Alps without a rack
Most mountain railways need a rack-and-pinion system. This one does not, and the way that was solved is clearest just before the final destination.
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The Camino: a shell as a signpost
Millions of people walk to a tomb in Galicia. The sign that shows them the way lies on the beach there.
The night train: gone because flying was cheaper, back for the same reason
In 2016 an Austrian railway took over the night trains others had dropped. That choice turned out to be the start of a return.
Cinque Terre: five villages that exist only because of little walls
The terraces above the Ligurian Sea look like landscape. They are structures, and as soon as they are not maintained, the slope comes down.
The Channel Tunnel: a hundred and ninety years of plans, centimetres apart
The first proposal dates from 1802. What held the tunnel up all that time was not engineering but fear of invasion.
Alba and the white truffle: the season opens with the Palio degli Asini donkey race
Euromagazine · 3 October 2026
AI-generated imageBagna càuda: a warm sauce in the middle of the table
Garlic, anchovy and olive oil infuse together over the lowest heat into a warm sauce. Around it lies a pile of vegetables, raw and cooked, which everyone dips in themselves. Not a dish to eat in a hurry.
Trieste looks out to sea: three ways to follow the Barcolana
Euromagazine · 6 October 2026
AI-generated imageBasil pesto pasta, without a hot sauce pan
The pesto waits in the bowl until the pasta is ready. A splash of cooking water loosens the sauce; there is no need to fry or boil it separately.
A Bavarian festival beneath a Brussels triumphal arch
Editors · 9 October 2026
Bergen: why a city is wet two hundred days a year
Europe's rainiest city owes that to seven mountains and a sea in front of them. The mechanism is the same one that makes the foehn on the other side of such mountains.