Is extreme heat dampening your holiday spirit? Here are the coldest places in Europe you can get a train to right now. Scorching heatwaves have returned to Europe bringing health warnings and scuppering holiday plans. Greece, Cyprus, Türkiye and Italy have already been hit by extreme heat - and tourists are starting to switch unbearably warm destinations for cooler alternatives.
A new survey from the European Travel Commission (ETC) shared with UK newspaper The Guardian reveals that 76 per cent of European travellers are adapting their behaviour to the climate crisis. With climate change at the root of these record-high temperatures, flying isn’t the smart choice. Here are seven destinations in Europe you can reach by train - all with temperatures in and below the low 20s.
Ever easygoing, the has managed to maintain its mild summers even as neighbouring countries sizzle. This means you can wander along the canals beside rows of colourful gabled buildings without breaking a sweat. When it clouds over, you have the perfect excuse to get lost in the Van Gogh Museum or the resplendent 17th-century Royal Palace.
Direct trains run to from Brussels in two hours, Paris in 3.5 and London in four. From Berlin, the journey takes 6.
5 hours, and Milan 11.5. Home to Funtensee, a scenic karst lake in an area known for record low temperatures, there’s no place better to cool off than ’s alpine town of Berchtesgaden.
Leave night sweats behind as you wrap up against the 8°C chill and .
