Can you remember the days when booking a plane ticket was fun? That happy anticipation of a journey in the making, the prospect of stopovers in distant cities, the growing realization that for just a few dollars more it might even be possible to detour via Manchuria or Manchester. Cast back to the days of » Read more

By Nicky Gardner and Susanne Kries— Europe has enjoyed or endured, depending on how you view these matters, a festival of rail strikes this past week or two. And yet, by and large, business and social life continues. The impact of rail strikes varies enormously from country to country. Nationwide standstill in Belgium When a » Read more

By Nicky Gardner and Susanne Kries— It is now more than three years since Pete Meyers wrote one of EuroCheapo’s most popular blog posts, his oft-quoted and much-admired London to Paris for Ten Quid. So, ever anxious to get a little glory by association with successful writers, we’ve been checking out whether it is still » Read more

By Nicky Gardner and Susanne Kries— The big rail news in Europe this past week has been the successful launch of a new direct train service from Moscow to Nice, restoring a link between the Russian capital and the French Riviera that has not operated since before the First World War. Routed via Minsk, Warsaw, » Read more

By Audrey Sykes– Aside from the famous two-week Oktoberfest beer bender, brew culture in Munich flows year-round. When the weather is sunny and warm, the locals descend upon Biergartens, although residents often opt for less touristy options than, say, the English Gardens. Here are three beer gardens that are very popular with Munich’s locals, all of them » Read more

Six million people rush to Munich for Oktoberfest each year to guzzle beer out of giant mugs. This cultural experience known for delicious brew can easily bring confusion or headaches (or both) for tourists attending the event for the first time. I’ve spent the past two weeks in Munich watching the city prepare for, and » Read more

It’s kick-off time for Oktoberfest, that free-flowing celebration of German beer and sausage that happens every fall in Munich. The Munich tourism board calls the celebration the “biggest public festival in the world”—so we hope that you booked your rooms well in advance! (If not…) Before you grab your favorite stein and head for Bavaria, » Read more

Imagine our glee when, clicking about the Munich tourism office’s website, we stumbled upon their list of Munich-based webcams! Among the list of live feeds from Munich were several devoted entirely to the Christmas market at Marienplatz. Ready for a quick (virtual) visit? We grabbed the images below at about 5 PM Munich time today. Click » Read more

Christmas market in Brussels, Belgium-photo by Ipoh 7 ‘Tis the season to visit the European Christmas markets, Cheapos! The Christmas Market Tradition Europe’s holiday market tradition began in Germany and Austria. Today, many well-known markets, like those in Nuremberg and Munich, draw record crowds. Heck, there’s even a company that specializes in European Christmas market tours around » Read more