Great Continental Railway Journeys S08E10 · Roskilde to Copenhagen

Overview

Michael Portillo concludes his epic rail journey across Norway and Denmark, crossing an 18-kilometre box girder bridge between the islands of Funen and Zealand, known as the Great Belt Bridge.

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1. 1 1. Pula to Pazin2025-03-10 · 29mMichael Portillo mounts a valiant defence against fierce latter-day Roman gladiators in Pula's amphitheatre as he begins a journey across the Balkan countries of Croatia and Bosnia
2. 2 2. Buzet to Pag2025-03-11 · 28mAbly assisted by Lila, an expert labrador, Michael Portillo hunts for truffles in the Istrian countryside near the hilltop town of Buzet.
3. 3 3. Knin to Split2025-03-12 · 28mMichael Portillo’s railway adventure reaches the Dalmatian coastal city of Zadar, once an important Venetian trading hub and still a centre for the production of Maraschino cherry
4. 4 4. Sarajevo2025-03-13 · 29mIn Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia, Michael Portillo traces the fateful last journey in 1914 of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie.
5. 5 5. Mostar to Dubrovnik2025-03-14 · 29mMichael Portillo enjoys a journey on the historic line from Sarajevo to Mostar, descending 600 metres through the Dinaric Alps, reflecting on the divisions which tour apart the old
6. 6 6. Bergen to Flåm2025-03-17 · 28mMichael Portillo embarks on a Scandinavian railway adventure from the Norwegian port of Bergen to the Danish capital, Copenhagen.
7. 7 7. Myrdal to Heddal2025-03-18 · 28mMichael Portillo’s rail journey continues on the Bergen Line, heading towards the Norwegian capital of Oslo, with its fine modernist architecture and 19th-century parliament buildi
8. 8 8. Larvik to Holstebro2025-03-19 · 28mMichael’s saga resumes in Larvik on Norway’s southern coast, where he investigates the city’s prized natural resource, a distinctive blue rock named larvikite.
9. 9 9. Aarhus to Odense2025-03-20 · 29mMichael Portillo’s Scandinavian rail adventure reaches Denmark’s second city, Aarhus, an architectural playground with dazzling contemporary buildings set alongside historic half-t
10. 10 10. Roskilde to Copenhagen2025-03-21 · 29mMichael Portillo concludes his epic rail journey across Norway and Denmark, crossing an 18-kilometre box girder bridge between the islands of Funen and Zealand, known as the Great
11. 11 11. Maienfeld to the Rhine Gorge2025-03-24 · 28mMichael Portillo is transported 150 years back in time to the tiny Alpine village home of Switzerland’s most famous child, Heidi, and heads to the Rhine Gorge, also known as the Sw
12. 12 12. Sedrun to Schwyz2025-03-25 · 29mMichael Portillo ventures into the bowels of an immense hydroelectric dam to learn how the Swiss use their mountainous environment to power the country.
13. 13 13. Zurich2025-03-26 · 28mIn Zurich, Michael has a brush with the absurd in the anarchic paintings of the Dadaists and visits the Grossmunster Church to learn about the rebellious pastor at the centre of th
14. 14 14. Rotkreuz to Brienz2025-03-27 · 29mMichael Portillo scales the Swiss Alps on one of the the steepest cog railways in the world and visits the 19th-century fairy-tale Grand Hotel Giessbach.
15. 15 15. Zweisimmen to Lausanne2025-03-28 · 29mAboard the Golden Pass Express, Michael Portillo wends his way in style down steep mountainsides from Interlaken to the Swiss Riviera. In Lausanne, he contends with a knife-wieldin
16. 16 16. Nantes to Lorient2025-03-31 · 28mMichael Portillo’s rail travels take him to the north west corner of France, where he explores the beautiful regions of Brittany and Normandy and learns of their connections with G
17. 17 17. Brest to St Brieuc2025-04-01 · 28mMichael Portillo’s railway journey reaches the naval port of Brest, home to France’s oceanographic fleet. He also learns how to make a sweet, buttery Breton cake called kouign-aman
18. 18 18. Rennes to Mont Saint-Michel2025-04-02 · 29mMichael Portillo’s railway adventure reaches Rennes, capital of Brittany. At the Lycee Emile Zola, he hears how the school was used as a military court for the second trial of Alfr
19. 19 19. Bayeux to Argentan2025-04-03 · 28mIn Bayeux, Michael Portillo admires the Bayeux Tapestry, the 70-metre-long work of art commissioned to record William the Conqueror's conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings
20. 20 20. Lisieux to Giverny2025-04-04 · 29mIn the apple orchards of the Calvados region, Michael Portillo discovers how the classic digestif has been distilled since 1865 at the Pierre Huet estate.