We have prepared   the  best routes to travel by train from Moscow to European capitals. According to statistics, the most popular destination is Kiev - 19% of passengers choose this route. While Berlin, for example, is preferred only by 0.14%.

So, let’s start the journey!
 

1. Kiev (Ukraine)

Travel time: 12-13.5 hours.

Price: from 3 300 rubles (reserved seats), from 5 000 rubles (coupe).

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What to do

See Khreshchatyk

Make a panoramic photo from the height of the Vladimir hill

Visit the most beautiful temples: St. Sophia Cathedral, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, the oldest Tithe Church

Visit the central square - Maidan Nezalezhnosti

Go to the house-museum of Mikhail Bulgakov

Try borsch with dumplings and the Kiev cake

 

 

2. Minsk (Belarus)


Travel time: 8-10 hours.

Price: from 1 700 rubles (sedentary car), from 3 500 rubles (coupe).

 Admire the pompous buildings constructed in the style of the Stalin Empire on Independence Avenue

Marvel at the futuristic architecture of the National Library

Visit the Museum of the Great Patriotic War

 Go to the Red Church

Buy linen embroidery

 Try draniki 

 

 

3. Riga (Latvia)

 

Travel time: 16.5 hours.

Price: from 4 600 rubles (reserved seats), from 7 800 rubles (coupe).

 

 Walk through the Town Hall Square in the Old Town

 Listen to the organ in the Dome Cathedral

Take a photo in the salon of an old car in the Motromuseum and at the monument to the Bremen musicians

Buy a bottle of the famous black Riga balsam 

 

 

4. Tallinn (Estonia)

Travel time: 15.5 hours. Price: from 3 900 rubles (sedentary car), from 5 000 rubles (coupe).

 

 Walk around all amazing streets of the Old Town

 Make a wish at the Town Hall Square

 Go up to the tower of the Church of Oleviste

 Visit the Toompea Castle

 Plunge into the life of an ancient Estonian village in the Rocca al Mare museum

 Try the national delicacy in the Marzipan Gallery and the moose soup in the Old Hansa tavern

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 5. Helsinki (Finland)

 

Travel time: 14.5 hours.

Price: from 6 600 rubles (coupe).

 

 Go to the Museum of Modern Art "Kiasma"

 Climb the walls of the fortress of Sveaborg

 Marvel at the similarity of the Senate Square of Helsinki

 Listen to the organ in the church in the rock

Find   souvenirs in the covered market

 

 

6. Chisinau (Moldova)

Travel time: 1 day 3 hours - 1 day 8 hours

Price: from 4 000 rubles (reserved seats), from 6 500 rubles (coupe).

 

 

Take a selfie at the monument to Stephen the Great in the park with the same name

 Go through the Victory Arch

 Visit the Pushkin House-Museum

 Get lost in the largest wine cellars in Europe, Milestii Mici (their length is more than 200 km)

 Buy a souvenir in the market near the theater  Eminescu

Try the chorba soup and platsindu pies

 

 

7. Vilnius (Lithuania)

Travel time: 14 hours.

Price: from 5 400 rubles (reserved seats), from 10 200 rubles (coupe).

 

Examine the Old Town from the height of the Gedimin Tower

 Visit the bohemian quarter of Užupis

 Count the coins in the museum of money

Take a trip to Trakai Castle

 Try zeppelins and a shakotis cake

 

8. Warsaw (Poland)

Travel time: 14.5-19 hours

Price: from 8 000 rubles (coupe), from 9 400 rubles (coupe, "Strizh").

 

 Walk along the Palace Square

 Visit the museum in the Royal Castle

Take a photo at the Sigismund's column

Plunge into the atmosphere of the Middle Ages in the area of Stare Miasto

Walk along the avenues of Lazienki Park

Take a look at the city from a height of 114 m from the tower of the Palace of Culture and Science
 

 

9. Berlin (Germany)

 

Travel time: 20-24 hours

Price: from 11 000 rubles (coupe), from 12 000 rubles (coupe, "Strizh").

 

See the Berlin Wall near Bernauer Straße

Take a selfie on the background of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag

 Look at rare animals in the Berlin Zoo

Visit all the museums of the Museum Island

Try German beer and   Bavarian sausages.

 10. Prague (Czech Republic)

Travel time: 1 day 5 hours

Price: from 8500 rubles (coupe).

 

 

Go to the Prague Castle and take a picture at the monumental St. Witt Cathedral

 Walk in the Old Town Square 

Make a wish on the Charles Bridge

 Admire the views of the city from the height of the Petrin Tower

Try the famous Czech beer

 

Sources: https://www.tutu.ru