Smart sleepers could be the glow-up night trains need
It's Friday evening, and the Nightjet passenger train to Zurich, Switzerland, is due to arrive at platform 13 ofย ย Berlin's main station in Germany.
Anne, Juri and around a dozen other demonstrators are standing ready in colorfulย pyjamas, thoughย not to board the train. Other activists like these Berliners are at train stations in 12 European capitals from Lisbon to Helsinki tonight. They demand more night trainsย connecting cities across the continent.
"I don't want to fly anymore because I know the damage it does. But I still want to travel, " said.ย one of the Berlin demonstrators wrapped in aย blue and white striped robe.
"You sleep very well because you are constantly rocked back and forth, " Anne's daughter added.
And Juri enjoys the simplicity of traveling by train. Gone is theย hassl...