Great Continental Railway Journeys
Great Continental Railway Journeys
Documentary

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Michael Portillo travels on the great train routes of Europe, as he retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide.

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Status

Returning Series

Original Name

Great Continental Railway Journeys

First Air Date

November 8, 2012

Last Air Date

September 10, 2020

Seasons

7

Episodes

37

Language

English

Production Companies

BBC

Networks

BBC Two

Stockholm to the Arctic Circle
S07E06

Stockholm to the Arctic Circle

Michael Portillo embarks on a scenic, thousand-mile rail journey from the Swedish capital, Stockholm, to Abisko in the northern reaches of the Arctic Circle. Steered by his 1936 edition of Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide, Michael boards a steam train to celebrate Midsummer in Marielund, learns to decorate a Dala horse in Mora and takes an icy dip in one of the country’s 96,000 lakes.

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