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Reports, analyses and features from all 195 countries - the journalism behind the journeys.
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Europe
One Bed Per Night
Europe spent twenty years closing its night trains and a decade reopening some of them. Both decisions were rational on the numbers of their time, which is why the network that came back is the shape it is.
ExplWorld Editorial4 min read
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The Road Is Not the Crossing
Air routes fail visibly. Land borders fail quietly — closed for years while the map still shows the road, or open to the two neighbouring nationalities and to nobody else. The four kinds of closure, and how to check before you commit.
ExplWorld Editorial4 min read

