Johan Hausen

Hello and welcome to InfoRailMap Atlas Author Page.

Another year, another fresh and improved update to our Atlases!

So why purchase this Atlas?

First and foremost: durability. If you’ve ever used a large fold-out Map or Atlas, you’ll know they don’t hold up well. Despite your best efforts, they tend to fall apart with regular use. Our Atlases are designed to last. Printed in wide A4 letter format, they open out to give you a solid view of Europe that’s ideal for planning — not as vast as some huge fold-outs, but much more practical.

The Atlas ALL have a hard wearing glossy laminate covers and the A4 Letter versions are easily folding in half and slip effortlessly in a backpack.

The second reason is that our Atlas are created by experienced Interrailers who completely ‘get’ what is important. We've done the trips, figured out what matters most, and made an Atlas that lets you quickly locate key destinations, quickly identify beautiful scenic routes and easily ferry options and which routes attract the BIG discounts so you get to include far-flung countries like Finland in your journey. Each edition is a collection of real Interrail adventures, refined and expanded over time.

We’ve packed in knowledge!

Knowledge is an AWSEOME thing .. we have crammed the Atlases with as much useful location, network and geographical info as we possibly can! The Atlas is super busy in places but as ALL interrailers know .. you do get to spend quite a bit of time hanging around with not much to while you wait for a train or too! You have plenty of time to study the Atlas and see ALL the amazing places you can visit and what you might expect when you get there!

For example: Freiburg (im Breisgau) in south west Germany on the popular route between Karlsruhe and Basel and we found this amazing Funicular which takes you from the attractive Medieval Old World town to the up Schlossberg mountain for stunning and far reaching views of the town below! On a bright blue sunny day, seeking out a location like this where you can really take in the area is an experience you are never going to forget. We have tried to include in the Atlas all the places and interesting details to make planning your Interrail as rewarding as is can possibly be!

Icons simplify the planning process!

InfoRailMap icons highlight what makes each location special. Icons extend to Puffins in Scotland to Castle which double up as locations that you can stay! Basically if there is something interesting about somewhere we place an Icon so you can know about it!

Obviously the UNESCO sites are the first places you would expect to include on any Adventure Bucket List .. and UNESCO actually covers quite a large remit .. but as a super budget conscious traveller will tell you many listed sights now attract big entrance fees .. but many are eg Pompei (just south of Naples) are destinations that are 100% worth the entrance fee.

Roman artefacts are always impressive and the south west of France has many of the most easily accessible and Spain has some of the most impressive eg Segovia. But you can also find incredible Roman Artefacts in Bulgaria, Plovdiv and in Greece, Peloponnese has awesome Roman Theatre of Asklepieion of Epidaurus.

Our Atlas make spotting these extraordinary locations almost instant! The Amphitheatre icon is super obvious .. you find it .. you then go on the internet have a look on Google maps .. check it out .. And YES it is awesome!

Cathedral cities are much more than just their Cathedral. Cathedrals are significant architectural marvels from the tallest in Ulm Germany to the most easily recognised in Rome. The point of the Cathedral Icon is that you can quickly filter out the towns and cities which are going to impress 100% even on a cloudy and dull day as you have a building which is often free to visit to admire!

Castles are VERY cool! The Castle + observation deck icon describe locations where you are going to find an impressive Castle structure in conjunction with a BIG view .. typically some of the best are in France, Czechia, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and the UK and a good walk and castle destination means you are getting some needed exercise from sitting on a train!

Europe is blessed with many beautiful and lovingly restored Medieval Old Towns and there are two icons which relate to these locations where you are going to typically find timber and colourful buildings.

Museums are places to hunt out when the weather is unpredictable and you want to expand your head space! We included the Museum icon to let you now there is a place of refuge from the cold in the winter months!

Geography is important!

InfoRailMap Illustrated Atlas makes it super obvious which network routes include stunning scenery! We have also included specific coloured highlights for the many beautiful Swiss Branded scenic routes including UNESCO Bernina pass between Tirano in Italy to Chur eastern Switzerland .. to the sublime Golden Pass between Montreaux (on the shores of lake Geneve) to Interlaken. Including these routes is (in our opinion) are the top of the bucket list routes to include in any Rail Pass Adventure and no matter how many times you do these routes it is as jaw dropping and spectacular as the first!

The A-Z at the back of Atlas also doubles as an excellent Bucket List of destinations .. so if you are wanting a quick destination guide for a country then head to the A-Z index and these are the places which offer the tourist the most to enjoy.

So how to purchase the Atlas that suites you and your budget?

We have two different POD products and they are different in quality and are all listed on Amazon but not ALL are printed by Amazon! It is a little bit complicated .. but Amazon are awesome especially for their POD product. But they do not list their POD products anywhere else except Amazon. So in order to get our Atlas available on site/bookshops other than Amazon we have duplicate Atlases (different ISBN and cover photo) but the SAME content.

So now we have 4 distinct up-to-date 2025 print products which are duplicated editions printed by both Amazon and Ingram Spark:

To view and purchase these BRAND NEW 2025 Editions .. just select Sort By [PUBLICATION DATE] from the list of books available for purchase. Amazon still lists ALL our legacy editions!

Buying Guide

So to try and keep it super simple .. if you are looking for the entry level edition .. then chose:

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if you are looking for the entry level edition .. then chose:

GLOBAL PASS - WHOLE OF EUROPE EDITIONS:

ISBN: 978-1911165-729. AMAZON KDP premium colour. (Best value and quality print product) . . Look inside available as eBook version

ISBN: 978-1911165-743. INGRAM SPARK premium colour.

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If you are looking for entry level edition ++ Super Detailed Atlas for Switzerland and Austria and French Alps, Bavaria in Germany, Southern Czech Republic, Slovenia and Northern Italy

ISBN: 978-1911165-736. AMAZON KDP premium colour . . Look inside available as eBook version

ISBN: 978-1911165-750. INGRAM SPARK *ultra* premium colour.

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If you want to focus on just SWITZERLAND +++ border routes +++ Info +++ photos

ISBN: 978-1911165-699. AMAZON KDP premium colour. . Look inside available as eBook version

This A5 Pocket Sized Edition are now 37 Focus locations to consider including in your plans with photographs and essential tourist info. Atlas also includes border routes eg French Alps and French town on the shores of Lake Geneva and German stations for the River Rhine northern Swiss Border and Southern Swiss border with Italy with routes all the way to Milan.

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If you want to focus on just AUSTRIA +++ border routes +++ Info +++ photos

ISBN: 978-1911165-491. AMAZON KDP premium colour. . Look inside available as eBook version

There are now 17 Focus locations to consider including in your plans with photographs and essential tourist info so you don’t miss out on anything. Super detailed Atlas includes border routes with Switzerland, Germany, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia and Italy.

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The interrail/Eurail pass can now be purchase for a full ONE (1), TWO (2) or a whole THREE (3) MONTHS of extended travel which means you can plan to visit the whole continent with a mammoth global tour of the whole of Europe.

This Illustrated Railway Atlas includes everything you need to visit the WHOLE continent including Northern Scottish islands, Finland including all the massive ferry discounts your rail pass attracts, Mediterranean islands including Balearic islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily and Greek islands plus www links for the amazing websites you can visit to help you decide where to spend your time.

Please visit the inforailmap web site for more info and lots of ’Look Inside’ pics of all the Atlas Interiors and what to expect. Thanks for reading .. and happy travelling wherever you go!

The InfoRailMap Team!

Manchester

United Kingdom