Great Continental Railway Journeys
Dresden to Kiel
Season 2 Episode 3 of 6
Michael Portillo travels through Germany, learning about an Edwardian fitness craze in Dresden before heading to Leipzig on a historic line built by British engineers in 1839. He discovers model-railway making on the grandest of scales in Hamburg and ends his journey in Kiel, where he reveals how British yachtsmen spied on the German navy in the early 20th century
Great Continental Railway Journeys airs on U&Yesterday at 12:00 AM, Saturday 12 October. (Subtitles.)
Topics
Leisure hobbies
Tourism ➝ Travel
Michael Portillo
Presenter
Alison Kreps
Series Producer