About me
I’m German on my mum’s side, Brazilian on my dad’s side, feel at home in London, and currently live in Switzerland.
After moving from London to Zurich in 2020, I’ve been travelling more than I had before, and I’ve been taking the train or public transport wherever possible. I also noticed that it can be a bit intimidating to take public transport without knowing what to expect, so I’m sharing videos on YouTube where I take you along on some excursions, from short outings to longer journeys which I get a lot of questions on!
Stations, Sights, & Switzerland
I love a good project, so in addition to just sharing my travels I’ve set myself the somewhat absurd challenge of visiting all Swiss public transport train stations, of which there are 1720 (I think… based on the SBB data I was able to find). It’s a bit of a stretch goal and I’m not setting myself a timeline, but I’d love to give it a go and hopefully it’ll be an interesting experience and force me to explore different bits of the country, not just the same areas over and over!
As I get to make up the rules for this project, I’ll count a station as having been visited if I’ve walked between it and another station (in either direction) or if I’ve spent at least 15min in the area around the station, for instance exploring the local town, going for a walk or a hike, or visiting a museum there.
I’ll share some of the sights and activities I get up to, while in Zurich but also while travelling. Some of this will be in other countries, especially in London and Vienna where my sister and parents live.
Finally, I hope to share some of my experiences of life in Switzerland as someone who’s not from here. Between moving out of my parents’ home and moving to Zurich I’d only ever lived in London, and there are some big differences. For instance it turns out that almost every larger Swiss town has a shopping centre attached to its train station, because those shops are allowed more generous opening times than elsewhere!
Hi! I’m Cecilia
Number of Swiss public transport train stations visited
76 out of 1720
Distance travelled on train trips
within Switzerland
2,543.6 km
Time spent on trains
during these trips
35h 41mins
The total time and distance above are from the videos in my Swiss Train Travel series, i.e. train trips (mostly) in Switzerland. The train station count could also include a few Swiss train stations visited in other series.
Click on the icons in the map below to see details of the different stations. Yellow stations I haven’t been to yet, green ones I have already visited. These details also show in which episode / video I visited the station, and there’s a link to the relevant video.
Number of UK public transport train stations visited
(I don’t have a goal for UK stations, but I am trying to see more of the UK!)
7
Distance travelled on train trips
within the UK
1,569.2 km
Time spent on trains
during these trips
15h 3mins
Click on the icons in the map below to see which stations I’ve visited during videos in my UK Train Travel series, i.e. train trips which were (mainly) in the UK.
The total time and distance above are also from the videos in my UK Train Travel series. The train station count could also include a few UK train stations visited in other series.
On this map I haven’t included any stations I’d like to visit in the future, because I haven’t got a specific goal for these.
Train stations visited outside of Switzerland or the UK
(I don’t have a goal for these, but thought it would be fun to keep track anyway!)
5
Distance travelled on international train trips
1,857.9
Time spent on trains
during these trips
16h 38mins
Click on the icons in the map below to see which stations I’ve visited during videos in my European Train Travel series, i.e. ones which were in Europe but not (only/primarily) in Switzerland or the UK.
The station count above includes all non-Swiss/UK train stations I’ve visited (regardless of the series), and the total distance and time refers to the totals for my European Train Travel series.
On this map I haven’t included any stations I’d like to visit in the future, because I haven’t got a specific goal for these.
Disclaimer:
I have a job which I care about and which is entirely separate from my Instagram, YouTube, or website contents. Anything I share online via these channels is entirely my opinion in a private capacity, not my employer’s.
Also, I am solely sharing my experiences and sharing what I would recommend to friends - please always do your own research and check before visiting somewhere / travelling somewhere I had shared.