The Organic Traveller
Monday, 12 January 2015

Germany

The most comfortable and environment-friendly way to travel Germany is without doubt by train: According to Deutsche Bahn all their long-distance trains (ICEs, ICs and the German-driven ECs) are powered by renewable energies, and all destinations listed below can be reached by these trains directly or (as in the case of Heidelberg) by urban trains from the next ICE hub.

The restaurant on bord of an ICE sprinter from Berlin to Munich

ICE and IC trains usually come with a restaurant car offering a number of organic items on the menu so that you (as of September, 2022) can have vegan organic porridge for breakfast, three main courses (Bratwurst sausage with mashed potato and celeriac, a vegetable focacchia and a pumpkin soup), a variety of teas, lemonade (of the "Vio" brand), and "Spaten Helles" beer as well as vegan potato chips and a coconut chocolate bar. The coffee is fairly traded, yet not organic, and none of the vegan meals is organic. When you came with your own mug to buy hot drinks you had been entitled to a 20 cents discount for a while, but I don't know whether this is still applicable. However, in summer 2022 it was advisable to not rely on the restaurant cars as they often were broken or sold out for organic food.

Along bicycle routes (inner German and trans Europe)

Baden-Württemberg

Bavaria (Bayern)

Berlin

Bremen

Hamburg

Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)

Saxony (Sachsen)

Saxony-Anhalt (Sachsen-Anhalt)

Thuringia (Thüringen)

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