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Michael Portillo retraces the journeys from George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Guide.

Michael Portillo travels on the great train routes of Europe, as he retraces the journeys featured in George Bradshaw's 1913 Continental Railway Guide.

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Great Continental Railway Journeys: Series 2 - Reversions

Michael Portillo

Alison Kreps

John Comerford

Great Continental Railway Journeys: Series 2 - Reversions: Episode 8: Copenhagen to Oslo: Part 2

Copenhagen to Oslo

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Episode 8: Copenhagen to Oslo: Part 2

Series 2 - Reversions

Copenhagen to Oslo: Part 2

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Michael Portillo explores Scandinavia, braving one of the world's oldest rollercoasters.

Michael Portillo explores Scandinavia, braving one of the world's oldest rollercoasters, sampling a smorgasbord and test-driving a vintage Volvo.

Armed with his 1913 railway guide, Michael Portillo explores Scandinavia and discovers the royal roots of early 20th-century British travellers' close dynastic ties with the kingdoms of Denmark and Norway. After braving one of the world's oldest rollercoasters in Copenhagen's famous Tivoli Gardens, Michael takes the train across the Oresund Bridge linking Denmark to Sweden, where he retraces the tracks of a train which carried a revolutionary Russian passenger on an epic voyage.

In Lund, he samples a smorgasbord before having a highland fling in Gothenburg, where he test-drives a vintage Volvo. Crossing the border again into Norway, Michael discovers how in 1913 this young nation expressed its own distinctively modern identity in plays, paintings and polar exploration.

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