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Celebrating Earth Day: Rethinking the Way We Travel for Culture with Rail Europe
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On April 22, 2026, as we celebrate Earth Day, we are proud to spot our sustainability partner Rail Europe, a partnership that reflects our shared vision for a greener future of cultural mobility in Europe.
We believe that the way audiences experience culture must evolve alongside the environmental challenges of our time. Together with Rail Europe, we support a shared vision: encouraging artists, audiences, and cultural professionals to embrace more sustainable ways of travelling across borders.
Rail Europe enables seamless access to train travel across dozens of countries, connecting high-speed, regional, and scenic routes through an intuitive digital platform. By encouraging rail as a primary mode of transport, we promote a solution that is not only efficient and comfortable, but significantly more environmentally responsible.
The performing arts sector has a significant environmental footprint linked particularly to mobility and logistics. Audience travel, touring (including artist transport), and freight for sets and technical equipment are often among the largest sources of emissions for performing arts organisations; studies on cultural mobility supported by the European Commission highlight that the cross-border circulation of artists, productions, and materials is a key driver of the sector’s overall carbon impact.
We are hoping to make Europe’s cultural landscape more accessible while reducing the carbon footprint of mobility. We encourage our community to embrace rail travel as a conscious choice, one that supports both cultural exchange and environmental preservation.
Attending an opera, a ballet, or a festival is no longer just a destination, it is a journey shaped by responsibility. Choosing the train means choosing a slower, more connected, and more sustainable way to experience Europe.
This partnership embodies our broader commitment: to foster innovation in the arts while ensuring that cultural experiences remain aligned with the principles of sustainability and responsibility.
At FEDORA, we believe that supporting culture also means protecting the world in which it thrives.
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