A Tianjin backpacker spent less than 40,000 yuan to travel across 12 European countries

Last updated 2026-11-08 — Jing Qiang showed reporters the receipts from his European trip. He took a 6-day, 7-night train from Beijing to Moscow, then traveled westward via intercity railways through Finland, Sweden, Denmark, and onward south to visit Latvia, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, France, and other countries, before finally returning to Berlin, Germany, and heading back to Beijing. The entire journey spanned 60.