{"id":10722,"date":"2010-02-23T16:12:11","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T15:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/take-a-virtual-trip-on-the-trans-siberian\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:15:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:15:56","slug":"take-a-virtual-trip-on-the-trans-siberian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/take-a-virtual-trip-on-the-trans-siberian\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a virtual trip on the Trans-Siberian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love traveling by train. There&#8217;s something special about this means of transport that makes it irresistibly charming for many people. And of the most famous and attractive train routes in the world is the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trans-Siberian_Railway\"><strong>Trans-Siberian<\/strong><\/a>, a Russian railway line that crosses two countries, 12 regions and 87 cities between Moscow and Vladivostok.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/02\/transsiberian-2.jpg\" alt=\"Virtual Trans-Siberian\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taking the Trans-Siberian is an almost unreachable dream for many of us; it&#8217;s a long, expensive holiday trip that not everyone can afford. But luckily you can now use Google Maps to live an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.ru\/intl\/ru\/landing\/transsib\/en.html\"><strong>alternative Trans-Siberian experience<\/strong><\/a>. It&#8217;s nowhere near the real thing, but at least it lets you grasp the essence of this famous route.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/02\/transsiberian.jpg\" alt=\"Virtual Trans-Siberian\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The virtual journey between Moscow and Vladivostok is a joint project of Google and the Russian Railway company. It puts video, sound and images together to help you experience the Trans-Siberian without leaving your home. You&#8217;ll be able to trace the complete route on a map, watch videos of the whole way and even listen to a the perfect soundtrack for this trip, made up of Russian radio stations, the sound of train wheels and some Russian literature classics like Tolstoy or Gogol.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow, the river Volga, the lower Urals, Lake Baikal, the immense Russian plains&#8230; This virtual Trans-Siberian includes all the important places and landmarks covered by the real train route. The only thing you won&#8217;t find is Russian shops to buy souvenirs!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love traveling by train. There&#8217;s something special about this means of transport that makes it irresistibly charming for many people. And of the most famous and attractive train routes in the world is the Trans-Siberian, a Russian railway line that crosses two countries, 12 regions and 87 cities between Moscow and Vladivostok. Taking the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/take-a-virtual-trip-on-the-trans-siberian\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Take a virtual trip on the Trans-Siberian&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2011,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-10722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2011"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335099,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10722\/revisions\/335099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10722"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=10722"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=10722"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=10722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}