{"id":423395,"date":"2025-04-03T11:46:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T09:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2025\/04\/03\/discovereu-ue-viaggi-gratis-diciottenni\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T13:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T11:36:15","slug":"discovereu-is-back-eu-commission-offers-36000-free-passes-to-18-year-olds-to-explore-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2025\/04\/03\/discovereu-is-back-eu-commission-offers-36000-free-passes-to-18-year-olds-to-explore-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"DiscoverEU is back: EU Commission offers 36,000 free passes to 18-year-olds to explore Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – Again this year, the\u00a0European Union\u00a0opens<\/a>\u00a0the doors of its cultural and historical wealth\u00a0and diversity to thousands of young people. From April 2 to April 16 at noon,<\/strong> young people born between July 1, 2006, and June 30, 2007,<\/strong>\u00a0can apply for the\u00a0DiscoveryEU<\/strong> initiative, which allows them to win a free rail pass<\/strong>\u00a0in the 27 EU member states and countries associated with the Erasmus+ program (Iceland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, and Turkey).<\/p>\n

To participate,<\/strong> one must apply through the European Youth Portal<\/a> and complete a short quiz on the European Union. The 36,000 passes for grabs will go to those with the best score while tickets last. As for the trips, these can be taken with the DiscoverEU card for 30 days, between July 1 and September 30, 2025<\/strong>, with the option for kids to customize their\u00a0itinerary<\/a> or choose from suggested ones. For example, it is possible to follow the New European Bauhaus Route, dedicated to architecture and innovation, or the Green Route, which features the continent’s most sustainable locations — the winners of the “Green Capital”\u00a0contest<\/a>\u00a0— and numerous parks and nature reserves.<\/p>\n

DiscoverEU also gives a\u00a0discount<\/strong> card for thousands of offers on transportation, museums, lodging, dining, sports, and entertainment in 36 countries. Regarding\u00a0accessibility<\/strong>, participants with disabilities, health problems, or fewer opportunities can\u00a0take advantage of additional support<\/a>. There are also benefits for those living in remote areas or islands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Until April 16, it is possible to apply to win a one-month rail pass valid in 33 countries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7883,"featured_media":423394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25713],"tags":[30670,30922,28985,30923,27433,27062,27524],"class_list":["post-423395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-discovereu-en","tag-erasmus-one-2","tag-opportunity-en","tag-tourism-en","tag-train-en","tag-youth-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7883"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423395"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":423434,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423395\/revisions\/423434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}