The European Commission is handing out 60,000 Interrail tickets to young people from Tuesday.The ticket allows for free train travel across Europe for up to a month.During the coronavirus pandemic, young people “showed true solidarity and missed valuable and formative moments of their youth for doing so,” Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas said, announcing the contest on Monday.The purpose of the initiative, he said, is to “rekindle mobility in Europe.”How do I get a ticket?The application process opens at midday on Tuesday, October 12, and remains open until October 26.Applicants must be 18 to 20 years old and have nationality of a European Union member state.They will have to take a quiz with questions about the EU to be eligible.Winners will be able to travel around all EU countries for free for up to 30 days between March 2022 and February 2023.
