RE: https://gruene.social/@jon/116296589358719598
The new #EuropeanSleeper service between Paris and Berlin is up and running!
Apart from extending their network into France, it also means there is a train both ways between Brussels and Berlin, six nights per week.
From July, three of those six will call at Hamburg, transforming the connections to Scandinavia from France/BE/GB.
#EuropeanRail
@collectifission
If it's just NL and BE before you cross to GB then I'd suggest b-europe.com (ie SNCB's international site).
Worth looking at bahn.de for more fine tuning of stopovers, but b-europe can do Eurostar reservations.
GB train travel is so expensive that it makes Interrail almost a no-brainer.
The Interrail app has a pretty decent timetable planner too.
Lastly, if you are open to left field suggestions, can I point out: https://saillink.co.uk
Now that I got me to the fish it's the home straight now. Familiar #SwedenToWales stuff.
The main haul is Berlin–Amsterdam by #EuropeanSleeper with a couchette for £36 (that was a sale price, but under £50 is standard).
Hamburg–Berlin before that? Well that's £12 and takes two hours with Deutsche Bahn.
And why Amsterdam? Welcome to the world of Eurostar pricing: a 4hr ride from NL to London via Brussels can cost less than just the 2hr ride from Brussels.
It's time to talk Flixbus.
Subtooting, it seems there are a lot of Interrail folk who love trains more than travel. Me, I just want to get somewhere with a mix of cheap/comfy/fun.
In reasonable doses, Flixbus is all of those, and between Sweden and Germany often quicker too.
The routes that use short-hop ferries (to Puttgarden or Rostock) are best, cos you get a proper break with food and fresh air.
To me, it beats the train in every way.
Ian