Simon Andersen
Good morning from Finnish Lapland 🇫🇮 at Santa Claus Village, the northernmost stop on the FlixBus European network 🚌 Over the next 100+ hours, I’ll be travelling exclusively with FlixBus all the way to Lisbon 🇵🇹 which is the longest journey you can book as a single ticket with them!
Feb 25 at 6:56amWeb
Show threadSimon AndersenFeb 25
You could technically continue with FlixBus to Lagos, Portugal 🇵🇹 but you can’t book it as a single ticket from Rovaniemi. You can book Rovaniemi to Seville, which is slightly longer, but all itineraries to there include travel on a different bus company that sells tickets through FlixBus channels.
Show threadSimon AndersenFeb 25
Breakfast time 🇫🇮
Show threadSimon AndersenFeb 25
7 hours and 500km later, it's time for refueling! Still many hours to go before we will reach Helsinki!
Show threadSimon AndersenFeb 25
About 12 hours into the journey and we’re “kicked off” the bus in Helsinki to get the ferry to Tallinn 🚢 So far it’s not too bad… but I’m sure after a night’s sleep on the bus, things might start to feel very different 😅 It’ll be interesting to see if it’s the same bus waiting for us in Tallinn 👀
Show threadSimon AndersenFeb 25
Made it to Tallinn 🇪🇪 and the bus was already waiting on the other side of the ferry terminal. It’s indeed not the same bus as the one from Finland but luckily this one actually has more legroom 🙏 Right, time to try and catch some sleep 🚌💤
Show threadSimon AndersenFeb 26
Roughly 24 hours in and we’ve made it to Panevėžys, Lithuania 🇱🇹 Slept like shit, as expected… but we’re not due into Warsaw until around 6pm, so there should be plenty of opportunities for a few recovery naps 😅🚌
Show threadSimon AndersenFeb 26
35+ hours in and about 1/3 through the trip. First bus ride completed ✅ 🚌 Got ~6 hours at Warsaw Airport before the next bus taking me to Prague. Back’s sore, but somehow managed 10 hours of sleep in 1-hour intervals, so actually not feeling too tired 😅 Now to spend the layover in the city center
Show threadSimon AndersenFeb 26
Quick visit to the city center and now we’re back on the road 🚍 Next up the shortest overall leg of the trip just 10h5m to the Czech capital Prague! Compared to the bus from Finland this one should absolutely fly by, if I can manage to sleep through most of it 😅 Goodnight 🌙
Show threadSimon AndersenFeb 27
Good morning from the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 We’re now 50+ hours into the journey basically halfway there! This bus had loads of recline, so I actually managed some OK sleep again. More rest will be needed though, as a middle of the night layover is coming up soon 😴 but first, a couple of hours in Prague👀
Show threadSimon AndersenFeb 27
Quick sightseeing side quest up to Vítkov Hill, grabbed a nice lunch menu special + beer at a Masarykovo pub 🍺 Great few hours in 🇨🇿 Now onto the first double decker bus of the trip, 10h35m to Zurich. Arrival is at a brutal 02:35 and the next bus isn’t until 06:00… could be a very long night ahead 😢
Show threadSimon AndersenFeb 28
FlixBus FINAL BOSS 🚌 The 36 hour long Zurich to Lisbon! Can’t say I loved that 3h30m layover in the middle of the night but onboard now and I’m ready for a nap 😴 Despite being the last bus, there’s still 1/3 of the overall journey to go and this is the longest single leg, beating 🇫🇮 to 🇵🇱 by 1h!
Show threadSimon AndersenFeb 28
24h to go to Lisbon! Started in Zurich, crossed the snowy Alps, and now watching the sunset by the Mediterranean coast 🌅 Feeling very exhausted tbh, only one rest stop, very aggressive driving, and another passengers thinking it’s acceptable to do a long video group call on loudspeaker in the bus🤨
Show threadSimon AndersenMar 1
Morning from the “International Connection Point” near Palencia 🇪🇸 A big hub-and-spoke operation runs here, with buses from all over Europe meeting before heading off to other parts of the Iberian Peninsula. My bus is now going to Porto? So we’ve now been moved onto a different bus for Lisbon.
Show threadSimon AndersenMar 1
Quick rest stop right on the Spanish–Portuguese border 🇪🇸🇵🇹 Ultimately I’m only doing this because my inner masochist and content creator thought it was a powerful combo 😂 There’s a Lisbon–Lviv bus resting here, which actually is a reasonable way to reach Ukraine given the current situation. Ouch