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So me and some friends are currently planning a trip through Europe. Nothing is really set in stone yet, our first question is if we want to do a roadtrip with a camper-van or an Interrail trip.

I guess the advantage of a train would be, that it would be a lot more enjoyable to cover larger distances than with a camper. I thought, maybe it would be really cool, if we did like a larger tour through Europe, so I researched a bit and planned a hypothetical trip through Germany (where we live) to Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and back to Germany.

That sounds like a lot, but with the train routes, I looked up it would be doable with only 9 travel days, 4 of which would take the whole day (10-12 hours) and 5 of which would only take half a day (4-6 hours). I thought, that could be quite reasonable and it would be a great adventure type trip.

Do you think that could be cool, or would it get exhausting to quick?

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[–] Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

It would be very cool. If you go to Finland, know that with the interrail ticket you can get a reduced price on ferries (-20% or smthg).

You should know that booking the train tickets is a pain in some countries (e.g. France, but that's not in your itinerary: there the interrail seats are very limited, very quickly booked, and tickets can be booked earliest 3 months in advance).

If I recall correctly there is a night train going from Berlin to Stockholm through Hamburg and Denmark. That's a nice option.