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WBaxter94
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Posted 10 years ago

Im planning an Interrailling trip around Europe and I have time for one more city and Im trying to decide whether to go to Brussels or Bratislava. Does anyone have any experience with these two cities? I want to have a mixture of site seeing in the day and going out in the night, which city would anyone say would give me the best combination of these two?

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Peter
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replied 10 years ago

Hi.
Why not [b]Bruges[/b] ( [u]https://rail.cc/en/bruges/c[/u] ) or [b]Ghent[/b] ( [u]https://rail.cc/en/ghent/c[/u] ) ? :)
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WBaxter94
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replied 10 years ago

Ive been to Belgium a few times before though and I want to try new places but would you say that these places have more of what I am looking for than Bratislava?

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Flo
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replied 10 years ago

Gent definitely has a nice student nightlife (as has Leuven); but Bratislava is supposed to be a great city for going out as well (but I have been there only as a child).
Anyway there are lots of other great places to discover in Europe as well but it is difficult to give recommendations without knowing your exact route.

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WBaxter94
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replied 10 years ago

My plan is to do

Paris
Amsterdam
Berlin
Prague
Budapest
Vienna
Verona
Barcelona
Madrid
Porto

Then either go to Brussels in-between Paris and Amsterdam or go to Bratislava in-between Budapest and Vienna

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Peter
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replied 10 years ago

Then stop in Brussels.
Paris to Amsterdam will take some hours if you want to avoid the direct and expensive Thalys train with Interrail (+ EUR 39 reservation). So Brussels is a good option to split this route in two parts.
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/paris-to-amsterdam[/u]