anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
Posted 14 years ago
Hi,
I'm going interrailing with 2 friends during August, starting off with getting the overnight ferry from Hull-Zeebrugge and starting off in Bruges. We were thinking of having the day in Bruges then getting the overnight train to Berlin as it looks a fair distance. Is this (a) possible? (b) the best way of travelling between the 2 cities?
Thanks!
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
I would add one city to this route. Either Cologne, Amsterdam or Paris. As there is no direct night train from Bruges to Berlin.
It's a route with some changes.
[b]1[/b]
[b]Brugge[/b] Dep: 1658 | free IC train
[b]Liège-Guillemins[/b] Arr: 1900
[b]Liège-Guillemins[/b] Dep: 1933 | free IR train
[b]Aachen Hbf[/b] Arr: 2024
[b]Aachen Hbf[/b] Dep: 2051 | free Regional train
[b]Köln Hbf[/b] Arr: 2144
In Cologne you will find the famous [b]Kölner Dom[/b] (a really huge church) directly in front of the main station. So even 15 minutes will be good to just have a look on it.
[b]Köln Hbf[/b] Dep: 2228 | CNL night train: [u]https://rail.cc/en/amsterdam-prague-night-train/f3747[/u]
[b]Berlin Hbf[/b] Arr: 0421
Arriving early in the morning in Berlin Hbf (=main station) is no problem. Just have a walk of 10 minutes and you will be in front of the [b]Reichstag[/b] (German parliament) and [b]Brandenburger Tor[/b]. Really fantastic to see it early in the morning without any other tourists!
[b]2[/b]
[b]Brugge[/b] Dep: 1731 | free IC train
[b]Brussel Noord/Bruxelles Nord[/b] Arr: 1837
[b]Brussel Noord/Bruxelles Nord[/b] Dep: 1842 | free IC train
[b]Luxembourg[/b] Arr: 2140
[b]Luxembourg[/b] Dep: 2215 | free Regional train
[b]Metz Ville[/b] Arr: 2304
[b]Metz Ville[/b] Dep: 2353 | CNL night train: [u]https://rail.cc/en/paris-berlin-night-train/f3754[/u]
[b]Berlin Hbf[/b] Arr: 0859
[b]3[/b]
With a stop in an other city.
[b]Amsterdam or Cologne to Berlin[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/amsterdam-berlin-train/f2346[/u]
[b]Paris to Berlin[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/paris-berlin-night-train/f3754[/u]
Pay attention in Belgium and the Netherlands and [b]avoid the expensive Thalys train[/b].
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/thalys/41[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/blog/amsterdam-brussels-train/[/u]
And if you want to support our project, buy your official InterRail pass at [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux]
Thank you and have a sunny trip, Peter :)