THESSALONIKI - AMSTERDAM

Peter
Traveller
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Hi.

These are the connections...

[b]Thessaloniki-Belgrade[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/thessaloniki-skopje-belgrade-night-train/f1636[/u]

[b]Belgrade-Zagreb[/b]: by day train

[b]Zagreb-Amsterdam[/b]: by day train to Munich, then continue to Amsterdam by night train.
Zagreb Glavni Kolod. Dep: 1300 | free EC day train
München Hbf Arr: 2133
München Hbf Dep: 2243 | CNL night train: [u]https://rail.cc/en/munich-amsterdam-night-train/f3746[/u]
Amsterdam Centraal Arr: 0903


An other more direct travel route is the one via Vienna: [u]https://rail.cc/en/athens-amsterdam-train/f2371[/u]

And there is no other route than the ones mentioned above. I think it is normal when traveling long distances, that you can't do it within 2 hours. And crossing Eastern Europe is not like traveling in a high speed train in Western Europe. It is much more adventure, much more fun, much more to see and a lot of travelers you will meet.
Simply have some beer with you, sit down and relax. :)

Peter :)

Jiannis
Traveller
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Thank you Peter!!

Trully crossing balkans is really consuming and a couple of beers will be very helpfull, but we ll propably change our plan... :|

Peter
Traveller
9337 comments

An other possible route could be:

[b]Thessaloniki-Igoumenitsa[/b] or[b] Corfu[/b]: by bus EUR 25/27
or
[b]Thessaloniki-Athens-Patras[/b]: by train - [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/athens-to-patras[/u]

[b]Ferry to Italy[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/ferry-greece-italy-patras-bari-ancona-venice/f1348[/u]

[b]Italy-Croatia[/b]:
by [b]ferry[/b] - [u]https://rail.cc/en/ferry-italy-croatia/f2338[/u]
or by [b]train via Slovenia to Zagreb[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/venice-ljubljana-train/f3664[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/ljubljana-zagreb-train/f4001[/u]

Peter :)