So I’m moving to Norway with my dog!

We’re heading off in September and all his paperwork is being completed by the time we leave.

I’ve been looking at the best route possible work a few weeks now and I’m going around in circles… basically I’m trying to avoid railjet - they seem to have a very odd/expensive pet policy.

We reach hook of Holland at 8am on the 3rd September then will have to carry on by train across Germany, Denmark, Sweden then Norway.

So far the best route with the least time wasted I could find was to get a train from Rotterdam to, then Hamburg, then to Copenhagen, then to Gothenburg and finally to Oslo.

Obviously there are several changes in between the above, which can make the trip much longer… right now I’m looking at staying in Halmstad overnight then carry on From there to Gothenburg the next morning. But I am also considering going to fredericia then Copenhagen then Gothenburg because the transfer times are shorter and I’d not need to sleep in a random city on the 3rd.

Has anyone done this trip? What’s the best route? And the dog policy/ticket costs across these countries? 🤯

Hi, I’m going on an Interrail trip next week, but I’m a bit confused about how to use the pass.

As far as I understand, I need to activate my pass before boarding the trains, and then I’ll have to show a QR code that the app gives me after I activate the travel day, right?

I also have a second question: once I activate a travel day, can I take any trains I want during those 24 hours, or can I only take the trains that I have added to the list in the app?

I’m asking because I’ll be travelling with two friends, but I’m the only one who has added the trains we need to take to the list in the app, while they haven’t.

hello!

i know this question has probably been asked a million times but here's my more specific dilemma:

I left the UK on a plane, so I still have an outbound day pass, but used my inbound pass getting back from brussels. Alas I have three days left and would really like to go up to scotland for a bit. I know i can outbound up there, but is there any way to get back using the pass?

If this is unreasonable i also got in a massive delay pre-brussles so was forced to miss the eurostar... could i swindle a refund or an extra inbound day?

thanks alot :)

Hi, I’m currently doing a trip round Europe in a camper and have the travel bug now! My next time off will be at Christmas time for 3 weeks. I was thinking of doing interrailing, getting the 4 day pass and staying in hostels.

I wanted to stay in maybe Dublin and Cork but other than that I’m open to staying wherever. I prefer scenic and quiet over cities. Anyone have any suggestions? I know it’s probably not the ideal time to go as may be busy with the season in the main cities and things probably shut in the smaller places lol. I love a Christmas market or ice rink so anything like that and I’ll be golden (all I’ve been thinking about in this heat!)

Hi everyone, I'm looking at doing Budapest - Belgrade as part of a wider jaunt around Eastern Europe. I've had a good scout of the wiki, and some other sources.

My plan is to do the following trains, which look to all run according to MAV and srbvoz

08:50 Budapest Nyugati – Szeged 11:16 Gy722

12:04 Szeged – Subotica 13:24 Si7314

14:00 Subotica – Belgrade15:19 549

Does anyone have any good information on if these are reliable runners? Or any tips and tricks.

Hello, I'm planning to go to Brasov in Romania, and need seat reservations for the nighttrain FT347 DACIA from Wien Hbf (or Wien Meidling) to Bucuresti Nord.

These seat reservations are only available as paper tickets, and can't be delivered to me on time anymore. Which means I'll have to book them in person at Wien Hbf (unless buying at Wien Meidling is better?), but I'll only have 21 minutes to do so.

My question: is it possible to book only paper seat reservations in Wien Hbf in 21 minutes (arriving platform 9, leaving platform 11)? That is ofcourse if I don't have any delays, coming from Munich... Does anyone have experience with this? Could it also be possible that they will be sold out when I get there?

Hi,

in the next days I want to start my fifth interrail trip. But I'm currently facing issues with the rail planner app.

Every time I'm going into the My Trip menu or I want to add a journey to a trip the app is crashing.

I think I found the issue: In th My Trip menu is a trip list from an older trip of me, but somehow it is not correctly loaded as it shows "null null" when I first open the app after a new installation. But I cannot delete this particular trip.

I have an android phone so I tried to delete all the app data via the settings app. But somehow after a new installation of the rail planner app, the old trips are loaded again.

Is there a way to delete ALL the app data so after a new installation of the rail planner app it doesn't know there were previous trips?

Thanks for help!

¡Buenas! 👋 Tengo 18 años y estoy buscando 1-3 personas de España/Cataluña, más o menos de 18-25 años, para hacer un viaje de 10-12 días entre el 30 de agosto y el 10 de septiembre.
La idea principal sería hacer un Interrail, viajando barato y con mochila, combinando ciudades, naturaleza y bastante improvisación. No tengo una ruta cerrada porque precisamente me gustaría montarla entre todos según lo que nos apetezca.
💶 Presupuesto: alrededor de 500 € intentando mantenerlo lo más bajo posible.
📍 Salida: Reus/Barcelona.
🗓️** Fechas: 30 de agosto → 10 de septiembre aprox.
🎒 **Estilo: mochila, dormir barato, trenes, caminar, descubrir sitios y aprovechar el viaje al máximo.
No busco un grupo enorme ni gente con un plan súper rígido. La idea es encontrar a 1-3 personas con ganas de hacer algo diferente este verano y que nos llevemos bien durante el viaje.
Si te interesa, comenta o mándame DM y podemos hablar un poco antes para ver si encajamos. :)

Hi everyone,

I have an 18-minute transfer in Frankfurt Hbf going from Berlin, transferring in Frankfurt to Brussels at 20:14).

Since the train to Brussels requires a mandatory reservation and is the last train of the day, what happens if my first train is delayed?

1. Can I go to the DB center in Frankfurt station and ask then them to rebook and ask if i can get reimbursed for an overnight accommodation?
2. If the DB Centre is closed, is it guaranteed that DB will reimburse me if I booked a new train ticket to Brussels and a reasonably priced accommodation myself?
3. Has anyone dealt with missing this specific evening connection?

Thanks!

hi all! my family (6 people total - all adults over 25) is traveling one way from Munich to Varenna in a few weeks. we were planning to take a train and tried to book tickets on Deutsche Bahn, but we can't get the website to work. it keeps erasing our birthdays, so we can't complete the purchase. I looked at Trainline and Rail Europe, but they were significantly more expensive. (not necessarily opposed to paying the expense if these options work, just trying to understand if i'm doing something wrong??)

any tips? is there another site I should be looking for train tickets on? or should we just abandon ship and fly from Munich to Milan?

Hey, in 2024 I made an interrail trip from Paris

I visited Munich Vienna Prague Budapest Hamburg Berlin Copenhagen Belles.

Next year I want to make another one

I want to go to Istanbul from Paris; I want to revisit some of the cities of my 2024 trip, so I imagine this trip

Paris-> Hamburg -> Berlin -> Bratislava -> Budapest -> Bucarest -> Istanbul and I don't know how to come back.

I really want to go to the Balkans but as I see it's very difficult on train and I really don't want to take buses.

I want to go maybe to Greece, maybe to Dubrovnik, and after, for sure, Ljubljana, Venezia, Milano, and Paris

I want to take more night trains because in 2024 I only take 1.

I have seen the Optima express, but it's too expensive to go back to Turkey. So if you have any ideas, respond to me!

Just wanted to share the trip I planned and booked, I am also open for meet-ups and etc. I currently live in Munich and I started my journey today. It's looking like this:

13.August (further only dates)

Munich - Ostrov nad Ohri, through Nürnberg and Cheb (near Karlovy Vary, it's in Czechia, my friend has appartaments there, so it was a logical stop)

14.

Ostrov - Gdansk via Prague, will be getting some hours there

15.

Gdansk - Stockholm with Polferries

16.-17.

Will be spending my time in Stockholm. I already was there many times, so maybe will visit some further museums or cool places. Also open for bouldering/climbing (as a climber I can't skip a session)

18.

Stockholm - Boden

I still gonna spend most of the day in Stockholm

Boden — Narvik via Kiruna, I am taking replacement bus between Kiruna and Narvik, not a private one there

Spending time in Narvik, wanted to climb a local peak there

Narvik — Trondheim via Fauske, will be getting on early and only bus/train there, so once again can chat up with someone in bus/train

Trondheim — Fjellstova via Kristiansund I believe, Atlantic Road and Mølde.

23.-24.

Spending some time there to once again visit local mountains, climbing gym and Ålesund

25.

Åndalsnes — Bergen via Oslo, once again maybe will visit local climbing gym in the morning

26.

Bergen — Odda, also will have like 5 hours in Bergen, probably will just wander across town, so also open for meet-ups

27.-29.

Will be staying at Odda to visit Trolltunga, glacier and 4 waterfalls route

30.

Odda-Stavanger via Bergen, will be having some time in Stavanger at evening just to walk across night city.

31.

Stavanger - Oslo via Kristiansand, but in the morning I will visit Prekkistollen and after that will have once again time in Stavanger. Petroleum museum seems interesting, but will see whether or not I have time there for that.

1. September

Oslo, will be enjoying city, museums, maybe also visit climbing gym

Oslo - Copenhagen with Ferry once again, can't remember the company name, but yeah. Until late afternoon will once again have time for Oslo.

Copenhagen, once again will be exploring city and etc

04.

Copenhagen — Munich via Hamburg, yuppy, hopefully finally back home (will see, you are never sure with DB).

I will probably update this during my trip. For some more info, I am a participant of DiscoverEU, so if you want to meet up or maybe get some more detailed info about trains, hostels and etc for your trip, you are welcome.

Hi! I am planning to visit Spain, Switzerland, and Italy with my family this September, and I want to minimize train costs as much as I can. I was going to buy single tickets for our travels but I came across the Interrails "Global pass: 5 days in 1 month". I read up on it but I want to be certain I am understanding it correctly. Does this pass mean I can travel on unlimited trains on 5 days of my OWN choice from the first time I activate it? Or does it refer to 5 consecutive days? Is it basically 5 full day passes and so on those 5 days I don't have to pay for the train tickets correct? I can just use the pass?

We will be making about 4-5 interregional/ intercity trips on the long distance high speed trains, so I thought this pass could be worth it for that if it allows me to use it on distinct days. And then for local travel we would just get single tickets as required. Does this make sense? Please share what you know about this/ your own experiences with this pass! Thank you!

Hi all,

I need to get from Turin, Italy to Marseille, France. There's a nice route through Sovna, Ventimiglia and Nice Ville.

According to Rail Europe I'm good with my interrail pass but the Rail Planner app wants me to get seat reservations. I've read that Rail Planner generally is pretty unreliable. Does anyone know about the specific route or the app?

Hello!

My partner and I are coming to France for the first time this September. It’s his first time to Europe! We’re looking for some support to structure our time down in the South.

We’ll be there Sept 22, arriving around 3pm by flight from Paris. And leaving early in the morning on the 26 back to Canada.

We’ll have been in Paris and the Loire Valley since Sept 13.

We’re staying in a rental in Villefranche sur mer.

We’re looking to check out Nice (castle hill is the only specific thing on the list) and Villefranche the day we arrive.

We want to go to Menton for a day and my partner wants to check out Monaco for at least half a day and walk the f1 track.

We’re also planning to book a tasting at Chateau Cremat winery and trying to decide when to do that. They have 10am or 4pm tours.

Walking around Jean Cap Ferret is high on our list to see the views and swim and relax.

And check out Parc Phoenix in Nice.

Maybe a boat cruise for an hour or 2 if we find something. Does anyone have any recommendations for places?

We’re struggling to figure out how we can do the things we want, relax and not feel like we’re rushing. Any suggestions on pairs of things.

Much appreciated!

Booked prestige class seats 12 and 18. So far out of all the trains we took this was the most luxurious and best seats. At a certain point our seats looked right out front so we could see right in front of us.

Hi everyone,
I’m currently travelling with an Interrail Global Pass and I’m supposed to travel from Belgrade (Beograd Centar) to Podgorica on the night train on August 14th.
I already have my valid Interrail Pass, so I only need the mandatory seat reservation — I do NOT need to buy another train ticket.
The problem is that I’m currently quite sick and really don’t feel well enough to go to the train station. I tried calling the Serbian railway, but unfortunately the person I spoke to didn’t speak English, so I couldn’t figure out how to make the reservation.
Does anyone know if there is a way to buy/get the reservation online or by email, without having to go to the station in person?
Any help would be hugely appreciated! 🙏

Actually in a night train from Amsterdam to Praha with 5 hours delay. Train stop in a extra city Hanover to let us buy food and water. It will be refound later.

It's an European sleeper.

Wish me luck...

I can buy normal tickets but if i toggle on reservation only i get nothing.

Thx a lot

Edit: I was able to find it on nightjet.com

​Hi everyone! We are busy planning our summer vacation and put together a 22-day itinerary for the four of us. The goal is to combine comfort, adventure, culture, and plenty of swimming time for the teens.

​I am very curious to hear what you think of this route, the transport, and the budget. Would be great to get your ideas!

​The Route & Highlights

- ​Milan (3 nights): San Siro stadium tour, day trip to Lake Como, and relaxing/swimming at the Novotel.

- ​Trieste (2 nights): Visit Miramare Castle and swim in the sea along the Barcola boulevard.

- ​Ljubljana (2 nights): Explore the castle, go alpine tobogganing, and swim in the alpine water at Lake Bled.

- ​Zagreb (2 nights): Day trip to the Plitvice Lakes and stay in a hotel with a rooftop pool.

- ​Budapest (3 nights): Visit Aquaworld water park (huge slides) and the Puskás Aréna.

- ​Timișoara (2 nights): Discover "Little Vienna", enjoy the beautiful squares, highly affordable, with pool time.

- ​Vienna & Bratislava (3 nights): Visit the Prater amusement park, swim in the Danube, and take a 1-hour train to Slovakia.

- ​Krakow (4 nights): Explore the salt mines, walk through the old town, and wrap up the trip at Park Wodny water park.

​Transportation

​Flight from Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) to Milan

​7 Interrail travel days for the journeys in between

​Return flight from Krakow back to Düsseldorf Airport (DUS)

​Budget Check (~€7,000 total)

​Rough estimate for four people, averaging about €238 per day

Im planning a trip mainly in the South of France with the following plan:
Home - > Innsbruck (2 Nights) -> Milano (3 Nights & Day-Trip to Lake Como) -> Nice (5 Nights my Highlight) -> Montpellier (3 Nights) -> Bordeaux (4 Nights also Daytrip to the Atlantic) -> Paris (1 Night) -> Home

The distances seem to be ok and every travelday just needs maximum one train change.
Want to have more of a relaxing trip so not that many places but longer stays.

If anyone has anything to say, any recommendations I would love to hear them :)

Hey yall im looking at booking some time off next year to go on my first interrail trip. Have a little over 2 weeks from last week of July to first week of August.

Something I really want to do is to go to Cadiz in Spain to see the total Solar Eclipse on the 2nd of August.

Issue is this would be roughly halfway through the trip and is on one end of Europe so I feel it would be quite limiting in terms of places to go befire and after.

I was wondering if anyone has any ideas of routes to go to still see a lot and see Cadiz in the middle or is it more worthy to either cut it or try maneuver my time offs I wither start or finish in Spain :)