Hello everyone,
I am planning a trip to Scandinavia and I would like my first travel day to start in Rennes (Brittany, France) and end in Stockholm. This seems possible thanks to the night train Hamburg-Stockholm.
- There are different routes to reach Hamburg. The quickest one seems through Paris and Cologne. The good point is that there are nearly hourly Cologne-Hamburg trains so if I get delayed in Paris, I can hope to catch up and be on time in Hamburg. The drawback is the high reservation fee on the Eurostar to Cologne : 32 € (compared to 42 € for a full ticket, checked today!). What would be your advice ? There are alternative routes through Brussels, Mannheim or Karlsruhe. They seem at first glance to take more time.
- I read about the two Hamburg-Stockholm night trains. Which one have you best experienced ? On the practical point of view, the Snälltåget leaves later, 23h59 (within same travel day I understand ?) so that may be safer. And I can find it on the Snälltåget’s calendar on their website. The SJ Euronight is « not available » yet, no problem, I can wait. But when I check for the days to come I cannot find a direct night train scheduled until March 29th (though Seat61 writes it works « daily all year round »). Can I be confident it will run late June ?
Here is my optional question : can I reach Norway without going through Germany ? I thought about going up to Scotland but I could not find a ferry to Bergen or other norwegian city. The only solution I found is up to the Feroe Islands and then down to Denmark. This is a dream but very long trip !
Thank you for reading my long message, and for any advice.
Best answer by thibcabe
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