Even though rail travel is not always the cheapest or the fastest mode of traveling, I still love it. You can sit comfortable, have plenty of time to admire the beautiful landscape, arrive in the center of the city, avoid having to travel a long distance from an airport, and do stops or change route whenever you like. And thanks to the sleeping-compartments/couchettes, you can depart late at night and wake up in a new city the next day.
Rail station © Steve Woods
The Interrail card is a good choice that lets you travel throughout Europe for up to a month. For separate journeys, see German DB (choose surf & rail International and Nachtzug or Sparnight for night trains), the Danish DSB (choose Tog-och flygbillet til udlandet Bestil togrejse), or Swedish SJ when traveling from Sweden.
The Berlin-Night-Express train takes you directly from Sweden to Berlin. If you book from Malmo in Sweden or Copenhagen in Denmark at least 2 months in advance, you can find lots of cheap tickets to the rest of Europe.
From Germany with DB, you can travel from München to Venice (7 h) or Firenze (8 h) from $40 or from Berlin to Amsterdam (6 h) from $40.
Of all the train companies I’ve traveled with, the Swiss SBB is the cleanest and most punctual and convenient option. London to Paris with Eurostar wasn’t bad either.
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