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Hi Friends!  So… I just discovered Lapland :O Has anyone traveled up to Finnish Lapland for the Northern Lights before? I was in Copenhagen (thanks to the amazing humans on this forum… i made all 17 hours of my connections from Titisee last week!) I’m currently traveling from Hamburg to Prague right now after deciding I didn’t have the appropriate clothing for Lapland (and not enough luggage to store a new winter outfit)… but I can’t get Lapland out of my mind! I keep telling myself it’s October and I don’t need full-on snow coat and boots… am I being delusional? :P Putting feelers out there to see if anyone has done this… or can recommend it. I fly back home to Seattle on October 24 and considering overhauling my entire rest of my itinerary if I can make Lapland happen…. I know there’s a Santa Clause Night Express but I’m hoping to get a little further up North than that. It looks like Lapland is rainy but I’ve been seeing posts about the auroras showing up anyway! Would love any word

Hi, I want visit the Santa Clause Village in Rovaniemi (Lappland, Finland) 18th June (I know, it´s crazy to visit Santa Clause in summer 😃 ). Does anyone want to join? Maybe a reindeer walk, for example? :)

Does anyone know if this service will operate please?Nightjet Berlin to Budapest 12/123/22 - services stop on 10 December and cannot buy tickets online after this date.  Is anyone aware of any updates about this service and the 2023 timetable of obb/mag?Thank you.

I am planning to go from Rotterdam to Malaga and do not have any requirements for staying in certain cities. Now I am wondering what the best (fastest) route would be to travel. Any tips ? 

de qué forma puedo saber el número de kilometrajes recorrido en todos los trenes que utilice en mi viaje

Hey,does someone know where to book free walking tours through cities or have any website-recommendation? We only know the app "get your guide". We would be thankful for your help :)Kind regards, Kaya

My understanding is that the global pass is good for Turkey. However, I don’t see man cities in Turkey appear in the real planner app at all. For example,  Cappadocia (Turkey) in the planner at all, nor Kayseri which seems to be relatively close. Similarly, Izmir does not appear nor the rail station at Turan. When I put Istanbul in the station section, it does not show any destinations at all.  Can someone please explain how to do this or how this works? Thanks in advance.  

Travelling in Romania with a mobile pass seems extemely challenging. Is this known by Interrail? Did I miss any warnings by Interrail?Is it even possible?We are travelling with 3 kids, and tomorrow we want to use a day. 3 trains that do not need reservation according to interrail. Fingers crossed...

Hi my daughter is in Rome currently and needs to get to Amsterdam to catch a flight at 5pm on Monday 1/8.Her planned route was 31/7 Rome-Milan Milan-Zurich Zurich-Amsterdam the latter dep 20.59 arr 09.14 for a day in Amsterdam  before heading to the airport.There appears to be not a single ticket on any train from Milan to Zurich - can this be right?Please can anyone suggest an alternative or have any ideas - even changing in Lugano we cannot find a train from Milan to Lugano?? Is there an alternative route that would work. Any help appreciated - novice interrailer and learning as she goes 😳. Thank you

The weekend trains are returning finally, starting on 1 July:https://twitter.com/larsvr06/status/1532002649285046272

We have just returned from a long weekend in Monte Carlo, but couldn’t find any E* from Paris. We could though find a couple of options from Lille.A local train from Monte Carlo to Nice Ville in good time for the morning TGV to Paris Gare de Lyon.Then a RER transfer to Gare de Nord took about 30 mins for late afternoon TGV train to Lille (Connection time was 1 hr) Only stressful time was getting a ticket for the RER - easy once I got to the front of the queue for the machine.A mid centre 4* hotel and an excellent evening meal at on of the many Brasseries within 10 minutes walk ( a little expensive I admit).Then we had the morning in Lille centre, including an excellent Breakfast in another of the great Brasseries at half the price of the hotel.We then walked up to Lille Europe (via EuraLille shopping centre) - about 15 mins walking plus time in EuraLille for a coffee and a dash around Carrefour. Check in for 1335 E* started at 1230 and was a bit slow for passport checks but otherwise e

Hiya, I’m currently on a gap year and looking to do an inter railing trip from London, through france, Croatia, Italy and others :) but I currently have no travel buddies, so can this site be used to find similar people to travel with?

Hi!I am looking to travel to Bar in Montenegro in May from the UK. We then plan to travel back via train too. My husband has a fear of flying so thought this would be a great way to get to Europe with him having a meltdown!On the way there we need to travel as quickly as possible as we are going to a yoga retreat that starts on 18th May.  However, on the return journey (25th) we have a bit more time. Is it possible to get some help and advice on planning this journey. I’ve never done anything like this before as I normally fly so I would really appreciate a bit of help! Thanks in advance 🙏🏼Corfe

Hi guys,I will arrive in Istanbul tomorrow morning and spend there two or three days. I am currently in Bucharest so I would like to go to the other direction ( Sofia, Croatia etc.)Do you have any suggestions on how to leave Istanbul and where to head next?It seems quite complicated to get to the direction of Montenegro / Croatia. If there’s no good train connection I would just go by bus.Just leave any recommendations or inspiration :)Thanks a lot in advance 

The interrail map shows a line crossing the sea from Naples to Carania. Is this a ferry connection and if so who operates it and is it discounted or is it just a misleading line across the sea?

1.Where to check if titlis is open on a day? 2. What other options if Titlis is closed?3. Is mount Pilatus and Rigi not covered from Luzern in Interrail global pass? 

Can someone please give me a list of scenic train tracks that are covered by the Euro rail global pass starting from Zurich Main station. Preferably ones without seat reservations but either is ok Thanks 

Hello everyone!I’m planning my trip this August and I noticed that I could benefit from some ferry discounts to travel between Greece and Italy (30-100% off) on board Superfast and ANEK ferries. As I read in the site: “As a Pass holder you can get from 30% off (surcharges for port taxes and fuel apply) up to 100% off (if you have a Global Pass).” I have a 15days straight pass (2nd class) but when I tried to book the tickets I could only get a 30% discount… Note: I’m planning to travel from Ancona (Italy) to Patra (Greece) at 18th August.

Where should me and my sis go in Vienna? we’ve done the museums - what else is there?

Hey community :) I bought a ticket to Berlin a few months ago in order to visit Russia from Germany but then war happened etc. Now I’ve changed my trip to the following travel itinerary:Berlin to Thessaloniki (airplane, bought)Thessaloniki to Sofia (train? bus? Didn’t find much info, didn’t bought yet. HELP)Sofia to Istanbul (train? bus? what do you recommend?)Istanbul to Tirana (airplane, bought) Regarding the pending itinerary, what do you recommend? Thanks!

Over $800 paid for 2 first class global tickets and the first day we use them London kings cross to Edinburgh we get pushed from platform to platform looking for a train with available seats!  We try to buy reservations at the ticket office and after waiting in line for 30 minutes we are told we cant buy reservations and get in a fight with the ticket clerk.  All this time we are humping luggage and we are both over 70 and nobody seemed to know anything or care for our dilemma. On the return leg same thing, girl at info booth says go to platform 2 so we lug over there and wait 20 mins and the train comes in and it’s going north so lug back to info and told platform 8. We go there and the departure board says platform 2 and we hear an announcement to go to platform 2 so we lug back there and wait another 30 mins and a staff member comes walking down the platform telling everyone to go to platform 6.  We lug there and the train is ready to leave so we get on and start looking for seats a

So I'm pretty confused as to why Oslo is poorly connected to neighbouring capitals Stockholm and Copenhagen. It's rare to see a direct train and it's usually like 1-3 connections in stations that close pretty early. (Why Gothenburg isn't a 24h station escapes me) Given that it's regular to see times 8-10h+ for a 450km journey is pretty crazy right? Finland's towns seem better connected than Norway's capital. Is there something I'm missing or is it just going to be a huge pain to get in and out of Norway? Or do they rely more on buses for these routes?  Currently in Berlin making my way to Oslo. There's a direct to Copenhagen 06:38-13:36 from there it looks like wait a day untill 09:27- 17:51 Copenhagen/Gothenburg/Oslo. But surely there's a better option that doesn't include the colour ferry for 2000nok. Any help? 

Hi, I’m currently in Munich and I’d like to make my way up to Sweden in a relaxed way over the course of a week. I was wondering about Munich - Vienna - Prague, but then I’m not sure where to go inbetween. Any ideas? Have been to a lot of cities so I’m also up for somewhere smaller.

Hey guys. So I randomly have 3 days left of my 2 month interrail account and I got a weekend spare, Sweet sauce!  I would love to just visit nature and quiet and am looking for suggestions where to go, departing from Arnhem Netherlands (German border). Where should I go???

Hi all, My wife and I are planning to go to Italy to celebrate some holiday's. At the end of the trip I meet a couple of friends in Palermo to have a guys weekend. My wife will most likely go back home from Rome.We want to see nature instead of cities. One of the places we want to visit are the Dolomites. Does anyone has any expierence on how to come there by train? When I look on the website of interrail I can only select large cities. So, I'm not quite sure of it is possible to go to the Dolomites by train. It might be that I need to search in a different way.In total we have 12 days together and then I have a couple of days with friends. So we are not only going to the Dolomites, but we were also thinking about the black forest in Germany. Tips on how the get there would also be helpfull. Thank you for all the responses!