Short pants in baltic capitals

Yes it is.

Be sure to check the weather before you pack. Those areas are not exactly the Costa del Sol. Our daughter is in Iceland right now, making good use of her knit cap, lots of layers, rain jacket, warm pants, socks and hiking boots. So are her traveling companions. And all went through the winter in Boston, so none of them are weather wusses.

When I was in Helsinki and St Petersburg last August, we had several days where the temperature was over 90 F and yes, I wore shorts.

Good idea to get a 10 day forecast before you leave. This coming week in Tsllin is mostly mid/low 60s with 4 precip days predicted

I did a Rhine cruise in August and it was cooler than normal and dowright breezy on the sundeck of the riverboat I packed one pair of jeans and a dozen pairs of shorts. I wore the same jeans every day in the cruise.

Go to the forecast of your home town. Look at the 10 forecast, no, print the 10 day forecast; then check it against the actual for those 10 days, and if you see an resemblance between forecast and actual know that it is purely coincidental.

just curious, how are you getting from St Petersburg to Krakow?

Shorts are acceptable as long as the weather cooperates. The exception might be St. Petersburg. They have worse immigration than the U.S. I'd avoid giving them any reason to view you as anything other than an American tourist with money to spend. We were in St. Petersburg in 90 plus degree weather (really rare there) in late July. Even then shorts seemed to be rare (although mostly naked sun bathers in the parks wasn't).

Thanks everyone! That was what I was worried, in terms of culture, like Brad was explaining... I don' t want to look 'weird'.

James we will be taking a train from Copenhagen to Berlin, spend a day, and then we'll take a night train to Krakow.

Hi,

If you plan on taking the night train from Berlin to Krakow, that doesn't exist. Doing that by day takes 10 hours or more (I've done that Krakow to Berlin).

I love the arguments about clothing. You might look at google images:
Copenhagen
http://globalurbancommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Amagertorv-central-square-in-Copenhagen-Denmark.jpg

http://eurobuildings.info/wallpapers/denmark/copenhagen_w004.jpg

Talinn
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Tallinn_-_Town_Hall_Square_(Raekoja_plats).jpg

Oslo
http://www.travel-earth.com/norway/oslo-castle.jpg

Surely no one here is against checking weather forecasts before leaving home?

I do it religiously right up to flight time. By the third day the 10 day forecast has no resemblance to the actual weather.

Hi Fred!
There is a train leaving Berlin Hbf at 22:40 arrivinh Krakow at 6:35.

James thanks for the links, works great for me. :-)

One good photo is worth a 1000 experts. Have a great trip. wonderful part of the world!

The heading of this thread sounds like a great album title. . .

Veronica, Both my travel companion and I wore shorts and capris in St Petersburg last August. It was over 90 degrees and most indoor sites are not air conditioned. The Hermitage is not air conditioned and it was uncomfortably warm during our visit. There were plenty of people in shorts. If people thought we looked weird, I'm sure it had nothing to do with our shorts :)

Laura, yup http://st.depositphotos.com/1001866/4436/i/950/depositphotos_44362365-Knights-Hall-of-the-Hermitage-with-shooting-tourists.jpg

@ Veronica...thanks for the info on that night train. It would certainly fit into my travel plans if I were going to Krakow.

I always keep an eye on the 10 day forecast as my trip approaches. I won't completely change my pack list but I might adjust somewhat for warmer or cooler weather than I initially anticipated (e.g. trade a pair of shorts for an extra sweater or vice versa).

I also look at my destinations on Wikipedia to see the average temperatures month by month. Some parts of the Baltics see 50 degree F lows and 60 degree highs late August and into September. And 20 days of rain are not uncommon for the month of September.

Be prepared!