Zagreb to Brussels

Maribor, Ptuj in Slovenia
Graz, Gmunden in Austria
Passau, Regensburg in Germany

If you visit Salzburg in Austria, take a side trip to tour the salt mine in Hallein. We rented bicycles from the Salzburg train station and rode to the mine. It was a fun cruise back to Salzburg after touring the mine. Maybe head to Prague, Czech Republic before heading west to Germany and Belgium? I also saw your Spain and France questions, and sent you a private message -- maybe you're not going to France after all, but perhaps you'll be passing thru Italy on the way to Zagreb?

Thank you for your recommendations!

Goes through most of my favorite places and makes the theme “Behind the Iron Curtain”
Zagreb
Budapest
Vienna
Prague
Berlin
Brussels

Too much? Skip Berlin.

Hi,

Without a car, I have done most of this route on the trips and would suggest doing the route using both day and night trains as follows: Zagreb, Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, Cologne, Brussels.

Skip Berlin this time, save Berlin for the next trip of 10 days. If you do include Berlin, take the Munich-Berlin night train, If you skip Berlin, then take the CNL night train Munich-Cologne. Since Cologne serves as a big junction point, the regional trains from Cologne get you to Brussels after changing in Aachen.

I apologize for the delayed "thank you" to all of you who posted - this extended trip has had so many changes but it is fun too to be spontaneous. In the end, we are not taking the train but rather flying from Zagreb to Berlin then traveling on to Brussels. We just ran out of time as we spent more in earlier destinations. I will save your recommendations for future trips! Thank you!!