We are arriving via cruise ship at Warnemünde and want to rent a car at the port to drive into Berlin for an overnight. I’m confused if Europcar and Hertz are actually there. Can anyone advise if you’ve rented a car from that port?
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OP
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Thanks. We are going into berth 8. My only hesitation with train is concern about train strike although maybe the frequency we hear about is overblown? We do have IDP already and lots of experience driving in foreign countries (including Japan - husband is a retired marine and we’ve lived all over but not in Germany). I will definitely price out train options (there are 4 of us traveling.). Any tips on train travel? We are used to Shinkansen and local trains in Japan.
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Uppsala, Sweden
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I would not worry about a train strike, and the train seems a lot easier. Driving to Berlin, and especially driving in Berlin, sounds like a nightmare.
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Lake District, England
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In the peak and on summer weekends the S Bahn runs from Warnemunde to Rostock every 7 1/2 minutes, and a broadly hourly IC or ICE train from Rostock to Berlin.
Most of the day the S Bahn is every 15 minutes from memory - long double deck trains
I don't know if they still run but there were a few through ICE trains to and from Warnemunde - I know as I've been on one.
They may now either be dated services or withdrawn as being superfluous to needs.
Posted by
OP
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Thanks for all the suggestions and advice! I did book train travel. Will leave a review after we do the trip in early July.
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OP
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I feel pretty confident about it. Had a friend visiting this weekend who lived for 4 years in Germany and she helped me book online while assuring me that the train travel is easy and reliable. :-). Just changed our hotel to one that is next to the Berlin Central Station for further ease.