Train from Brussels to Stockholm

Depending on your travel dates, train fares may not yet have been published.

Unless you love spending the better part of a day on trains, it's hard to think of a reason not to do this trip by plane.

You can find train info on www.bahn.com or www.raileurope.com

Brussels Airlines (for one) flies this route nonstop.

The best source of information on train routes is to use the websites of the various national rail companies. Use the company for each departure country for the routes you're interested in.

For Belgium, NMBS:
http://www.b-rail.be/main/E/

For the Netherlands, NS:
http://www.ns.nl/cs/Satellite/travellers

For Denmark, DSB:
http://www.dsb.dk/

For Sweden, SJAB:
http://www.sj.se/sj/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=10&l=en

For rail travel within Belgium and the Netherlands (and between the two), trains usually depart very frequently (as often as every few minutes for certain busy lines). There is no advantage to pre-purchasing your tickets in advanced in these countries, just buy them at the station. One exception is the Thalys high-speed train that connects Brussels and Amsterdam. You can sometimes get a discount by purchasing in advanced if you can commit to taking a specific train. Otherwise, you can just take the cheaper and only slightly slower Intercity express between the two cities. There's no advanced discounts with this one.

I know next to nothing about Danish or Swedish rail...

Thanks Tom!!

I don't have a particular fondness for train travel. I just get tired of dealing with the airports, and was thinking this could be fun. I don't know. From what I'm seeing regarding costs, I think I'm gonna break down and travel via plane. But, this information is helpful for future reference as well.

Between and Belgium and the Netherlands, it's easier to use the trains. I've never traveled from this region to Denmark, but knowing the distance, flying is probably the better option at that point in your trip.

For international routes, your best train timetable site is German Rail.

Here is what I found on that site for Brussels-Copenhagen. Take a Thalys train from Brussels to Cologne, departing at 19:28 and arriving at 21:15. Take a CNL night train from Cologne to Copenhagen, departing at 22:28 and arriving at 10:06. Book each train separately on the German Rail site and do it well in advance (up to 92 days allowed) to get discount fares. A Savings fare of €19 for Brussels-Cologne. A Savings fare of €59 for a bunk in a six-person couchette, €69 for a bunk in a four-person couchette, or €99 for a bed in a two-person sleeper for Cologne-Copenhagen.

"For international routes, your best train timetable site is German Rail." Not always. DB is better than the 3rd party resellers like RailEurope, but for routes that don't originate in Germany, they don't list everything. Through trial and error, going back and forth between Belgium and Germany, I've found that the fastest options sometimes are not listed on DB.

It's a long train ride from Netherlands to Copenhagen. You could do an overnight train but flying may be the easiest and cheaper. However, I do suggest taking the train from Copenhagen to Stockholm. There are frequent trains, high speed and very comfy. And the scenery is wonderful - rolling hills, farms, little towns, red barns, small lakes... It's about a 4-5 hour ride but the ride is part of the travel experience of seeing Sweden.

2 Weeks in Stockholm? Will you be taking the ferry to Helsinki? It's well worth it if you have that much time.