I am having a devil of a time trying to get from Tonder, Denmark, to Breman, Germany in May. It seems that I'll have to take a combination of buses and trains and travel for more than 10 hours. Any tips or advice?
I believe one has to go through customs between Denmark and Germany. How long should I allow for that?
I've never been to Denmark, so this will be completely new for me. I'm traveling with 3 other adults and we've already booked lodging (hostels).
Candace
http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/int/tpl/hme/MaHomePage.htm
Candace & Kim, perhaps the above Michelin Guide will help.... P
Thanks, Perry. Unfortunately, I didn't find train and bus information on the Michelin site.
We have been able to figure out a bus/train combination for the trip, but I was wondering if anyone had any advice or perhaps some easier way to get from Tonder to Bremen.
Candace
Denmark and Germany are both members of the Schengen treaty. There shouldn't be any customs or passport control between them.
Use the German Rail website query page at http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en. I found a connection from "Toender st" to Bremen requiring about 4 hours and three trains, 2 of them Nordseebahnen. I don't know how Tonder Bahnhof relates to Toender st, but both are a few minutes from Süderlügum, so they must be in the right place.
Lee:
You are a life saver!!! I can't thank you enough. I didn't know about the German rail site. What a relief.
4 hours is certainly better than all day!!
And thanks for the tip about customs. That, too, is a relief.
Candace
Candace, hopefully you know more about Tønder than I do. I suspect that "Toender st" might be the station itself, while "Tonder Bahnhof" is the name of the bus stop (seems backwards).
Lee,
As far as I can tell Tonder St. is the train station. At least that's where we arrive (train from Ribe to Tonder).
I had spend time on the Denmark rail site and the Euro rail site and the trip to Bremen was turning into a nightmare. The German rail site has saved us!
Candace
Candace, the "Euro rail site"?
Since "EuroRail" (www.eurail.com), which is a consortium of European national railways and travel companies organized to sell rail passes to people outside Europe does not sell point-point tickets, I think you are referring to RailEurope, an American subsidiary of French Rail. Although RailEurope is a dandy place to buy railpasses (ETBD is better), it is a terrible place to look for train schedules. They only show trains for which they sell tickets, which are not necessarily the best, or least expensive, connections. If you are just looking for schedules and to compare prices, the Bahn website is much better.
Thanks for the tip. I did mean RailEurope, and I did not realize that it wasn't the best site to check out train routes. The last few times I was in Europe I didn't do very much train travel, so I'm a bit inexperienced in booking tickets and finding routes.
The Denmark rail site was great for getting around Denmark, but the trip to Germany and then to Brussels was getting to be crazy.
Thanks so much again.
