Can you Visit Germany's 10 Largest Cities in 24 hours by Train?
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Hello and welcome to my craziest video idea... so far!
We'll be taking on the #ICE24 challenge to visit Germany's 10 largest cities, in 24 hours, by ICE Highspeed Train. This challenge is definitely plausible, but is it actually possible? So sit back, enjoy my suffering and stress, and hopefully the video too!
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Date of Filming: 29 to 30/4/24
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Operator: Deutsche Bahn (German Railways)
Departure: Munich, Germany
Arrival: Munich, Germany
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00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Challenge Rules & Map
01:35 - Let's Go!
02:28 - Level8: My Favourite Luggage!
03:12 - Leg 1 :Munich to Leipzig
06:30 - Leg 2: Leipzig to Berlin
09:48 - Leg 3: Berlin to Hamburg
13:44 - Leg 4: Hamburg to Essen
17:02 - Leg 5: Essen to Dortmund
19:12 - Leg 6: Dortmund to Dusseldorf
20:48 - Leg 7: Dusseldorf to Cologne
23:15 - Leg 8: Cologne to Frankfurt
25:55 - Leg 9: Frankfurt to Stuttgart
27:58 - Leg 10: Stuttgart to Munich
29:30 - Success or Failure?
30:28 - Outro
It was my pleasure mate, thanks for the invite 🏆🍻
Wow cool you both met up! Awesome video!
@@thornton next time- Japan 😂
@thornton you have a cool channel. Glad I found it, thanks to Eurotrip
As a German (and maybe an employee of DB as well^^) I must say: Respect for taking on this challenge :D
I don't get why people dislike the ICE 4 though. They are actually my second favourite ICE trains (after BR 411/415/ICE-T)
Thanks so much my friend. I'm with you on the ICE24 😁
I don't dislike the train in general.. but for me, for example... I can say from experience, the swats in 1st class are heck uncomfortable and too small, for tall and fat guys (like me) ... the old "chef leather chair" style seats in ICE 1 and IC 1 are far more comfy. The rest of the train is totally fine.🙂
I don't dislike the ICE 4 as a train but I strongly dislike the narrow and uncomfy seats and the little space per passenger. These deteriorations were introduced in 2017 with the ICE 4 and with the refurbishment program these were extended to the ICE 3 too. When this spreaded, I gave DB the notice of my "Bahncard 100"-subscription after 12 years.
The ICE 4 has lousy dispatch reliability. I think that's the root cause of the antipathy.
Well, for starters the 1st class seats in the ICE4 are worse than the second-class seats in the original ICE1.
Stuttgart Hbf is not only going through renovations. It goes through a transformation. The project is called Stuttgart 21 (for 21st century station) and it is one of the most controversial projects that has ever been undertaken in Germany. The old station is set to be completely demolished and replaced by an underground station that doesn't require trains to change direction. There were huge protests against the project in 2010 which led to the Black Thursday, involving special operation police forces, hundrets of injured protesters, 99 court trails against both policemen and protesters. The whole project is almost 3 times over budget and 7 years behind schedule.
Any end in sight?
@@NonstopEurotripDec 2026, for now... Just until a few weeks ago, it was Dec 2025
fvcking nimbys man...
Sounds like most construction projects in Germany
I was in Germany in June, and the sight of crowded platforms due to delayed/ canceled trains was a common sight. I shrugged at the ICE24 hours challenge, but you did it!! Wow, congratulations, I had fun watching the video.
Thanks very much 🙏🏻😊
In addition to a genuine north-south high-speed line, we also need an east-west line in Germany. Preferably at a continuous speed of at least 250 km/h. Unfortunately, real progress has been blocked here in the north for more than 30 years now. We in Hamburg will have less rail traffic next year. The traffic turnaround in Germany is a motorway. Still and probably for the next 50 years.
True.. I still have hope though, that it might become better after the track upgrades HH-Hannover, HH-Berlin and the rebuilt of the Vogelfluglinie.. so till 2029 mayor improvement, hopefully.. but ofc, everything is possible, with people like Wissing...😉🤐
Completely agree 👍🏻💯
Sadly it's our reality pretty much everywhere in Poland. We don't even have 160 on all connections between biggest cities with Warsaw - Wrocław being the biggest joke, as it's 120 kmh max (there's been various plans for a line to Wrocław/Poznań, which would look like Y, since 1960' I think) which means you've got to travel between 3:40 and over 5 hours (and the faster trains are actually travelling on the longer route through Opole). They even reduced express services, so now it's 1 express and 1 express premium (Pendolino) compared to 2 and 4 in 2020... Maybe we will have that route done in 10 years for 250 kmh, but I'm not sure about power supply as there were talks to make it AC (15kV or 25kV) unlike every other route (3kV DC), as they are already failing at some points, so then most regular intercity services would still run on the slower track, because we don't really have much of the multisystem locomotives, however I think there's a big order ongoing for Griffing with vmax being 200 kmh. PKP Intercity currently have some major issues with existing sometimes over 50 year old stock and more frequently we can see cargo locomotives hauling passenger train, so kind of too late purchase, but good it was made. To not make them look that bad I think they care more about the passenger than DB in accidents or delays, but I guess with that many trains running in Germany it's faster to take the next one in most cases. Sadly current government doesn't seem to be keen on the train network expansion and actually they started to care more after the public wasn't happy about it. We've seen some drawing and declarations, so let's hope they are actually going to make them real, at least in some part and not as a empty promises to withstand current run (which probably is more true statement).
@@mozomenkuniedługo ma być przetarg na pociągi KDP, a linia Y jest potwierdzona na 100%
@@szymex22 wiem, ale chodzi o to, że zdecydowanie za późno i nie wygląda, żeby im się spieszyło. To ma być na 3kV?
Great video, as always. However, Augustiner is not a local beer in Leipzig :)
Indeed. Augustiner ist a beer from Munich.
Came to the comments for this😂
It's German 😉
@NonstopEurotrip you wouldn't say this about any other country now, would you?
How can you tell which type of beer he had? You only saw the glas and made an arbitrary assumption!
What a great idea for a challenge. I love how you did it and commented about it. Very entertaining. Thank you. And by watching it, one could think that German ICE trains are on time in more than 53%. Haha...
Speaking about Hamburg Hbf: I hate Hamburg Hbf as much as you love it. It's pretty dark and like in twilight and the winding platforms are too narrow. I always try to use Hamburg Dammtor instead if possible.
Thanks so much and I'm really glad you enjoyed the concept 😀😀😀
What a great trip. Thankfully the only heavy late on this trip is because overrunning engineering work, not because weather or accidents. But because of that it makes your connection at next train is tighten and your heart beating faster. I think the next challenge probably same but in other country with similar size and having extensive passenger rail network like Germany, also not to forget the train always available 24 hours.
Yes exactly, I did get a bit lucky but hey... I'll have to think where to try next!
Its nice that you got to meet up with Tom. He seems like such a nice fellow. Ive subbed his channel for a while now. Good stuff! Thanks for the video. You're great!❤🎉
He is, for sure 😁
You didn’t face serious delays in most of the legs, and most of the trains departed on time. I think it is not a coincidence or luck, I think DB started to learn its lesson.
Great video, great challenge!
I really love how train UA-camrs are always happy to share other channel recommendations. I really love the train cinematic universe
Awesome, thank you! We're mostly one big community 😁
@@NonstopEurotrip I think we have to be. The rest of the world thinks we're weirdos! Thanks for the great video, and happy you made it successfully and safely.
Congrats! Very good video! I have a idea for another video: London - Brussels or Amsterdam - London in the same day!
Thank you so much- glad you like the video... and thanks for the idea, and for becoming a new channel member 😄🙏🏻
Really nice video! It also shows how the punctuality of DB could technically quickly be improved a lot by just running fewer trains on the overcrowded network (like at night). This is obviously not a real solution but shows that there is more to consider when talking about punctuality
Absolutely yes. I still didn't think I'd make it tho 😂
I really don't see how they can claim that it's excessively crowded compared with, say, the East or West Coast Main Lines in the UK. Certainly service frequency on those routes is much higher than ICE services which are usually hourly
@@AndreiTupolev Well because ICE trains arent the only ones running on those lines? Tons of regional trains, regional express trains, commuter trains and all trains from branch lines including freight trains run on them. Additionally there are multiple ICE lines not just one using the tracks. A lot of lines are considered to run over capacity. On 3.500km of tracks (in early 2022, so certainly longer now) the average (!) utilization is 125% and with construction 150% with some parts running on 150% without construction. The length of this highly utilized network was extended to 4.200km in early 2023. The amount of tracks that are this heavily used is expected to rise to 9.200km by the end of the 2020s. Even if there is a high speed line (which usually have freight traffic only at night and higher speed regional traffic adapted for the high speed line, if at all) between the two cities you want to travel, the ends of that line still funnel into the legacy network right before the city.
Nice Video
If you want to ride the ICE 2 you should probably do it sooner rather than later since they are starting to be phased out with the last one planned to run til 2027. So no hurry but something to keep in mind
Yeah I will, but I'm in no rush 😄
@@NonstopEurotrip ICE2 had one of the smoothest, quietest rides I've ever had. The combination of end power cars and pneumatic suspension made it tough to beat. I was also fortunate to ride when it still had the old seats! I think that's part of why ICE4 gets a bad rap. Anyone who remembers the old seats in ICE1 & 2 will always be bitter about any of the new stuff. Just like airlines finding ways to make it less comfortable with every interior refresh. My first ICE-T ride in the time of 1 & 2 left me thoroughly disappointed, and ICE 1 & 2 began their refresh programs shortly thereafter.
Love this challenge! Great vid!
Thank you 🤗
Great video! I really like the challenge. It would have been better if you had filmed a little bit of conversation with your guests, who instead are barely visible, especially Tom!
Next time! 😊
Great video !!
Thanks!!!
Thanks!! This was a fun video 😊
I'm very glad you enjoyed it! 😁😁😁
Well done mate! Love your challenge
Thanks a ton!
I had a small laugh at the "local beer" in Leipzig sitting in the outside area of the Augustiner Restaurant with Augustiner being from Munich... but hey, can't be mad, it's also my favourite and I lived close to Leipzig for 16 years.
Now I live in Salzburg, Austria and when I visit my family, I go to Leipzig via Munich.
Still German 😉
Amazing video!❤
You are so kind 😍
Fantastic video, thank you!
Glad you liked it!
I just finished the video, and im impressed! It was such an interesting experience! One of your best videos for sure, keep up the good work!
Thank you! Will do!
Love how you held an Augustiner beer into the camera while saying something about "local brew" in Leipzig. You should have grabbed a Sternburg or (if you insist on not being mystaken for a drunk homeless guy) an Ur-Krostitzer perhaps. 😊
Local, as in German
@@NonstopEurotrip well, fair enough. We germans can get quite defensive when it comes to our regional beer. Which is always the vest if course... 😅
I just love this high-quality video. Could you do this in Spain please?
Don't think it would be possible!
@@NonstopEurotrip yes, it is possible
Can't imagine it would be possible in 24 hours earliest for bilbao - madrid would be 7 am - arriving at 11:30, Madrid - zaragoza 12:25-13:40, zara-barca 14:50-16:22, barca-valencia 19:30-23:07 (too late for last hi speed train), and then the next train from valencia is the following morning. and you'll need to do some backtracking from murcia to get to seville, malaga or cordoba!
What a pity you had only a few minutes in Cologne. Its cathedral is right outside the station and to me one of the three most impressive churches in the world.
I've been many times before but yes, I agree 💯
Delightful to see this.
Amidst the clutter of travel videos, this is a different effort. Appreciate your dedication to make this.
Thanks a ton! 🙏🏻😊
I was just in Germany for a few days in June , and every single ICE was delayed, some heavily delayed, DB needs to get their act together as they are getting bad rep and rightfully so, you cannot rely on short connections, you are pretty much guaranteed to miss it. I had read something about it on the news but was able to experience it myself, and it's very inconvenient.
I'm well aware I got VERY lucky 😂
I always find that "DB needs to get its act together" to be the completly wrong sentence in this case. Cause it makes it sound like they have the choice to just stop with delays and be on time. Decades of bad political decisions and underfunding from the government have led to this current state. It's actually the politicians that need to get their ass out of the car lobby and actually do something for public transport
@@NonstopEurotripnot thaat lucky, i regularly travel with ICE and rarely have issues, my last one was due to the bavaria floodings but DB cant exactly control that, biggest issue is the massive discrepancy in investment between states, with the CSU pulling out all stops to make sure bavaria gets the vast majority of investment into its rail infrastructure each year and places like NRW left abandoned.
@@Guy-Zeronot necessarily underfunding, but actual documented corrupt proceedings leading to money being siphoned to bavaria for both road and rail projects largely at the detriment of NRW, whoch for whatever reason we just decided to stop talking about? People really love corruption I guess, thats why they still vote for CDU/CSU.
@@Guy-Zero But why do projects like the new Stuttgart station when they can't maintain the basic network?
Great video! I made the experience that delays are distributed quite uneven in the German rail network. The northeast is usually OK, so lets say the Munich-Berlin-Hamburg corridor you used for the first three legs. Longer distances between larger cities and a lot of new or upgraded track, so even if you have +10 min at some point the train driver can make up for it by riding Vmax.
But the southwest... Stuttgart, Frankfurt or the entire Rhine-Ruhr region are like magnets for delays. Stops are sometimes so close to each other, the ICE becomes a better commuter train (RE). An actual commuter train is ahead? No chance of reducing the delay.
Cologne station especially is a huge bottleneck and a frequent cause for delays. On the other hand, trains can usually make up some time on the Cologne-Frankfurt high speed line.
Yes, I planned it that way round for a reason 🫡
Quite an ambitious adventure - thank you!
Glad you liked it 😄
Next level of train travel. Nice one👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it 😁
Nicely done (both video and challange), thanks!!
Thank you for watching ☺️
A very unique video mate! Thoroughly enjoyed watching it. Thanks & Cheers :)
Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Bruh, and I thought having a day out in Berlin and then shoving Frankfurt into the itinerary while staying in Dusseldorf using the ICE was ambitious while Interrailing last month, but you've clearly taken it a step further! Well done!
UK would be much more complicated, as there would be no clear way to define the 10 largest cities in the first place, let alone the route you would have to take to travel between them. Official city status boundaries are very inconsistently defined, with Bradford and Manchester being similarly sized on paper because the latter is defined as only a chunk of what you would consider 'part of Manchester' in practice because much of its suburbs are parts of other GM boroughs, while the former extends beyond Bradford itself to include other neighbouring towns (such as Keighley, Shipley, Ilkley, etc. all of which are sizeable towns in their own right) and hinterland. Not to mention the big elephant in the room which is London, the largest city in practice suddenly becomes one of the smallest on paper because its city status only covers the square mile. On the other hand, official urban areas won't work either, because many include multiple cities as one such as the West Midlands, which merges Birmingham and Coventry, and West Yorkshire, which merges Bradford with Leeds. Plus, Southampton-Portsmouth (two VERY distinct cities) would be merged into one city booting Bristol off the list. Any other unofficial definitions to try and be more sensible would be largely subjective.
UK is probably possible tbh. I may consider this :)
@@NonstopEurotrip first you gotta define what those top 10 are; that's the main issue really. Of course, official city status boundaries don't really work for reasons I mentioned above, but in practical terms we can agree that London, Birmingham and Manchester are all top three. However, it's the remaining 7 that are a bit trickier, because what metric will we use to define what to include or exclude? Leeds, Liverpool and Glasgow are included either way, but choosing between Bradford or Edinburgh is where it gets tricky. Sure they're both the same size on paper, but Edinburgh has far more psychological importance which you can't quantify.
@@NonstopEurotrip I suppose we will go with the most influential of what may often get in the top 10 after London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds and Liverpool (based on their de-facto urban areas that are associated with the city) so Edinburgh, Newcastle, Bristol and Cardiff. This would be more simple, so you can start in London, then go to Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Liverpool (these two can be either way round), Birmingham, Cardiff, Bristol then back to London.
Congrats! Nice performance.
Thank you very much!
Another very interesting video. I'm glad you didn't have too many delays or any cancellations. A challenge like that would never work here in the UK.
I'm not so sure tbh, Germany has it's moments 😂
Great vlog!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video....Im in Germany now on a first class Eurail Global pass. I really enjoy riding ICE's, no reservation fee needed. I like their comfort and most have a dining car. Nothing like having a cold beer on an ICE train.
Absolutely agree 💯👍🏻
Great challenge, great video!!!
Thank you 🤗
Congratulations! Ten cities in 24 hours is a large journey. Quite an achievement.
Absolutely 💯😁
Nice report as always, however Augustiner isn't brewed in Leipzig, but in München (6:28).
I never said it was
Amazing video 😊
Thank you 😁
The universe has aligned with your desires. That's what I could say 😅
One can go from Sendai to Kobe in about 5 hours. The challenge though, is having to travel only using a combination of limited express and local trains (no Shinkansen) within a calendar day. The quickest way with this parameter is to partly use a non-JR train which would involve some long walk when changing in a certain station
I'd love to try Japan's Top 10 in 24 hours 😁
Amazing journey! Delays on the Dortmund-Cologne route are unfortunately very common especially during the day hours when there are a lot of trains on the line, so doing this part during the night was a good call. When the new underground station in Stuttgart is hopefully opened in 2026 the time between Stuttgart and Ulm (which was nice to see in the video) this will make the journey to Munich again a lot shorter. The sign "Stuttgart Hbf (oben)" is hilarious, seeing this for the first time.
Thanks for the info!
What an interesting video and challenge! It inspires me to do the same itinerary on a longer time, maybe for a 60hrs version.
You should try it 😊
Fun thing to do! Love riding the ICE trains in Germany (When they run on time) ;-) Thanks for sharing
Absolutely 🫡🫡
A great effort. In the late 1980s I would catch the 10.42am ICE from Bonn HBF (which then followed the Rhine) and arrive in Bern HBF in Switzerland via Basel at 4.10pm without changing. The alternative was to get to Cologne/Bonn airport, fly to Zurich and get the train to Bern, arriving at 4.30pm. You could buy the English newspapers at Bonn HBF and have lunch delivered to your seat. I don't know if Deutsche Bahn is not so good these days, but believe me in the 1980s you were lucky in England if a train even arrived!
@godders7964: DB did not provide ICE services back in the 80s. ICE1 started operating in 1991.
@@waldogadellaa They called them inter-city expresses, but not these current ICE engines and stock.
congrats on meeting the 24-hr whirlwind challenge on ICE!! 🎉 leg 7 & 8 connections were a bit nail-biting (great motion capture of bolting for the platform tho lol) but for me, the transparent view of the driver's compartment takes the cake. yes, i dig these types of challenges #veryexciting :)
Thanks so much!! 🙏🏻😊
Thank you so much for taking us on this trip with you! Also nice to hear about the good sides of DB trains and network (Germans love to hate DB as a whole, not always justified). No worries on missing out on the ICE2 trains though. They would have crushed your plans as ICE2 is the series most likely to fail. I might not be the only one trying to avoid them when commuting...
I try to get ICE3s as often as possible, they are soooo quick
ICE1s have the nicest interior but arent as quiet, so they are prob my 2nd choice
Thank you 😊
Excellent. Thanks
😁😁
Amazing video
Glad you think so! 😁
Excellent stamina to complete the challenge, good to see your UA-cam colleagues as well, I watch their channels too. Not sure which other countries you could do something similar in though.
Awesome, thank you Kevin 🙂
Great fun video, thanks! How about trying to do a similar challenge in Italy, France and Spain using their high speed networks?
I'm already planning the next one 😊
Very well done indeed to complete your challenge. Great to see that Germany run quite a few trains during the night, i'm sure a few European countries could learn from them ! :) Nice to briefly see Mark from 'Let's make a trip' in the video too ! :)
Thank you very much! 🙏🏻😊
Nice
Epic 👍
I love Mark’s channel, let’s make a trip. He’s the best. Glad to have found your video. I found it through UA-cam suggestions, probably from being a subscriber of Mark’s channel.
Welcome aboard! 👋🏻
I thought about doing that myself. I see that is doable in one day!
Give it a shot 🥃
You could try get from Westerland (on the Island of Sylt) to Oberstdort at the Alps in 24 hours, only using the Deutschlandticket / 49€ Ticket. That'd be Germany most northern and most southern train stations. You could add the southernmost Bus stops as start and ending for an extra challenge, as the train is supposed to take only 18 hours or so. But loads of connections to catch.
But not sure ~19 hours on often very full regional trains would probably not be ideal for filming.
Maybe you can go with: Have your feet in 3 seas / oceans of the EU in a 24hour window. So mediterranean somewhere, then off the the North sea and to the Baltic afterwards. Maybe even go to Skagen, to tick off North Sea and Baltic in one go. Otherwise that might be too easy, depending what place you choose. TGV across france to northern France or Belgium and then ICE / IC to Lübeck would probably be too quick (without researching it). But the 3 Seas / 2 Stops challenge (using Skagen) might work. Not sure if all 4 EU seas (incl. Atlantic would be possible).
Some great ideas there, thank you! 😁
I was almost sure that you won't make it, but seems like DB had mercy 😄
@@Frankfurtdabezzzt guess I booked all the right connections 😂
Hola. Realmente sí se puede recorrer en 24 horas. Aunque, hay que ser sincero, es un poco agotador, pero vale la pena el desafío. Felicitaciones por el esfuerzo. De hecho, se disfruta mucho el ver un país tan hermoso corriendo debajo de tus pies. Un abrazo desde Argentina.
Definitely tiring but very worthwhile!
Good luck! 😁
Thanks! 😁
Entertaining video! You seem to have been incredibly lucky to have been able to catch all the trains on such a tight schedule. My last trip on an ICE train in Germany (Dortmund-Munich) in the beginning of June left me in Stuttgart in late evening with no trains going to Munich. I barely managed to get to Munich with a 24 hour (!!!) delay :D
My other previous attempt to ride ICE train in Germany back in 2022 also resulted in a train cancellation. By now I see ICE trains as a lottery: you'll be lucky if your train isn't cancelled. Nice trains though, Especially the newest Class 408 (ICE 3 Neo). They don't try to make them look super flashy or over the top, but super comfortable, good quality materials, plenty of legroom and very comfortable ergonomic design seats with an onboard restaurant, when it works, that is. Which wasn't the case on my last journey.
Yes I was very very very very lucky 😁
Phew. That was nail-biting and exhausting to watch. Time for a whisky, now.
Thanks for watching Tim 😁
Berlin Hbf is a real marvel, indeed!
Absolutely!
Great vid. As already mentioned, would have been good to hear from guests and perhaps what apps you used to plan your trip.
I just used the DB navigator app
Excellent video .. thank you!! I really thought you would miss that connection .. if it had been me, I would have .. lol 😊
I wasn't so sure at one point 😂
good video ,keep them coming.
@7:39 @Nonstop Eurotrip. Did you notice that commuter train running in a reverse push pull set with its cab car forward, being hauled by a BR class 101? very very very rare!
I didn't 😂
Nice video! Only a train fan could do it! I hope you'll do this challenge with another country 🚄
That's the plan! 😀
Delays under 6 minutes are not counted as delays by DB. So, most of your trains were on time. It's rare, but it's been known to happen.
I was amazed too 🤣
Very cool video...
Thanks!
Honestly, the ICE4 as well as the ICE3neo and the ICE 1 are my favourite german Highspeed trains :D cant find anything bad in them
3neo for me, definitely!
Hi, great video. I will be in Germany for a month soon and doing all the cities by train too. I'd like to know how you know what version of ICE you're riding.
A video covering the Deutscheland ticket usage would be good too
If you use this website and put in your train number it'll tell you most train compositions in Europe:
www.vagonweb.cz/
You can visit 10 major places across Germany in 24hrs. We Aussies can spend 24hrs on a train and still be in the same state 🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
If you want to catch a ICE2 service, they run between Koln and Berlin, but sometimes its a ICE2 sometimes ICE 4. I have seen a lot of ICE2 eight now so I would recommend to do the trip quickly before its too late
They also Drive from Hamburg to münchen
Thanks for the info
I will definitely in the next 12 months 😁
with NO! delays easy to do
I had no delays and I only just made it
Ótimo vídeo gostei ice lindo trem show Alemanha
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
My favourite Country i always liked Deutsche Bahn
Too bad you had to rush through Düsseldorf and especially Cologne because of the delay since the symbol of cologne, the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) would have been just right outside of the train station and could have been seen if you sat on the otherside of the departing train.
But it sounds like a fun challenge I would love to try one day.
Luckily I've been plenty of times before 😊
Doing this type of challenge on the German railroads is tempting fate, my friend. If you have an important meeting that you can't be late for, taking the train is not really an option in Germany, as it is 50/50 whether you make it
I got lucky, I know 😉
I always use DB/ICE for important meetings and only missed one in ~15 years (the next morning after a heavy thunderstorm; +3 h delay due to a tree branch on the catenary). How? I do the same I would do for any mode of transportation and that is to have some buffer.
If I would e.g. have to travel Berlin Munich by car (A9), I would calculate at least +1 h buffer for traffic and finding a parking space at either end. The same applies for planes (2x airport transfer, traffic at the airport, bad weather...) or an ICE. Yeah, many ICE services are delayed, but a tiny percentage above 30 min.
Delays are also not the same for every region. Northern and eastern Germany are quite OK (Hamburg-Berlin-Halle/Leipzig-Erfurt-Nuremberg-Munich), the southwest is a passenger hell (Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Rhine-Ruhr).
I still feel the ICE 1 is my fav
5:00 Germany is probably the only country where this may not be true. No speed limit on the Autobahn means there's a non-zero chance your ICE 4 would be overtaken by someone doing quite a bit more than that. It's also visible on your footage - the speed difference is less than you'd expect in other countries :)
By car, you would not manage to cruise 200 km/h on average for hours. If you manage to hit 120 km/h on average by car in Germany for 1,000 kms you could consider yourself a fast driver.
There are few unrestricted autobahns and despite what people think, everyone doesn't drive around at 200kmh+
What a cool (and unexpected) video idea!
If you plan to ever take an ICE 2, you should hurry as they will be retired in the next few years (the last one in 2026 or 2027)
I will 😄😄
Try driving from London and Berlin. I can drive it faster than the Eurostar plus sleeper combo. I'll happily drive through the night, and my car will happily cruise at 150mph
Already done it 20+ times and I cruise at 180mph
I wish they still had the ICE TDs still in service
Me too!
missed the northernmost port city of Kiel on baltic sea coast. a quintessentially German city of distinct German culture. i understand it doesn't come in the circular itinerary but still...
Clearly didn't even understand what the video was about
Make this, but in Italy!
Good idea 👍🏻
It would be nice to see you do this with the Shinkansen of Japan, to see which one is more punctual and efficient.
I plan to 😀
Shinkansen transfers are seamless, and therefore less challenging when things are all planned out. Limited express trains would be better for this occasion. They run no faster than 130 kph, and are affected when some local trains get into trouble for whatever reason
In Spain, Renfe announced recently that it will perform refunds for delays when bigger delays occur. It´s understandable now that competition is here which will end up stressing more the infrastructure shared by all operators. You would expect time to improve the service and conditions, but not here sadly. They have still one of the best refund policy in Europe.
They have done for ages. I had a refund within 24 hours for an hour delayed Madrid Santander alvia a few years ago
@@NonstopEurotrip I wrote it wrong, my bad. I mean they increased the amount of delay from which they do refunds now. This is inferior to the policy we know and it matches the policies of its competition.
Time was supposed to improve matters, it made it worse in this case.
@@mariussoarele ah ok!!!
Have you used Interrail on this trip ?
I did , yes 👍🏻
Dude, I’m sure that you could, but why? It’s not like you’d get to see much of anything in such a short period of time in each city.
I lived in Germany for 7 years back in the 90s, and really think we need a railway system like this in the US.
I do recall seeing 2 junkies die in my first 2 weeks in Germany, both at or near train stations.
One in Frankfurt, one in Berlin. The one in Frankfurt was my actual first day in Germany. The police were doing CPR on the guy, but didn’t look like they were putting much effort into it.
The one in Berlin was more disturbing. I was with a group from a German language class and our final field trip was to take the Ubahn into the main train station and eat at a restaurant on the second floor. I remember looking outside the window, and a group of 7 junkies sat down across the street and started shooting up. All at once, one of them keeled over while just having lit a cigarette. One of his friends took his lit cigarette from his hand, and he and the others just walked off leaving the guy there dead on the sidewalk.
I can’t imagine smoking a cigarette a friend of mine took his last breath through.
Anyway, that’s the sort of stuff I used to see around train stations in Germany.
Why not?
In all fairness I've never missed a train connection in Germany because the times my first train was delayed, so was the second 😅.
Lucky 🤞🏻😂
Great Video! Do it in China next👍🏻
Thanks for the idea!
That's a great challenge you could try in lots of European countries. Some could be straightforward but I reckon UK would be the most awkward. What are the nighttime services like elsewhere in Europe?
I have a look and see which are plausible!
feel like urban areas mightve been a better definition for it because city borders can be a bit iffy
Would that have changed things?
@@NonstopEurotrip at least hannover, bremen and Nürnberg all have bigger urban areas than Leipzig, then again you wouldnt have gotten to see Tom that way 😅
@@NonstopEurotrip it wouldve also meant that Essen-Dortmund-Duisburg wouldve counted as one stop since they are so close together that only Köln-Bonn is a seperate area (and Düsseldorf)
Do a challange
Visit Sweden 10 biggest cities and Netherlands 10 biggest cities on 24 hours!
Not possible 😂
Why? I live in Sweden. Why is not my idea not possible?
I can tell you right off; you absolutely could.. if you can trust Deutsche Bahn to be on time and free of cancellations. Haha.
Well, I did
@@NonstopEurotrip you should have immediately bought a lottery ticket lol
My experience on three consecutive vacations in Germany is to have travel cancelled or delayed repeatedly; to and from Germany from the Netherlands and Belgium, and multiple occasions within Germany including rolling engineer strikes, where routes were interrupted on alternating days..
Should be fairly easy. Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin. Then Berlin, Leipzig, Nurnberg, Munich.
3rd Munihc, Stuttgart, Frankfurt (Main) and then to Cologne, Düsseldorf. And finally to Essen, Duisburg, Dortmund .
that is when DB does not have massive delays ...
Hardly easy, if you change trains at every station!
Hey.. Great video as usual, How much did the whole trip cost?
Maybe you could try something similar in the UK. Penzance-London-ECML-Glasgow-Scotrail-Thurso-Edinburgh-Calendionan-Londoon-Ramsgate
I used a first class interrail 🙂 I'm planning a UK one for next year