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Weekend trips from Hamburg?

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(Reposted from generic 'Germany' forum..)

Hi!

So I'm hoping to go away for my bday weekend in early October. I'll be in Hamburg. What are my options? (I know 2 days is hardly enough for these places, but..beggars cant be choosers and all that! :))

I have been looking at Prague, Brussles & Bruges, Naples, Athens etc but all of them seem to be quite expensive, if I take the flights.. (except for Belgium..) There seems to be no overnight trains to Prague?

While the idea of eating waffles and walking cobbled streets is not too bad, just wondering if all the nice people here had any other ideas?

Thanks!

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When reasding "cobbled streets" towns like Lübeck, Quedlinburg, Halberstadt or Flensburg come to my mind. If too close to Hamburg and you want to do international flight, "cobblestone" make me thing of Riga and Edinburgh - aside of Prague. Or Ireland and UK in general.

Question is: What is it you want to experience?

https://www.bahn.com/en/view/index.shtml

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Thanks Torsten

I'll be in Hamburg for work for 2 weeks, plus another week in Goettingen, and doing Berlin. (Also Rome, London, Paris and hiking in Slovenia before that) So I would like something contrasting. (and relatively relaxing)

Walking around city centers, eating good food and looking at interesting things might work. .. which is why I was leaning towards Amsterdam or Brugge..

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If you like the idea of Prague, maybe consider visiting Edinburgh from London on the train?

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I would go to the north sea and chill at resorts like Sylt, the weather in October should still be decent and it is a beautiful area that you can easy get to from Hamburg

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Prague is absoulety doable. It’s only 6 hours on the train. So about as much time as you would need to fly to any other destination (say 2 hours to go the airport & security etc., 2 hours flight, 2 hours embarking and travel to the city center). No need for an overnight train. If you book in advance, tickets are very cheap.

Then again, I am a big fan of Sylt and second that suggestion. The heath around List are unlike any other landscape I have seen in Germany.

I love Naples too, but with only a weekend, you are merely scratching the surface of this beautiful and diverse city.

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Thanks for the ideas!

Sylt has come up a few times in my research too. Is there enough to do/see there for 2 days? I am not the lie on the beach/resort type..I'd rather be exploring, so was wondering. The mudflats look interesting..

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I only did two day trips. The first I spent seeing the megalithic tomb in Keitum (not that impressive) and going to the northern tip around List. The second day trip I visited the Morsum-Kliff, my favourite beach from the first visit and the beach in Westerland. Beach for me means hiking, not lying around. There is more to do though, I think.

Also of note: The German railway company DB is currently advertising cheap tickets to Prague. 29,90 € from Hamburg: https://www.bahn.de/p/view/angebot/sparpreis-europa/tschechien.shtml

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We have visited Bad Zwischenahn several times and do recommend.

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Oooh thanks! Looks like they dont have any leaving on Friday evening.. bummer!

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