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[โ€“] [email protected] 41 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Not a place in particular, but if you're driving, avoid any border crossings during peak holiday seasons. Specifically when you're crossing from the EU into non-EU countries or crossing from Schengen into non-Schengen area. During peak times you might be waiting at the border for hours.

[โ€“] [email protected] 61 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Don't drive! You're in Europe... trains go fucking everywhere!

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It seems like you've never been to Germany

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Wanted to say that too. I mean, technically the train network is pretty well connected but it's so underfunded that trains oftentimes don't drive at all or they're late and then every train after that is also late. It's mostly fine but it happens way too often. I had to stand in freezing cold for an hour or longer too many times in the last three years where I took the train daily.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't know, maybe it's just particularly bad where I live, but I regularly have to the the god damn Schienenersatzverkehr, and even this god damn fucking bus that is supposed to replace the train is always like 20 minutes late. Like how the fuck do you even mess that up DB? HOW?!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I had to take a SEV for a while too because there was construction on the train tracks and I came late every single day because apparently nobody at DB thought that 2 full trains (and with full I mean that people always had to stand because there weren't enough seats) couldn't just fit into one bus. That bus was always completely full (people standing in the middle up to the front door) and a lot of people still just wouldn't fit in.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But I'm sure it's gonna get better if the FDP keeps taking away funds to use them for autobahns

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Imagine having to take the train, Geringverdiener! Your rich dad didn't get you an RS6 for your 18th birthday? Suck it, looser!

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Things get less well connected in the more eastern nations, especially heading down to Greece.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well, there are some exceptions. This year, I'm travelling by train to all my holiday destinations, but the last connection I will fly because the trains run in such a stupidly way.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yea - my statement is generally accurate for Western Europe. Eastern Europe, especially the Balkans, is awful for high-speed coverage.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

In my case actually Western Europe, but a very specific connection that would either need to go through the alps (which means slow speeds and switching trains a lot) or take a huge detour via Paris.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

The high speed Internet coverage is quite the opposite though.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just to note, this doesn't apply to the UK. Our trains are generally useless and expensive.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Any reason in particular? I would have thought that the UK would be all over good rail transit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

One word: privatization

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

For driving tunnels in the Alps are the worst. The Gotthard tunnel or the Karawanken tunnel on the first days of the vacation period were the worst traffic I have ever seen.