Welcome to explore my country from Northern Europe to Fuengirola
Travel distance 11013 km, expenses 1547€, emsissions 240 kg
The journey by public transport started on March 11, 2024, from the train station in Haaparanta, Northern Sweden, and ended on April 16 at the same location.
HERE'S MY ROUTE:
11.3. SJ (Swedish Railways): Regional Vy Norrtåg Haaparanta – Boden.
11.3.-12.3. SJ: Night train Vy Nattåget Norrland-Boden Stockholm
Day in Stockholm 12.3.
12.3. -13.3. SJ’s night train: Sthlm Central-Hamburg Hbf
Hamburg 13.-15.3.
Hamburg-Hannover 15.3. Flixbus
Hannover 15-17.3.
Hannover-Düsseldorf 17.3. Flix train
Düsseldorf 17.3.-20.3.
Düsseldorf-Cologne-Brussels 20.3. DB (Deutsche Bahn),
Brussels 20.3.-21.3.
Brussels-Paris 21.3. Eurostar train
Paris 21.3.-24.3.
Night train Paris-Toulouse 24.3.-25.3. TGV’s Inoui train (The abbreviation TGV comes from the French phrase Train à Grande Vitesse, which means high-speed train in English. TGV is the name used by France’s national railway company SNCF for its high-speed trains.)
Toulouse 25.3.-27.3.
Flixbus Toulouse-Barcelona 27.3.
Barcelona 27.3.-30.3.
Iryo train Barcelona-Madrid 30.3. (Iryo is the name of the Spanish high-speed train company.)
Madrid 30.3.-2.4.
Iryo train Madrid-Málaga 2.4.
Fuengirola 2.-5.4.
Renfe AVE train Málaga-Madrid-Barcelona 5.4. (The name AVE comes from the Spanish phrase Alta Velocidad Española, which means Spanish high-speed train in English.)
Barcelona 5.-6.4.
Barcelona-Lyon 6.4. bus from BlaBlaCar.
Lyon 6.-8.4.
Lyon-Geneva 8.4. (France’s national railway company SNCF)
Day in Geneva 8.4.
Geneva-Zurich 8.4. Swiss Federal Railways SBB (Schweizerische Bundesbahnen)
Zurich 8-10.4.
DB Zurich-Frankfurt am Main, DB Frankfurt am Main-Amsterdam 10.4.
Amsterdam 10.4. -12.4.
Amsterdam-Hamburg 12.4. Flixbus
Hamburg 12.-14.4.
Night train Hamburg-Stockholm 14.-15.4. SJ
Day in Stockholm 15.4.
Night train Stockholm-Boden 15.-16.4. SJ
Train Boden-Haaparanta 16.4 (replaced by bus)
Keminmaa-Haaparanta-Keminmaa by car
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Belgium, France, Spain, Switzerland, and the Netherlands – five new countries in one trip
Travel Costs
- Interrail mobile pass (ten travel days, valid for two months). €285 (senior discount and promotional price)
Reserved seats on trains and separate train tickets:
- SJ (Statens Järnvägar), sleeper seat Haaparanta-Stockholm €23.5 (1st Interrail day)
- SJ, sleeper seat Stockholm-Hamburg €33 (2nd day)
- Flixtrain, train ticket Hannover-Düsseldorf €14
- DB (Deutsche Bahn), seat Düsseldorf-Cologne-Brussels €8 (3rd day)
- Eurostar train, seat Brussels-Paris €29 (4th day)
- TGV, sleeper seat Paris-Toulouse €20 (5th day)
- Iryo, train ticket Barcelona-Madrid €31.12
- Iryo, train ticket Madrid-Malaga €28.55
- Renfe local train, Malaga-Fuengirola-Malaga €9
- Renfe AVE Malaga-Madrid seat ticket €12 (6th day)
- Renfe AVE Madrid-Barcelona seat ticket €12 (6th day)
- SNCF Lyon-Geneva €0 (7th day)
- SBB Geneva-Zurich €0 (7th day)
- DB, Zurich-Frankfurt am Main €0 (8th day)
- DB, Frankfurt am Main €0 (8th day)
- SJ, Hamburg-Stockholm €33 (9th day)
- SJ, Stockholm-Boden €24.5 (10th day)
- SJ, train ticket Boden-Haaparanta €13
- Flixbus, Hamburg-Hannover €8
- Flixbus, Toulouse-Barcelona €20
- BlaBlaCar bus Barcelona-Lyon €29
- Flixbus, Amsterdam-Hamburg €41
AirBnB 18 nights, total €474, average €26.30/night
Travel distance
Travel distances total 9491 km, bus travel 1522 km. Total 11013 km
Carbon dioxide emissions 240 kg
Haparanda-Hamburg 2138 km, 32.5 kg (Ecopassenger calculator)
Hamburg-Hannover bus 157 km, 4 kg (Flixbus own reading in Europe 26 g/km)
Hannover-Düsseldorf 240 km, 8.3 kg (Ep calculator)
Düsseldorf-Cologne-Brussels 296 km, 1.4 kg (Ep calculator)
Brussels-Paris 258 km, 2.6 kg (Ep calculator)
Paris-Toulouse 588 km, 6.1 kg (Ep calculator)
Toulouse-Barcelona by bus 350 km, 9.1 kg (Ep calculator)
Barcelona-Madrid-Malaga 1133 km, 32 kg (Ep calculator)
Malaga-Fuengirola-Malaga 60 km, 5 kg (Own estimate)
Malaga-Madrid-Barcelona 1133 km, 32 kg (Ep calculator)
Barcelona-Lyon by bus 550 km, 20 kg (Ep calculator)
Lyon-Zurich 589 km, 1.3 kg (Ep calculator)
Zurich-Amsterdam 919 km, 29.1 kg
Amsterdam-Hamburg by bus 465 km 12 kg (Ep calculator)
Hamburg-Haparanda 2138 km, 32.5 kg (Ep calculator)
Total: 228 kg. Additionally by car on the Finnish side. Total 240 kg
Pistorasiat näyttävät katoavan
Havaintojeni mukaan pistorasioita poistetaan rautatie- ja bussiasemilta. Esimerkiksi Tukholman Centralstationilla oli vielä vuosi sitten pistorasioita, joista pystyi lataamaan puhelimen. Nyt en löytänyt enää yhtään pistorasiaa.
Sen sijaan keskusaseman kahviloissa pistorasioita on runsaasti, mutta niiden vähiä istumapaikkoja ei viitsi varata kovin pitkäksi aikaa. Nyt on myös erityisiä latauspaikkoja, jotka myyvät sähköä lataamista varten. Niitä löytyy ChargeFinderin avulla eripuolilta kaupunkia.
Kiireiselle matkustajalle olisi kätevintä ladata puhelimensa keskusasemalla. Itse kannan mukana powerbankkia. Se painaa peräti 400 grammaa, mutta tämän reilun kuukauden reissun aikana se on pelastanut minut muutaman kerran pulasta
Kuva: Tukholman Centralsationilla on pistorasioita korvattu peitelevyillä.