Author Topic: Help Vertigo with his trip to Europe (Read 15990 times)

[MAF]Vertigo · « **on:** July 30, 2013, 02:08:14 pm »

Hey guys, I'm coming to visit

I'll be visiting these places:

Bangkok
Tromso
Brussels
Amsterdam
Berlin
Prague
Vienna
Budapest
Salzburg
Munich
Zurich
Venice
Rome
Pisa
Nice
Monte Carlo
Paris
Scotland
Barcelona (F1)
England
Singapore

I would like ANY advice you guys can give me.
Places to visit, things to see, other cities to visit that are close to the ones I've listed, hotel stuff, safety information etc. Anything really that could make my trip more enjoyable. I'm all ears; need all the help I can get.

I'm going March - April next year.

Woo

[FSR]Ush · « **Reply #1 on:** July 30, 2013, 02:09:15 pm »

You're planning to travel by car or train? And a good running order would help a lot, so we know what direction you're heading!

Żurrieq · « **Reply #2 on:** July 30, 2013, 02:09:51 pm »

Quote from: [MAF]Vertigo on July 30, 2013, 02:08:14 pm

Hey guys, I'm coming to visit

I'll be visiting these places:

Tromso
Brussels
Amsterdam
Berlin
Munich
Prague
Vienna
Salzburg
Budapest
Zurich
Venice
Rome
Pisa
Monte Carlo
Nice
Paris
UK

I would like ANY advice you guys can give me.
Places to visit, things to see, other cities to visit that are close to the ones I've listed, hotel stuff, safety information etc. Anything really that could make my trip more enjoyable. I'm all ears; need all the help I can get.

I'm going March - April next year.

Woo

No Malta??

miko · « **Reply #3 on:** July 30, 2013, 02:10:17 pm »

Quote from: [MAF]Vertigo on July 30, 2013, 02:08:14 pm

Munich

Woo

wut, I'll come to meet you there

Żurrieq · « **Reply #4 on:** July 30, 2013, 02:13:56 pm »

Quote from: [MAF]Vertigo on July 30, 2013, 02:08:14 pm

Pisa

I can give you information of Pisa AFTER I visit there (this September)

unless someone gives you the information about there.

[MAF]mooman · « **Reply #5 on:** July 30, 2013, 02:32:30 pm »

Low ping on AX will make you never want to leave

[MAF]Vertigo · « **Reply #6 on:** July 30, 2013, 03:07:36 pm »

edited so it's all in order for Ush!

everything after brussels is train, except for the UK which will be by car.

i'll have to find an internet cafe somewhere moo

[FSR]Ush · « **Reply #7 on:** July 30, 2013, 03:10:59 pm »

Why Tromso btw? What have you lost there

northern light? lapland?

[MAF]Vertigo · « **Reply #8 on:** July 30, 2013, 03:24:18 pm »

Yeah northern lights. Going with my girlfriend! (Better avoid Serbia)

[LSR]Cassidy · « **Reply #9 on:** July 30, 2013, 03:32:57 pm »

- ''Don't'' use the subway in the evening/night in Rome, there is a chance you get robbed there.

[AK47]Tommy_Vicious · « **Reply #10 on:** July 30, 2013, 03:38:10 pm »

if you plan to go to Venice , i suggest you to stop at Trento too , beautiful city, and the new "MUSE" museum just opened last week (over 10.000 people at its inauguration). and also we can catch up there

[AK47]Tommy_Vicious · « **Reply #11 on:** July 30, 2013, 03:39:18 pm »

Quote from: [LSR]Cassidy on July 30, 2013, 03:32:57 pm

- ''Don't'' use the subway in the evening/night in Rome, there is a chance you get robbed there.

it's the same in every city.

[MAF]Aj_Lajk_Bir · « **Reply #12 on:** July 30, 2013, 03:51:32 pm »

no Warsaw? wtf?!

palm-tree · « **Reply #13 on:** July 30, 2013, 03:58:06 pm »

Wear high boots in Venice, there's a chance you'll fined high water in that period

nero · « **Reply #14 on:** July 30, 2013, 04:48:38 pm »

In Berlin, buy a train ticket for 1 day or 7 days, not single ride ones. You can and will get everywhere by public transportation (mostly tram), they drive till late in the night and you can easily hop around the town all day long.

Try to avoid the biggest tourist magnets (like "Sea Life Aquarium") and discover the city yourself. There is history of the cold war and of the wall everywhere around the town. Checkpoint Charly is mandatory, the museum (http://www.mauermuseum.de/index.php/en) right next to it is interesting of you've got time for it or the weather outside is bad.

If you are interested in it, maybe consider visiting concentration camp Sachsenhausen (http://www.stiftung-bg.de/gums/en/index.htm). It is located some kilometers outside Berlin, so you'll need at least a half day for it.

[MAF]Vertigo · « **Reply #15 on:** July 30, 2013, 06:23:05 pm »

Berlin to Budapest is with a tour, so I'm not sure how much spare time we will have there. I'm sure they will take us to plenty of nice places.

Thanks for the info so far!

[MAF]Cromiell · « **Reply #16 on:** July 30, 2013, 06:55:07 pm »

Poland says "fuck you"

Enjoy

palm-tree · « **Reply #17 on:** July 30, 2013, 06:56:55 pm »

About Venice:

You should visit Piazza San Marco(Mark's Square), where stands a beautiful cathedral and you can also find Palazzo Ducale(Ducal Palace). I'm afraid you will have to pay to go inside, but frankly, an external view it's enough

You could also enjoy a ride on a steamboat that goes through the canals, which is quite suggestive, or just walk across the streets(and it's really easy to meet blind alleys), and the bridges, some of them are cool and offer some nice views.

The museum list is really long, one above all, the Peggy Guggenheim collection.

Going there in March means that you can find the Venice Carnival, which is amazing, but I think it will be at the start of the month.

Last thing for now, Venice by night is very beautiful and romantic, perfect for couples, so it's worth spending an evening there, with a good aperitif

[MAF]Vertigo · « **Reply #18 on:** August 07, 2013, 10:38:29 am »

Thanks again so far.

I would like to know from any locals, or anyone who knows these cities well, which are nice areas and which areas to stay away from.
More specifically, I'd like to know nice places to find a hotel and places which I wouldn't want to stay in lol.

Queen|iPink · « **Reply #19 on:** August 07, 2013, 10:53:35 am »

Why u no visit LT? xD

Frostballe · « **Reply #20 on:** August 07, 2013, 02:15:24 pm »

Meh, don't even bother going to Tromso.. Everything is so expensive in Norway, come to Sweden instead! We have northern lights too!

[MAF]Karlis · « **Reply #21 on:** August 07, 2013, 03:07:07 pm »

I disagree.
Norway is the most awesome country i've been in, at least nature-wise.
its expensive though, so consider being bit more economic there.

Frostballe · « **Reply #22 on:** August 07, 2013, 03:45:38 pm »

I'm not so amazed by the nature of Norway actaully, atleast not as most people are.. Actually consider ir rather boring.
Another thing you might want to have in mind while visiting Norway is that you should always have a raincoat with you when your'e out. The wheater usually changes fast and without warnings. Good luck!

[MAF]Vertigo · « **Reply #23 on:** August 07, 2013, 03:52:07 pm »

Thanks for that. But I'm used to that, where I live we say we have 4 seasons in 1 day

[TFGO]_Gabbie_ · « **Reply #24 on:** August 08, 2013, 06:57:06 am »

I'll help you for sure, my dear (queer) friend.

I know the information that will make your whole trip be amazing.

All you have to do is buy me a airplane ticket so I can go with you guys .. and BAM, it's done.

Just saying...

[MAF]Vertigo · « **Reply #25 on:** November 08, 2013, 02:56:44 am »

What's a nice place between Nice and Paris we could visit? Or is it not worth stopping in between lol.

McD0n3ld · « **Reply #26 on:** November 08, 2013, 06:24:48 am »

Monaco is 20km from Nice

Mute. · « **Reply #27 on:** November 08, 2013, 08:04:12 am »

if you listed those countries in the order you're going, that means you may be in the UK for 4/20 (well 20/4) so going to hyde park would be a fun day out if you like getting high haha

... · « **Reply #28 on:** November 08, 2013, 11:45:06 pm »

Quote from: [MAF]Vertigo on November 08, 2013, 02:56:44 am

What's a nice place between Nice and Paris we could visit? Or is it not worth stopping in between lol.

About 1/3 of the distance from Nice to Paris, there's Lyon, one of the major French cities. I have never been over there but I'd like to and from what I've heard, it's a really nice city, known to be France's "gastronomic capital". And also close to Lyon (about 50km to the East) is a small mountain city Chambéry which should be really nice.
Or if you don't mind doing a little detour via Switzerland that could be even better.

Also you might have thought about it before but if you want to save money for the trips, you can look for carpooling websites. I've used a few times a French one which had several trips across France and neighbouring countries (at least Belgium and Switzerland). If you're interested in the name of the websites about carpooling or long-distance buses and trains for France you can just ask me.

broodjehamburger · « **Reply #29 on:** November 09, 2013, 01:12:49 pm »

Come to Groningen, Me and Ush will show you around haha

RuBenXitoH · « **Reply #30 on:** November 09, 2013, 02:33:41 pm »

Are you going to miss Spain? it's the most visited european country! awesome weather also! Just try to book Barcelona or Valencia or somewhere near from..

[MAF]Vertigo · « **Reply #31 on:** November 10, 2013, 07:50:22 am »

Thanks for that Ouzo, I'll keep those two places in mind.

We will be going to Barcelona for the Grand Prix actually (I updated the first post). Anything nice to do in and around Barcelona?

[FSR]Ush · « **Reply #32 on:** November 10, 2013, 07:50:05 pm »

Quote from: [MAF]Vertigo on November 10, 2013, 07:50:22 am

We will be going to Barcelona for the Grand Prix actually (I updated the first post). Anything nice to do in and around Barcelona?

- Gaudi (Parc Guell)
- Sagrada Familia
- Ramblas

I've been there only one day, so I didn't see much but these are all worth seeing/visiting.

broodjehamburger · « **Reply #33 on:** November 11, 2013, 08:41:10 am »

visit Camp Nou aswell.

[AK47]Goodfella · « **Reply #34 on:** November 11, 2013, 12:34:09 pm »

I suggest you to come in Macedonia,Skopje (capital city) It's good

Good Luck

[FSR]Ush · « **Reply #35 on:** November 11, 2013, 12:46:52 pm »

How is that anywhere near his route lol

Btw Vertigo, how many days you stay in Amsterdam? I think if you have time a trip to The Hague might be fun, you should see Madurodam, it's NL in small. http://www.madurodam.nl/en/

For Amsterdam I'd like to suggest these things:
- Shopping: Kalverstraat (near 'de dam', where also a Palace of our king is located, as well as Madame Tussaud, a museum with famous people made from clay).
- Red Light district
- Any coffeeshop
- Do a canalboat tour, it's nice and you see a lot.
- Any musea of these: Rijksmuseum (paintings of famous painters), Van Goghmuseum, Anne Frank House, Nemo (science museum).

And things close to Amsterdam I think are worth visiting:
- Zaandam (10km above Amsterdam, easy by bus or train), yes this is really there (and finished now):

- Madurodam (see 2nd line of this post), located in The Hague (60km, easy by train).
- Utrecht (40km by train) > Nice innercity, really old.

I hope this will help you find out what to do.

[MAF]Vertigo · « **Reply #36 on:** November 11, 2013, 05:31:29 pm »

Skopje isn't quite on our route lol

Thanks for the huge detail Ush. We will be there for 4 nights so we can probably fit a lot of those places in.

xHaruhiSuzumiyax · « **Reply #37 on:** November 11, 2013, 05:51:57 pm »

If you are going to munich, i can give you some nice tips, since i'm living in munich.

If you want to go to shopping, the munich central city is nice to go shopping, but if you want to go to some shopping centres, you can take the underground to 2 of them
For sightseeing, you can use buses from the munich central station, or some sightseeing groups, which show you every interesting spot of munich. In my mind, the most interesting place is the old city of munich, and the churches that are around that old city, but you'll see them too if you take a sightseeing bus/sightseeing group.

I hope that i helped you with that

Regards

Brasco77 · « **Reply #38 on:** November 11, 2013, 06:46:23 pm »

Quote from: RuBenXitoH on November 09, 2013, 02:33:41 pm

Are you going to miss Spain? it's the most visited european country! awesome weather also! Just try to book Barcelona or Valencia or somewhere near from..

you fail

it's France
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings

[MAF]Cthulhu · « **Reply #39 on:** November 11, 2013, 06:49:21 pm »

Quote from: Brasco77 on November 11, 2013, 06:46:23 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings

why the hell is Turkey in the European table

[FSR]Mahdoee · « **Reply #40 on:** November 11, 2013, 11:53:28 pm »

Quote from: [MAF]Cthulhu on November 11, 2013, 06:49:21 pm

Quote from: Brasco77 on November 11, 2013, 06:46:23 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings

why the hell is Turkey in the European table

calm down its just a table not the union

because tourists mainly come to see istanbul and its not in africa.

[MAF]Cthulhu · « **Reply #41 on:** November 12, 2013, 04:29:24 pm »

lol i have nothing against turkey, it's just strange

it should be in Asia as the bigger part of the country is there

Rob_Zamora · « **Reply #42 on:** November 12, 2013, 04:58:03 pm »

Turkey is culturally Asia but politically Europe

Brasco77 · « **Reply #43 on:** November 12, 2013, 07:17:30 pm »

Turkey has long been considered geographically in Europe. All sports teams from Turkey participated with Europe. Even if a part is in Asia, then Russia is in the same situation.

[MAF]Vertigo · « **Reply #44 on:** February 23, 2014, 02:24:58 pm »

Well I'm off. Will be on a plane in a few hours. See you in 3 months! Should be able to sort of keep in touch on my phone.

[MAF]Martin · « **Reply #45 on:** February 23, 2014, 05:24:08 pm »

Quote from: [MAF]Vertigo on February 23, 2014, 02:24:58 pm

Well I'm off. Will be on a plane in a few hours. See you in 3 months! Should be able to sort of keep in touch on my phone.

RuBenXitoH · « **Reply #46 on:** February 23, 2014, 11:29:06 pm »

Hope you finally decided to visit Barcelona

[MAF]Vertigo · « **Reply #47 on:** February 26, 2014, 04:39:53 pm »

At Helsinki airport now. Too cloudy in Estonia, couldn't see anything from the plane

Yes, I'll be in Barcelona for the Grand Prix.

[MAF]Vertigo · « **Reply #48 on:** March 04, 2014, 10:07:09 pm »

I'm in Amsterdam bitches!

[FSR]Ush · « **Reply #49 on:** March 04, 2014, 11:14:41 pm »

Enjoy

[LSR]Cassidy · « **Reply #50 on:** March 05, 2014, 12:11:43 pm »

Haha, have a great time

!

broodjehamburger · « **Reply #51 on:** March 05, 2014, 02:45:44 pm »

visit Groningen bro, me and Ush will smoke you under the table ;p
but have fun!

[MAF]Vertigo · « **Reply #52 on:** March 05, 2014, 05:02:53 pm »

No you, Dutch rail sucks.

[MAF]Vertigo · « **Reply #53 on:** March 05, 2014, 05:16:20 pm »

Suikerwaffle and Stroopwaffle are delicious lol

nero · « **Reply #54 on:** March 05, 2014, 05:54:03 pm »

Eat Poffertjes!

[FSR]Ush · « **Reply #55 on:** March 05, 2014, 08:52:44 pm »

Try Poffertjes

[MAF]Vertigo · « **Reply #56 on:** March 25, 2014, 10:18:43 pm »

Dat Munich snow though

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