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Travel relaxed: Top 30 train destinations for a family city trip!
Find out how families can experience stress-free city trips by train – tips, travel destinations and offers for summer 2025.
Travel relaxed: Top 30 train destinations for a family city trip!
Stress-free family vacations are a key wish of many travelers, especially those traveling with children. Ines Rewel, author of the family travel blog “Viermal Fernweh”, describes in her article RP Online, how her family regularly takes city trips by train. Not only does this type of travel offer a nice way to explore new cities, but it also offers the benefits of less stress and easier organization, especially for families.
Rewel emphasizes that the number of trains available for travel is constantly increasing, but it takes time to find the best and cheapest connections. Planning such trips is particularly important for families to ensure the most relaxing holiday experience possible. Since the birth of their children, their family has been traveling together by train and has had many positive experiences.
Popular travel destinations for city trips
City trips by train are a popular and often cheaper alternative to air travel in Europe. The website Wonder of the world has compiled a list of 30 excellent train travel destinations in Europe. Denmark and Sweden are particularly popular travel destinations in the north of Germany.
- Aarhus, Dänemark: Die zweitgrößte Stadt Dänemarks bietet das Aros-Museum für moderne Kunst. Von Hamburg aus dauert die Zugfahrt etwa 4 Stunden.
- Kopenhagen, Dänemark: Ein beliebtes Ziel, besonders von Hamburg aus, mit einer Reisezeit von etwa 4,5 Stunden. Es gibt auch Nachtzugverbindungen von Berlin nach Kopenhagen.
- Stockholm, Schweden: Die Zugfahrt von Stockholm nach Hamburg kann 11 bis 15 Stunden dauern, jedoch bieten die SJ-Highspeed-Züge Komfort und verbinden mit anderen Städten in Schweden.
Eastern Europe also has many underrated travel destinations that can be easily reached by train:
- Stettin, Polen: Ca. 2 Stunden von Berlin entfernt, bekannt für eine Mischung aus historischer und moderner Architektur.
- Breslau (Wrocław), Polen: Erreichbar in etwa 6 Stunden von Berlin Lichtenberg oder direkt von Dresden.
- Prag, Tschechien: Die Zugfahrt von Dresden durch die Sächsische Schweiz führt zum zentral gelegenen Hauptbahnhof.
- Budapest, Ungarn: Nachtzugverbindungen von Prag oder Berlin bieten Reisenden eine bequeme Anreise.
There are numerous attractive destinations not only in the East, but also in other parts of Europe. Cities such as Vienna, Zurich and Milan are easily accessible by train and offer travelers a variety of cultural experiences.
The increasing variety of rail connections is making it increasingly easier for families and other travelers to plan stress-free vacations and discover new cities. The anticipation of your vacation can begin as soon as you get on the train, regardless of the distance.