@themaninseat61 When I made an overland trip from London to Hong Kong, down through Iran and Pakistan, I remember how invaluable your website was to me and how it genuinely made my adventure seem possible. Thanks for your passion and hard work collecting and sharing this information. 👍
Hi... Post pandemic, I'm trying to plan a train ride from Vienna to Istanbul. Is that feasible/advisable or do you advise to follow this route from London?
@@calligraphic > not yet…my savings wiped out with me getting my own flat > renovation & appliances costs have increased so much post pandemic. It’s going to have to wait another 2yrs at least.
The happiness of going somewhere, arriving and leaving stations, to see people-some waiting and some leaving, to look out into endless plains, the brief outline of life outside of the cities..❤️ Thank you for doing this video:)
I appreciate you taking the time to post these! Not to mention the efforts you took filming, while YOU could have been enjoying being there. you thought of all of us! Thanks!
The man in seat 61 also has a brilliant, superbly presented and researched website....just jam packed full of imformation about train travel in many different countries, how to book tickets, timetables, routes etc etc
I went to Greece with a friend in 1977 from Brittany. Through alsace, Germany, Austria, Italy, all Yougoslavia and Greece in a night train. The landscapes were fantastic.
Did that journey by stages in 1976! Remember it like it was yesterday although we entered Yugoslavia at Sezana where the customs people virtually took the train apart. Four hours there and no seat until we changed in Zagreb.Tired or what?! Happy days!
I took the Eurostar from London to Paris and back last year. Trees. The same kind of trees for two and a half hours. No towns. Only trees and the tunnel. cheap though.
@themaninseat61 When I made an overland trip from London to Hong Kong, down through Iran and Pakistan, I remember how invaluable your website was to me and how it genuinely made my adventure seem possible. Thanks for your passion and hard work collecting and sharing this information. 👍
You have to look at the name of person that written it. How can you trust Pom. Now, he's gona make some money by having millions of viewers. That's how they make money; by lying, looting etc.
a great ride! I arrived to Istanbul by PAA at night in 1957 without much $$$ but my USAF orders were for an APO 324 while seat mate was further, to Diyarbakir which he was not looking forward to so I got off, friendly Turks helped me phone TUSLOG in Istanbul. Yes, get off for APO 324, a car was coming to pick up an officer so we will get you as well...so I was pleased...what a change in culture for a 19 year old from Illinois to experience Istanbul...thanks for this ride. coktesekiredirum. sorry, no unlauts here :)
granskare When I moved to Chicago at the age of 21, I had the similar experience with so many friendly people of Midwest. Of course I wasn't there on duty I was just studying at UIC but most of the time I was all alone so I was helped by awesome people of Illinois. Cheers my friend Go Cubs
shridhar nagansur Communism is, was and will be the most pernicious, mind, body and soul sapping ideology ever invented by pseudo-intellectual vermin who never did a hard days work in their lives.
There you really just contradicted yourself; the whole point in taking 2-3 days to travel is to travel for 2-3 days. The travel itself is the activity and the destination is just a minor part of it. No-one disagrees, if you want to spend more time at your destination, air travel is best. But if the journey is itself interesting enough, then spending only one or two nights at your destination isn't a problem.
Also it's socialist, not communist, as in communism there is the end of state and money (meaning can only be achieved when the entire world has been through the revolution)
Not even going the speed of sound would get you there in 12 minutes. It can be done in one day, I've just found a video (haven't watched yet) from embarkation to disembarkation which took 5 hours altogether. Edit: thats by plane btw
The last time I took a train was when I was living in Amsterdam and went to Rome to pick up my belongs since I had just moved. The scenes is out of this world. Great video. Congratulations ! 👏👏👏
We did it slightly differently. Eurostar to Brussels. Brussels to Cologne to Vienna, Vienna to Budapest. Budapest to Bucharest and finally Bucharest to Istanbul. With help from seat 61. Took us about 10 days but we did stop off along the way. Would do it again tomorrow.
You had the take the bus because they are modernizing the line between Çerezköy and Istanbul. They are putting High Speed Lines to be connected with the rest of the new High Speed Train rail network. Btw great work loved your trip I'd love to do it.
I did this journey in the reverse direction in 1975 using my InterRail pass. At that time one could still travel on the same train all the way from Istanbul to Calais. The train was still called the Orient and Trans-Orient Express, but was nothing like Agatha Christie's Orient Express. I was in the second class seats (eight to a compartment, sleep in your seat). In Bulgaria there were soldiers outside the train to make sure nobody got off
What I appreciate about your VLOGS are they are not loong endless scenery things, but on the mark, quick and informative. Well Done. Also - your website is amazing and helpful.
Nice video Mark..keepitup.. I liked your one statement " There is sense of freedom and space which bus/ plane does not offer". Train journey no doubt has its own charm.
I was mesmerised, I've always loved trains. In the late sixties my family and I traveled to Ohio from Alabama part of the migration. One of the best experiences of my life on the train. And we had sleeper cars because we were federal employees.. and may I add I'm African-American.
The fastest time to cross the USA Emma, was back in 2012 when the SR-71 flew from Los Angeles to Washington about 3,000 miles in one hour--THAT IS VERY FAST!!
Never say never the Battle of Waterloo was in 1815 over 200 years ago if you told them then what we have now (I don't mean covid-19 either) I'm talking about the advancement of technology they would lock you up & throw away the key
Trains are the best in Europe fast and efficient,buses are very tight and uncomfortable with low class rift raft. Take the train , the buses are a pain.
This is fantastic, felt I was on the journey with you! I've watched this video all summer long. And has inspired me to take my family to Turkey via this same route (maybe next year). I believe it is definitely worth travelling by bus/train, as you get to see so much you'd miss by underground/plane. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the information, but you should mentions the tickets price, and how much you spent all the accommodation. That's really helps us when I'm trying to visit Europe
This video brings back so many great memories from my time backpacking in Europe 5 years ago. The Kapikule station really brought back some freezing cold memories lol. I remember getting their in the middle of the night and freezing.
Once upon a time( 1985) one could board a Yugoslav Sleeping car or couchette in Munich and after two nights get off in Istanbul..guess all those cheap flights and Ryanair/Easyjet and other LCC just killed those long express/night trains...
It was a direct train with sleeping cars & couchette; from Bucharest was leaving to Sofia where I suppose were attached the cars from Yugoslavia; I used to travel by this many times inside Romania, from Brasov to Bucharest
Maria Marlene Do these trains still exist? I wonder because here in Greece those train that connected Athens with Germany and Istanbul are gone..hasn t LCC flights influenced the travel pattern in Eastern Europe also..
Yes, they do. Thessaloniki-Sofia, Thessaloniki-Belgrade - though latter affected by engineering work in winter. See www.seat61.com/Greece.htm and www.seat61.com/Turkey.htm
Things got gradually more inconvenient as he got closer to Istanbul. What a contrast between dining in that station restaurant in Paris and having to change to a crappy bus for the last leg in Turkey. On a side note, I didn't know Croatian countryside was so beautiful. I need to go and check it out myself.
Now imagine if the Hyperloop or some other hypersonic gravity vacuum tube train was a thing you literally could travel from London to Istanbul in 12 minutes. Lets face it, we like these trains just the way they are.
Going by train long distance takes time, but it's a great experience. I have travelled with train from Sweden to Prague/London/Barcelona/Florence . The only real disadvantage is that it's very expensive compared to flying. Also if your first train is delayed, you might miss your next connection. That might ruin the whole trip.
SkandikFilm travel by train in east-europe countrys, is more...interesting and cheap (in Romania usuall with 30-40 euro you can travel almost everywere, when they come to see you tiket just bribe the guy with one euro). Travel here is more "in touch with people, land, traditions" then a hight tehnologic super mega ultra train from western countrys ( there you feal like in jail, no smoke, no look after girls and so on, expensive and everyting is ilegal)
That's why we have ultra-long distance trains that cover North,South,East and West here in India. But, its actually more economical to travel by air if you can afford it. (It's actually cheap)
I drive but not too quickly to Istanbul and back. It’s a good journey. We go early on the channel tunnel, have fresh croissants in northern France and those mini stuffed apple dougnuts. Then we drive to Frankfurt and stop for the night. Next day we go to Zagreb. Then Sofia. Finally Istanbul. It’s a great trip.
The actual distance from London to Istanbul is about 2,000 miles. This train express took 3 nights, but it will take airplanes only 3 hours and 20 min!
As of today, it is (sadely) impossible to travel by train from London to Istanbul due to heavy construction work in Bulgaria and Turkey; passengers would frequently need to use replacement buses late at night; hopefully the situation improves soon
Mark Smith Yes, I am aware of this site. With my comment I am mainly referring to the bus replacements services in Bulgaria, which (seems to be) not so easy to predict
All of Europe has a population just a shade more than half of India, and they have a land area which is 3 times that of India. So the population density makes a huge difference in the quality of life, facilities and infrastructure. Apples and oranges cannot be compared.
@@thediversity6203 ok its not all of us only some idiots un responsible people do that and they are soon caught by police or just die in tracks okay &$#$
I have personally followed your trail Mark. You gave a detailed instruction to travel from Venice to Ljubljana. I traveled to Villa Opicina at Trieste from Venice then went to Ljubljana by train. Good stuff man. Keep on writing.
The videos on this channel are outstanding. I love how you spend just enough time on one scene and then move on to another. And, the amount of text on the screen is perfect; you explain what is going on without making me hit the pause button so I don't have to speed-read 10 paragraphs. I'm new to your channel, but subscribing! Keep up the good work. Now, regarding the trains and trip shown on this video: I think I'd take a plane on this route simply because the number of train changes, then to a bus, would be frustrating. Also, I am claustrophobic so you couldn't drag me into a cramped compartment with 5 other people! Hell, I would not want 5 other adult strangers sharing a suite with me at a 5-star hotel, much less shoved into a bumpy, stale train closet. I love to travel by train when it is an affordable option, but to me, the main advantage a train has over a cattle-car type airplane is privacy, freedom of movement and the get-on/get-off option in large city centers. But like I said previously, keep up the good work and thanks. I look forward to seeing more of your videos.
Thank you for this sooo much as I will be doing this journey this Summer ...cant wait to go to Istanbul and visit this wonderful city that I heard most exciting things about...then I will go to South West of Turkey to windsurf...I am grateful for your efforts...Best Wishes
the trains already looked shit before terrible capitalism was introduced to those socialist paradises...there's a good western german documentary about eastern german trains shot one year before reunification here on youtube
Thank you so much for this. I love traveling by train and this brought me back to my three week journey through Europe many years ago. The best thing is that you had the windows open. You cannot do that in the US 😱
I have travelled a night train, and one should be aware of not leaving wallet in jacket near the door, there are pickpocket's who can enter and leave the train.
So beautiful, I love to travel by train when ever I got a chance to travel Istanbul to London I will prefer to take this opportunity to see the very beautiful country sides
Well, for the first half to three-quarters of the video it truly appeared TO RUSHED!! However, by conclusion the time element seemed quite right. The camera skills were absolutely phenomenal! Subject selection, spot-on! By video's finish, i found it VERY satisfying and, if the intention was to sell the viewer on the trip, you accomplished your purpose!! Well Done (although if you used an extra 10 minutes of so, I wouldn't have complained. Of course, this way no time to see the warts). Again, VERY WELL DONE!!!
Just a reminder: You can see how much this costs and how to buy tickets at www.seat61.com/Turkey.htm
@themaninseat61 When I made an overland trip from London to Hong Kong, down through Iran and Pakistan, I remember how invaluable your website was to me and how it genuinely made my adventure seem possible. Thanks for your passion and hard work collecting and sharing this information. 👍
Thanks for all your hard work mate! I did this journey (return) back in 2018! I loved it!
Hi...
Post pandemic, I'm trying to plan a train ride from Vienna to Istanbul.
Is that feasible/advisable or do you advise to follow this route from London?
@@nur_aryani You did it? Please share
@@calligraphic > not yet…my savings wiped out with me getting my own flat > renovation & appliances costs have increased so much post pandemic. It’s going to have to wait another 2yrs at least.
The happiness of going somewhere, arriving and leaving stations, to see people-some waiting and some leaving, to look out into endless plains, the brief outline of life outside of the cities..❤️
Thank you for doing this video:)
It's fascinating to see how drastically the quality of life changes when you cross just 1 border.
I think it is not the quality of life what is changing, it is how governments treat to railways.
its wath we call comunism
yes but trains inTurkey are mainly high level
I wonder which border crossing affected your quality of life the most.
IKR... the last train looks so shabby .... I won't even step on it .
I appreciate you taking the time to post these! Not to mention the efforts you took filming, while YOU could have been enjoying being there. you thought of all of us! Thanks!
seriously, this guy is awesome!
savgal1211 fydiggihvsbey
savgal1211 He is such an awesome guy but I mean he really only needs to film like 10 sec of footage every part of the journey
The man in seat 61 also has a brilliant, superbly presented and researched website....just jam packed full of imformation about train travel in many different countries, how to book tickets, timetables, routes etc etc
I went to Greece with a friend in 1977 from Brittany. Through alsace, Germany, Austria, Italy, all Yougoslavia and Greece in a night train. The landscapes were fantastic.
Did that journey by stages in 1976! Remember it like it was yesterday although we entered Yugoslavia at Sezana where the customs people virtually took the train apart. Four hours there and no seat until we changed in Zagreb.Tired or what?! Happy days!
The Balkans are a complete mess
"The journey is more important than the destination"
And if it's 1st class even better!
S absolutely.. ur correct... i tooooo love the train journey
I live in Istanbul. Once in 1975 I traveled by the Orient Express from İstanbul to Munich in 42 hours. Without changing the car. İt stopped in 1977.
I'd love to do that!!!!
Why the hell on earth it stopped in 1977?
@@tickle296 because of the increase in airways
You must be old now
U must have great memories about the trip.
It’s a pity so much of the population just doesn’t understand trains. Personally I love them and would have had a great time on this journey
Such beautiful scenery. You can't see this from a plane.
Yes ,amazing scenery
I also prefer train when traveling within Europe
Collin South Africa
True.
+Luke Bourne travel by glacial express
Thondup Andrugtsang but you will have more time too see another things :d
I took the Eurostar from London to Paris and back last year. Trees. The same kind of trees for two and a half hours. No towns. Only trees and the tunnel. cheap though.
What a pleasure to watch. Thank you. I appreciate the lack of music, no commentary and the clickety clack of the train.
@themaninseat61 When I made an overland trip from London to Hong Kong, down through Iran and Pakistan, I remember how invaluable your website was to me and how it genuinely made my adventure seem possible. Thanks for your passion and hard work collecting and sharing this information. 👍
love Istanbul from USA.
I remember my grandmother and grandfather told me they did this journey on the orient express in 56, boy the times have changed
,,, and I thought Turkey has a Train called Istanbul Express with run from London to Istanbul in 12 minutes.....
Same
Faster than plane😊
Joker
Pak Ogah yea me too im from istanbul and i was like wtf which train is that
You have to look at the name of person that written it. How can you trust Pom. Now, he's gona make some money by having millions of viewers. That's how they make money; by lying, looting etc.
Just watching the video made me feel so calm. The train and stations from Zagreb onto Istanbul sound and feel so much like trains in India!!
a great ride! I arrived to Istanbul by PAA at night in 1957 without much $$$ but my USAF orders were for an APO 324 while seat mate was further, to Diyarbakir which he was not looking forward to so I got off, friendly Turks helped me phone TUSLOG in Istanbul. Yes, get off for APO 324, a car was coming to pick up an officer so we will get you as well...so I was pleased...what a change in culture for a 19 year old from Illinois to experience Istanbul...thanks for this ride. coktesekiredirum. sorry, no unlauts here :)
granskare When I moved to Chicago at the age of 21, I had the similar experience with so many friendly people of Midwest. Of course I wasn't there on duty I was just studying at UIC but most of the time I was all alone so I was helped by awesome people of Illinois. Cheers my friend Go Cubs
Çok Teşekkür Ederim :)
Fine camera work; neatly and intelligently edited. Impressive.
Just notice how trains and stations drastically changed from western to eastern Europe!
This is part of the fun of travelling.
shridhar nagansur
Communism is, was and will be the most pernicious, mind, body and soul sapping ideology ever invented by pseudo-intellectual vermin who never did a hard days work in their lives.
shridhar nagansur Yeah the sleeper to Zagreb is exactly the same as the sleeper on the mainline route Scotland to London lol
There you really just contradicted yourself; the whole point in taking 2-3 days to travel is to travel for 2-3 days. The travel itself is the activity and the destination is just a minor part of it. No-one disagrees, if you want to spend more time at your destination, air travel is best. But if the journey is itself interesting enough, then spending only one or two nights at your destination isn't a problem.
Also it's socialist, not communist, as in communism there is the end of state and money (meaning can only be achieved when the entire world has been through the revolution)
Europe is very beautiful and scenic ,from west to east europe beauty is scattered ,london to Istanbul trip is really amazing
Thanks for sharing this with us! When I saw "12 minutes" I didn't realise that was that you mean the video, but the complete train journey xD!
How The Fuck?xddd
Not even going the speed of sound would get you there in 12 minutes. It can be done in one day, I've just found a video (haven't watched yet) from embarkation to disembarkation which took 5 hours altogether. Edit: thats by plane btw
Me too
The last time I took a train was when I was living in Amsterdam and went to Rome to pick up my belongs since I had just moved. The scenes is out of this world. Great video. Congratulations ! 👏👏👏
I took this route 25 years ago - the trains don’t look as if they’ve changed at all!
We did it slightly differently. Eurostar to Brussels. Brussels to Cologne to Vienna, Vienna to Budapest. Budapest to Bucharest and finally Bucharest to Istanbul. With help from seat 61. Took us about 10 days but we did stop off along the way. Would do it again tomorrow.
You had the take the bus because they are modernizing the line between Çerezköy and Istanbul. They are putting High Speed Lines to be connected with the rest of the new High Speed Train rail network. Btw great work loved your trip I'd love to do it.
i think high speed train wont go to sirkeci anymore, it will pass from new bridge to asia. they might need to use marmaray to go to sirkeci
Hi Every one ! And ma már freand !
I did this journey in the reverse direction in 1975 using my InterRail pass. At that time one could still travel on the same train all the way from Istanbul to Calais. The train was still called the Orient and Trans-Orient Express, but was nothing like Agatha Christie's Orient Express. I was in the second class seats (eight to a compartment, sleep in your seat). In Bulgaria there were soldiers outside the train to make sure nobody got off
0:46 Mr. Beans Holiday one of the best scenes of the movie
What I appreciate about your VLOGS are they are not loong endless scenery things, but on the mark, quick and informative. Well Done. Also - your website is amazing and helpful.
Thank you for taking us along, it was very interesting...
I made this journey istanbul - Sofia - Belgrade - Munich back in 1988 ! ;-)
JITEN PATEL FROM IRAN !!!!! jzpatelt..
@@jzpatelut Happy Uttarayan 2021
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Wow did u go by train or by car
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Nice video Mark..keepitup..
I liked your one statement " There is sense of freedom and space which bus/ plane does not offer".
Train journey no doubt has its own charm.
Okay, so 12 minutes + is the duration of the video! All is forgiven for this wonderful video. Thank you.
I kept expecting James Bond to step into the passageway! Nice video, thanks.
Kapitalny film, bezpretensjonalny, faktograficzny. Brak komentarza cudowny . Ma wstęp, rozwinięcie i zakończenie. Perełka. Dziękuję
11:25 is just amazing.
Thank you
What an incredible journey. Thanks for taking us along‼️
I wish I have guts to travel long trip alone like you did! It's awesome experience and fantastic adventures for once in life time!
I was mesmerised, I've always loved trains. In the late sixties my family and I traveled to Ohio from Alabama part of the migration. One of the best experiences of my life on the train. And we had sleeper cars because we were federal employees.. and may I add I'm African-American.
When I read:
London to Istanbul by train in 12 mins
I thought:
wowww He took a Shuttle train !!!
10:40 lol at the gipsy asking if he is filming
The day will come when we can actually use means of transportation to get from London to Istanbul in 12 minutes
cooling down the core of the earth and digging a tunnel through it lol.
The fastest time to cross the USA Emma, was back in 2012 when the SR-71 flew from Los Angeles to Washington about 3,000 miles in one hour--THAT IS VERY FAST!!
Never say never the Battle of Waterloo was in 1815 over 200 years ago if you told them then what we have now (I don't mean covid-19 either) I'm talking about the advancement of technology
they would lock you up & throw away the key
Thanks for taking me with you and not even asking for me to chip in for the tickets!
That was the restaurant Mr Bean was at in Paris Gare De Lyon from Mr Bean's Holiday! Is it a famous restaurant then?
İkr
Drasiella The Patient 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah. The first minute gave me memories of my childhood where Mr.Bean would eat that prawn-like food
I was looking for this comment. Wondered if I am the only person that noticed it.
@@tibetatakan Same with me. At first the scene remind me from Mr Bean Holiday.
NICE TO SEE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES BY TRAIN.
Trains are the best in Europe fast and efficient,buses are very tight and uncomfortable with low class rift raft. Take the train , the buses are a pain.
The Paris Gare de Lyon, The Bleu Restaurant and the TGV reminds me about Mr Bean and his coffee with the child
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This is fantastic, felt I was on the journey with you! I've watched this video all summer long. And has inspired me to take my family to Turkey via this same route (maybe next year). I believe it is definitely worth travelling by bus/train, as you get to see so much you'd miss by underground/plane. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the information, but you should mentions the tickets price, and how much you spent all the accommodation. That's really helps us when I'm trying to visit Europe
he literally said at the end of the video you can check the description
This video brings back so many great memories from my time backpacking in Europe 5 years ago. The Kapikule station really brought back some freezing cold memories lol. I remember getting their in the middle of the night and freezing.
Once upon a time( 1985) one could board a Yugoslav Sleeping car or couchette in Munich and after two nights get off in Istanbul..guess all those cheap flights and Ryanair/Easyjet and other LCC just killed those long express/night trains...
Back then also Paris - Istanbul via Bucharest Express ...
Direct carriage Paris-Istanbul or did one have to change car in Vienna or Bucharest??....what sleeping car or couchette?
It was a direct train with sleeping cars & couchette; from Bucharest was leaving to Sofia where I suppose were attached the cars from Yugoslavia; I used to travel by this many times inside Romania, from Brasov to Bucharest
Maria Marlene Do these trains still exist? I wonder because here in Greece those train that connected Athens with Germany and Istanbul are gone..hasn t LCC flights influenced the travel pattern in Eastern Europe also..
Yes, they do. Thessaloniki-Sofia, Thessaloniki-Belgrade - though latter affected by engineering work in winter. See www.seat61.com/Greece.htm and www.seat61.com/Turkey.htm
Beautifully photographed and presented!
Makes me want to book my seats right away!
The further you go east the more the landscape becomes breath taking
chattenmetchad nah Austria was the prettiest
Sam 1 croatia was the best views
Belgrade station is closed forever and tracks choped. New station is 3km away and hidden
Things got gradually more inconvenient as he got closer to Istanbul. What a contrast between dining in that station restaurant in Paris and having to change to a crappy bus for the last leg in Turkey. On a side note, I didn't know Croatian countryside was so beautiful. I need to go and check it out myself.
Phew, that is a lot of train such a long trip. I bet you were glad to be out and able to move around.
That's the point - with trains (and ships) you're never confined to seat, you can always move around,, stretch your legs, spread out, chill out...
Mark Smith
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@@seat61 That's why I love train travel so much more than by plane. It's more...civilized
Thank you for posting your train travels. They have become my daily travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
I recommend anyone who seeks train travel in many parts of the world to go to this man's web site. A mine of useful information
very useful for my travels through Spain! Seat61.com
Alla. Noor
What a beautiful video-travelogue. Felt as if I was traveling. Thank you!!
Now imagine if the Hyperloop or some other hypersonic gravity vacuum tube train was a thing you literally could travel from London to Istanbul in 12 minutes. Lets face it, we like these trains just the way they are.
A handful of people like the old train rides, reality is most people these days would no longer use them if they didn't have to.
Feel like packing my bag now n start travelling!!! Awesome
Going by train long distance takes time, but it's a great experience. I have travelled with train from Sweden to Prague/London/Barcelona/Florence . The only real disadvantage is that it's very expensive compared to flying. Also if your first train is delayed, you might miss your next connection. That might ruin the whole trip.
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SkandikFilm travel by train in east-europe countrys, is more...interesting and cheap (in Romania usuall with 30-40 euro you can travel almost everywere, when they come to see you tiket just bribe the guy with one euro). Travel here is more "in touch with people, land, traditions" then a hight tehnologic super mega ultra train from western countrys ( there you feal like in jail, no smoke, no look after girls and so on, expensive and everyting is ilegal)
adrianeng20 Any good companies you recommend?
AA BB The East India Company
That's why we have ultra-long distance trains that cover North,South,East and West here in India. But, its actually more economical to travel by air if you can afford it. (It's actually cheap)
I drive but not too quickly to Istanbul and back. It’s a good journey. We go early on the channel tunnel, have fresh croissants in northern France and those mini stuffed apple dougnuts. Then we drive to Frankfurt and stop for the night. Next day we go to Zagreb. Then Sofia. Finally Istanbul. It’s a great trip.
Sigh! This was amazing! Thank you! Thank you!
The actual distance from London to Istanbul is about 2,000 miles. This train express took 3 nights, but it will take airplanes only 3 hours and 20 min!
As of today, it is (sadely) impossible to travel by train from London to Istanbul due to heavy construction work in Bulgaria and Turkey; passengers would frequently need to use replacement buses late at night; hopefully the situation improves soon
Why 'as of today'? Situation for several years with train travel to Istanbul all explained on www.seat61.com/Turkey.htm
Mark Smith Yes, I am aware of this site. With my comment I am mainly referring to the bus replacements services in Bulgaria, which (seems to be) not so easy to predict
Good
Food
but who does this voyage except some tourists with money and time on their hands?
am1966ath
This is the first time I've sampled your series Mark. It's great ! Thanks and subscribed.
Such a nice video. I've never left England apart from going to France. The world looks beautiful. Makes me want to get out there!
train bleu: the place where mr bean put an oyster inside a lady's bag
Hahaha.
Fabulous journey! Thank you for sharing.
amazing journey 👌👍 just asking my self why I haven't done this while I was living in Europe 😐
This is what I am thinking " now i am living in New York but i did spend few years in Europe "
Thank you for posting
Thank you for no music or computer voice!
Great video and lot of good info re trains In Europe
How western countries are so clean and how they maintain is very impressive compared to Indian atmosphere. Its choking here.
Oh indian here me too yeah the rules are strict in western countries compared to India 🇮🇳
I heard indians poo on tracks?
@@thediversity6203 I heard these western countries killed each other like barbarians during WW2?
All of Europe has a population just a shade more than half of India, and they have a land area which is 3 times that of India. So the population density makes a huge difference in the quality of life, facilities and infrastructure. Apples and oranges cannot be compared.
@@thediversity6203 ok its not all of us only some idiots un responsible people do that and they are soon caught by police or just die in tracks okay &$#$
I have personally followed your trail Mark. You gave a detailed instruction to travel from Venice to Ljubljana. I traveled to Villa Opicina at Trieste from Venice then went to Ljubljana by train. Good stuff man. Keep on writing.
I swear the restaurant they were eating in was where they filmed mr bean eating in the holiday film
The videos on this channel are outstanding. I love how you spend just enough time on one scene and then move on to another. And, the amount of text on the screen is perfect; you explain what is going on without making me hit the pause button so I don't have to speed-read 10 paragraphs. I'm new to your channel, but subscribing! Keep up the good work.
Now, regarding the trains and trip shown on this video: I think I'd take a plane on this route simply because the number of train changes, then to a bus, would be frustrating. Also, I am claustrophobic so you couldn't drag me into a cramped compartment with 5 other people! Hell, I would not want 5 other adult strangers sharing a suite with me at a 5-star hotel, much less shoved into a bumpy, stale train closet. I love to travel by train when it is an affordable option, but to me, the main advantage a train has over a cattle-car type airplane is privacy, freedom of movement and the get-on/get-off option in large city centers. But like I said previously, keep up the good work and thanks. I look forward to seeing more of your videos.
Хареса ми че мина през България и най вече че разгледа София 😉
Thank you for this sooo much as I will be doing this journey this Summer ...cant wait to go to Istanbul and visit this wonderful city that I heard most exciting things about...then I will go to South West of Turkey to windsurf...I am grateful for your efforts...Best Wishes
I notice the further you get into east Europe the trains become more poorly maintained lol
E_m_m_o
No Shit Sherlock...!!!
Blame the Communist Manifesto and her Vile Progeny.
or the complete lack of investment due to crash neoliberal reforms in the 90s/00s is the more likely answer in this case.
the trains already looked shit before terrible capitalism was introduced to those socialist paradises...there's a good western german documentary about eastern german trains shot one year before reunification here on youtube
That is mostly because people don't use them any more and there isn't any money to spend on upgrades.
Not really. Depends on the route.
Thank you. Very good information
9:26 I was just thinking of the same thing myself while watching your video.
How amazing the scenes and quality of trains. Really imperative.
I like TRAINS.
Thank you so much for this. I love traveling by train and this brought me back to my three week journey through Europe many years ago. The best thing is that you had the windows open. You cannot do that in the US 😱
Hi JM , are there High Speed trains in the US ?
I have travelled a night train, and one should be aware of not leaving wallet in jacket near the door, there are pickpocket's who can enter and leave the train.
And sometimes they disguise themselves in the uniform of a Wagon-Lits conductor!
So beautiful, I love to travel by train when ever I got a chance to travel Istanbul to London I will prefer to take this opportunity to see the very beautiful country sides
Many thanks for a nice video
Thank you for your work. I did this journey many years ago
I like to ask why this channel is not named as "Seat61"?
A splendid 12 minutes - love it (but then what rail-fan wouldn't!).. Thanks very much
A wonderful hai from india to whole Europeans
chup chup ke
Great vid as always 🇮🇪🇮🇪
Pretty misleading title that. Excellent Journey though.
it’s a little joke - the video is 12 minutes long
How many days without a shower or bath?
welcome to Istanbul. 🇹🇷😊
way better then indian railways
@@NihlistNif They are making big changes. Hope they turn out to be good
Yes right
Welcome to the magnificent Istanbul 💖
Did any of the sleeper trains have showers?
Well, for the first half to three-quarters of the video it truly appeared TO RUSHED!! However, by conclusion the time element seemed quite right. The camera skills were absolutely phenomenal! Subject selection, spot-on! By video's finish, i found it VERY satisfying and, if the intention was to sell the viewer on the trip, you accomplished your purpose!! Well Done (although if you used an extra 10 minutes of so, I wouldn't have complained. Of course, this way no time to see the warts). Again, VERY WELL DONE!!!
Harika!
Great video. I like the charm of the stations the closer you get to Istanbul