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London,Sweden,Germany in 3weeks?
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I’ll be going to Europe in January 2005 and wanted to get feedback if my itinerary is doable? I fly into London and out of Frankfurt. Getting a return ticket (ryanair) to Stockholm from London for 2 days and going from London to Germany (not sure which city to arrive in) via Paris (overnight stay here) by train. In Germany I plan to go to Konstanz, Munich and Berlin. Will I have enough time for this? The bulk of my stay will be in Germany. Thanks!

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Consider Ryanair one-way to Sweden, and then one-way from Sweden to Germany to save backtrack time. Ryanair fly from Skavsta to Hahn, Lubeck, and Niederrhein.

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I was considering that. I would have to skip Paris though. Also, how much luggage can I take on ryanair? I was going to leave my bags at a friends place in London and just take an o/night bag.

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15 kilograms per person is free

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Does anyone have advice on how long to spend in these places?
Stockholm
Berlin
Munich
London (just for main sights)

I’ll have 3 weeks approx and if there’s time, I want to go to Prague (from Berlin). Is it worth going there in Winter? What are other places in Germany that I shouldn’t miss?

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Will Ryanair’s Skavsta to Beauvais or Skavsta to Charleroi flight work for you?

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i wouldn’t spend more than 3 days in London
If you are able and have low expectations you can see all of the big sights in London in less than a day – there are big double decker buses that just circle London

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I would give Berlin the most time (I have been to all those cities and found Berlin the most interesting). Stockholm has lots of museums but if your not into those a couple days is probebly enough there.
I was in Prague this summer and it is a very cool city but I had wished my visit was in the winter because the tourist swamped the place big time. Winter is low tourist season so I’d recommend going.Bring mittens and you’ll be fine : )it’s not like you’ll freeze from exposure crossing the square. plus there is great public trans and probebly lower prices.
Also I would deffinatly recommend more than one day in Paris.
Yeah, you can do it. HAVE FUN!!!!!!!

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Basically it’s no problem to spent 3 weeks alone in Bavaria.

Konstanz – you can fly from/into nearby Friedrichshafen
http://www.intersky…. flies from there to Berlin-Tempelhof and Prague
http://www.ryanair.c… flies from there to London-Stansted
[url=‘http://www.fly-away.de/en/en/frameindexen.html’]Friedrichshafen Airport[/url]
(Konstanz – ferry – Meersburg – bus – Friedrichshafen City train station – Friedrichshafen Airport train station)
Meersburg is a nice town (and has Germany’s oldest castle).
At the Friedrichshafen Harbour railway station there is the excellent http://www.zeppelin-… .

With the current USD/EUR exchange rate a [url=‘http://www.bahn.de/pv/view/int_guest/offers/offers_non-europeans_2003.shtml#1’]German Rail Pass[/url] (priced in USD) is a good deal

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Thanks for the tips. Also, if I fly from Stockholm to Berlin, how far is Hahn from the city centre? Is it cheap/easy to get from the airport to Berlin? and if I had a spare 2days should which would be better, Paris or Prague??

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Hahn is a long way from Berlin (and not so close to Frankfurt, either). Lubeck (ie, Ryanair arrival from Skavsta) is likely shorter distance by train. New Hamburg-Berlin train service is supposed to reduce travel time to 1.5 hour.

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Thanks Don. So with the other option to Paris, how far is Beauvais from Paris centre? I just don’t want to get there and realise I have to pay just as much for the flight to get from the airport to where I’m staying.

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Go to www.ryanair.com
Click on "Destinations" —on the left side of that webpage
Click on desired cities
Information including links to local airports webpage and transport to/from that airport are included.
In many cases, Ryanair have arranged for busses to correspond with their flight arrivals and departures, and at a good price.

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Thanks Don. I think I have my itinerary sorted then.

For those who have been to Berlin- What museums would you recommend if I only had one day for museums? Are they generally in the same area?