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On my visit to Europe this month I decided to use trains whenever possible. Here's what I learned. I took the following trains in Germany (Deutsche Bahn) and Poland (PKP): Hamburg to Flensburg. Berlin to Hamburg. Hamburg to Poznan. Poznan to Warsaw. All up, I probably spent about 20 hours on trains over the past few weeks, so I feel I've had enough experience to form some opinions — although I'm certainly not an expert. Good things about train travel • Trains are comfy and easy to use your laptop on them • Train stations are central and easy to get to • It's fast to get through a train station (no security screening, etc) • Some stations have lounges (e.g Deutsche Bahn lounge, not really advertised!) • Nice scenery to look at on the way 🌳 🚊 🏞️ Not so good things about train travel • In my experience, trains were almost always late, by at least an hour • Buying tickets (as a tourist, like me) requires queuing at a ticket office • Central train stations are jammed with food store...