One of Europe's most ambitious sleeper train routes has just launched 👀 Here's what it's like on board the so-called Good Night Train from Brussels to Berlin, via Antwerp, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
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Busy with business travellers, Brussels is also a great city to explore as a tourist, particularly by bike. Drivers are accustomed to cyclists, and pedaling along the canal and through its cobbled streets made for a pleasant afternoon, followed by a coffee, or a cocktail or two. L’Archiduc in the centre, with live music through the evening, was just the spot before boarding the train.
Taller travellers should note that the upper bunk is unsuitable for anyone over six feet due to the curvature of the train roof, though Englesman says that it “offers more privacy”. The rest of the “upstairs” is potential storage space, with capacity to take far more luggage than you typically would on a flight.
I found that the cabin’s electricity only worked in Germany, though Engelmans is keen to stress that while power sockets “work better in Germany… the lights always work in Belgium and the Netherlands” and that the sockets will tend work in these countries “after a reset”.
This is slow travel. It offers the rarest of opportunities in modern life: a chance to watch the world, not be watched by it. A middle-aged woman from Cambridgeshire said she took this option because, “Why not? Isn’t it nicer to put your feet up, have a picnic and smell the countryside passing by.”
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