Travelling from Germany to Sweden without passport.
Feb 16, 2014, 2:38 pm
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I love this forum !
You folks try so hard to help
Just checked the train journey.
It will take around 17 hours from stockholm to freiburg (which is fine, I am from India and am used to long train rides).
But it will cost me around 2390SEK ~ 200 euros and thats just one side.
That will be one expensive trip.
You folks try so hard to help
Just checked the train journey.
It will take around 17 hours from stockholm to freiburg (which is fine, I am from India and am used to long train rides).
But it will cost me around 2390SEK ~ 200 euros and thats just one side.
That will be one expensive trip.
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Feb 17, 2014, 12:46 am
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Just for your information:The trains between Denmark and Sweden frequently have id (passport, EU national ID or Scandinavian ID) controls. In the past 5 years, it has been about one in three trips with id checks for me (go a couple of times a year, so only a very small sample).
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Customs checks on board have increased, but they very, very rarely ask for passports/national ID. Keep in mind that passports/national ID is not generally required by national authorities for a lot of persons doing these surface trips within the NPU countries.
The Indian government is a pain when it comes to wanting an additional ordinary passport that has some concurrent period of validity with an already existing passport issue by them. Even for stolen passports of their citizens with imminent travel, they are often a ridiculous pain.
Feb 17, 2014, 2:46 am
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I am on the trains between CPH and Sweden several times a month and ID checks for immigration on board of at stations at either end are extremely rare in my experience. I haven't seen that in well over a decade and we are talking about something I do several dozen times a year.
Feb 17, 2014, 3:02 am
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You can split the bookings for much better fares.
Stockholm to Copenhagen: ~2-400 SEK booked in advance.
Copenhagen to Freiburg overnight: €63.50 for a seat, €79-89 for couchettes, €124-194 for a cabin.
Alternatively, Copenhagen - Hamburg - Freiburg (change at Hamburg, train goes on the ferry): from €39.50.
These are all sample fares based on random dates next week.
Stockholm to Copenhagen: ~2-400 SEK booked in advance.
Copenhagen to Freiburg overnight: €63.50 for a seat, €79-89 for couchettes, €124-194 for a cabin.
Alternatively, Copenhagen - Hamburg - Freiburg (change at Hamburg, train goes on the ferry): from €39.50.
These are all sample fares based on random dates next week.