2015-01-15 13:00:06 [The_Conscious_Traveller, Germany, Dresden, Elbe_cycle_route, Elberadweg] [direct link · table of contents]
Taking fast trains like the ICE or the EC you will usually only catch a glimpse of Esslingen from the train window when passing by on the route. However, you can easily and frequently come here using a regional train from Ulm or an urban train from Stuttgart. Cyclists will pass through on the Neckar valley bike route.
2015-01-15 12:20:04 [The_Conscious_Traveller, Germany, Baden_Wurttemberg, Esslingen, organic] [direct link · table of contents]
The university town of Göttingen can easily be reached by ICE (and IC) long distance trains, and is a wonderful start (or end) point for many bike routes. One of them is the bike route "Dransfelder Rampe" connecting Göttingen and Hannoversch Münden – in the past by train, now by bicycle. Hann. Münden again is the start/end point of the Werratalradweg along the river Werra. When you exit the Göttingen Hauptbahnhof via the main entrance in direction city centre you'll find a sgn post pointing to "Radfernwege" at the left hand side of the forecourt, guiding you into the direction of the long distance bike routes.
2015-01-15 12:00:12 [The_Conscious_Traveller, Germany, Goettingen, Werratalradweg] [direct link · table of contents]
The Hanseatic city of Hamburg with its important seaport and press and media industry can easily and comfortably be reached by train, both, from most bigger cities within Germany with Deutsche Bahn as well as from the Danish capital of Copenhagen. You can also travel over-night, with direct night train connections, both from the South (starting in Salzburg/Austria and Konstanz/Germany) and the North, from Sweden.
2015-01-15 11:00:05 [The_Conscious_Traveller, Germany, Hamburg] [direct link · table of contents]
2015-01-15 10:00:00 [The_Conscious_Traveller, Germany, Heidelberg] [direct link · table of contents]