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Taking the train in Europe is a great way to travel. Having taken trains throughout much of western Europe I can vouch for their efficiency and joy for travel. No X-rays or porno-scanners. Walk about all you want during take-off and arrival. Get off and on and take other connections (ticket allowing). Linger a little longer in a city and take the next one, no problem.



Great train video footage taken in Norway splicing multiple train journeys into a single cohesive clip, as if the train is in fact taking its passengers to the four seasons.

via BoingBoing.net
Eirik Solheim is an amazing geek and CC activist at NRK, the Norwegian public broadcaster. He writes, "We filmed a train ride four times. One time for each season; winter, spring, summer and autumn. Then we used an accurate GPS-track to sync the four videos using some clever programming in combination with after effects. Giving us endless possibilities for spectacular video footage. You can watch it on the web, but we have also made it available for everyone to download in full HD -- and licensed it with Creative Commons so that you can edit, remix and share!"



On our trip to Europe a few years back we used a multi-country Eurail pass to go all over Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, and Germany. We could travel on whichever days we wanted as many train connections we wanted and often without having to worry about reservations; just board a train and go. 









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