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Interrail 2017 Amsterdam Thursday 29th June 9:00- Physics exam begins 11:30- Exam ends 13:17- Train to Birmingham International 13:45- Arrive at Birmingham International 14:55- Flight to Amsterdam 17:15- Arrive at Amsterdam Airport Schipol To get to hostel:  Intercity Direct 931 Amsterdam Centraal €4.20  4 minute walk to Amsterdam Veer Centraal Station  Ferry 901 to Veer Buiksloterweg (free)  5 minute walk to the hostel Clink NOORD Hostel:  8 bed basic mixed dorm  Paid: £32.92  Left to pay: €219.03 (includes tax)  To pay each: €73.01  Address: Clink Noord, Badhuiskade 3, 1031 KV Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands  Phone number: +44 207 183 9400  Checkout before 10am

Friday 30th June Things to do in Amsterdam:  Anne Frank House o 28 minute walk from hostel o Book tickets online 2 months before visiting o €9 entry  Rijksmuseum o 23 minute walk from Anne Frank House o €8.75 entry  I Amsterdam sign o 2 minute walk from Rijksmuseum  Van Gogh Museum o 5 minute walk from I Amsterdam sign o €17 entry  Vondelpark o 10 minute walk from Van Gogh Museum To return to hostel:  3 minute walk to Stadhouderskade  Catch Tram 1 to Centraal Station €2.90  Catch ferry as before

Copenhagen Saturday 1st July 6:30-Leave hostel To Amsterdam Centraal:  6 minute walk to Amsterdam Veer Buiksloterweg  Ferry to Amsterdam Centraal 7:00- Train to Copenhagen  7:00 Amsterdam Centraal to Osnabrueck HBF 10:06 (IC 141, 9 stops)  10:23 Osnabrueck HBF to Hamburg HBF 12:13 (IC 2320, 3 stops)  12:43 Hamburg HBF to Flensburg 14:42  14:48 Flensburg to Fredericia 16:12  16:22 Fredericia to Copenhagen 18:05 18:05- Arrive in Copenhagen To get to hostel:  Walking distance 20 mins or  Take bus no 66 heading towards Emdrup Torv, get off at Griffenfeldsgade bus stop (24 DKK)  Take the first street on your right (Kapelvej) and then turn left at the alleyway after Kapelvej 44.  Sleep-in Heaven is directly on the left down the end of this alleyway. Sleep in Heaven details:  6 bed deluxe female dorm  Paid: £19.85  To pay: DKK 1188 (includes tax)  To pay each: DKK 396  Address: Struenseegade 7, Copenhagen, Denmark  Phone Number: +45 35354648

Sunday 2nd July Things to do in Copenhagen:  Free walking tour at hostel  The Round Tower o 26 minute walk from hostel o DKK 25  Rosenborg Castle o 10 minute walk from round tower o DKK 105  The Little Mermaid o 25 minute walk from Rosenborg castle  Nyhavn o Riverfront of the little mermaid  Hostel offers free entry to nearby clubs To return to hostel:  Walk to Nyhavnsbroen  Take 66 Bus to Griffenfeldsgade

Berlin Monday 3rd July 7:00- Leave Hostel To Koebenhavn H:  66 bus or 28 minute walk 7:37- Train to Berlin  7:00 Koebenhavn H to Hamburg HBF 12:20 (EC 38, 10 stops)  12:36 Hamburg HBF to Berlin HBF (Tief) 14:19 (ICE 901, 2 stops) 14:19- Arrive in Berlin To get to hostel:  Take the exit to the Europa Platz  At the bus stop take the Airport Bus TXL direction Tegel Airport (€1.70)  Get off the bus at the very first stop at Underground station Turmstr.  Walk on Turmstr. for 3 blocks in the same direction as the bus.  Turn right into Bremerstr and than first left into Waldenserstr. The hostel will be on your left in approximately 70m. Amstel House details:  12 bed mixed dorm  Paid: £9.04  To pay: €73.05 (includes tax)  To pay each: €24.35  Address: Waldenserstr. 31, Berlin, Germany  Phone number: +49 30 395 40 72 Things to do:  Brandenburg Gate o Walk to U Turmstrasse, take TXL to Berlin Brandenburger Tor  Checkpoint Charlie o Walk to Berlin Brandenburger Tor, take S Bahn (included in Interrail ticket) to Berlin Potsdamer Platz Banhof, walk 13 mins to Checkpoint Charlie To return to hostel:  Take U6 to Leopoldplatz  Take U9 to Turmstrasse  Walk as before

Tuesday 4th July Things to do in Berlin:  Tiergarten o 30 minute walk from hostel o Alternatively take U9  Victory Column o In Tiergarten  Reichstag Building o At the other end of Tiergarten (approx. 24 minute walk)  Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe o 12 minute walk  Berlin Wall Memorial o S Buch from Brandenburger Tor to Berlin Nordbanhof, Tram 10 to Bernauer Strasse

Warsaw Wednesday 5th July 8:45- Leave hostel To Berlin HBF:  30 minute walk or  15 minute public transport 9:37- Train to Warsaw  9:37 Berlin HBF to Warszawa Centralna 16:00 (BWE 43, 9 stops) 16:00- Arrive in Warsaw To get to hostel:  27 minute walk or:  Find the bus stop DW.CENTRALNY 01  Take the bus № 175 or № 128 and get off on the bus stop “UNIWERSYTET” Fest Hostel details:  6 bed standard mixed dorm  Paid: £8.94  To pay: PLN 316.80 (includes tax)  To pay each: PLN 105.60  Address: Oboźna 7 flat 64, 00-332 Warszawa, Warsaw, Poland  Phone number: +48 506 285 286 Things to do:  Palace of Science and Culture o Observation deck 20 zloty o 19 minute walk from hostel

Thursday 6th July Things to do in Warsaw:  Warsaw Free Walking Tour o 15 minute walk to Sigisimund’s column from hostel o Leaves at 12pm  Old Town o On tour  Lazienki Park and Palace on the Isle o 1 zloty o Take the 180 bus from the Old Town To return to hostel:  32 minute walk or  Take 162 bus from Rozbrat 04 to Topiel 01

Vienna Friday 7th July Check out of hostel by 11:00 To Warszawa Centralna:  28 minute walk or  Bus 175 as before 12:45- Train to Vienna  12:45 Warszawa Centralna to Wien HBF 19:49 (17 stops, EIC 105) 19:49- Arrive in Vienna To get to hostel:  Take the exit to Raaber-Bahn-Gasse and follow the street approx 200m  The hotel is on the right hand side Meininger Vienna Central Station details:  3 bed private ensuite  Paid: £23.48  To pay: €159.96 (includes tax)  To pay each: €53.32  Address: Columbusgasse 16, Vienna, Austria  Phone number: +43 (0)720 881 453

Saturday 8th July Things to do in Vienna:  Belvedere Palace o 23 minute walk from hostel o 0 euro with student card  Albertina o 25 minute walk from Belvedere Palace o €8.50 with student card  Historic Centre of Vienna o 7 minute walk from Albertina  St Stephens Cathedral o 7 minute walk from Historic Centre To return to hostel:  14 minute walk to Wien Mitte  Payerbach-Reichanau Bahnhof to Wien Hauptbanhof  10 minute walk to hostel

Venice Sunday 9th July 8:02- Train to Venice  8:02 Wien Meidling to Innsbruck HBF 12:45 (RJ 662, 11 stops)  13:24 Innsbruck HBF to Venezia S.Lucia 18:10 (ECB 87, 10 stops) 18:10- Arrive in Venice To get to hostel:  Out of the Saint Lucia train station, turn right and cross the glass bridge 'Calatrava'  Looking 'Hotel Olimpia'. It is behind.  Go along the Fondamenta De Ca 'Bernardo  First street on the right ' Rio terà dei Pensieri' number 328  It is in the middle of the avenue on the left  Ring the bell 328 Il Veliero R.  First wooden door on your left  First floor Il Veliero Romantico details:  3 bed standard mixed dorm  Paid: £18.40  To pay: €108.60 (includes tax)  To pay each: €36.20  Address: Santa Croce 328 int 1, Santa Croce, Venice, Italy  Phone Number: +39 342 1486869

Monday 10th July Things to do in Venice:  Basilica di San Marco o 2 euro to skip line (buy in advance) o 31 minute walk from hostel  Canal Grande o 15 minute walk from St Mark’s Basilica To return to hostel:  11 minute walk from Canal Grande

Rome Monday 10th July 15:25- Train to Rome  15:25 Venezia S.Lucia to Roma Termini 19:10 (5 stops) 19:10- Arrive in Rome To get to hostel:  Exit the main doors of the station,walking past the city buses, and you just have to go straight towards Piazza Della Republica, a roundabout with a large fountain.  Keep going always straight (do not go down the hill!) until you reach 'Fontana dell acqua felice' (the Fountain with the 4 lions), which will be on your right.  Look in front of you, you will find a bank called Carige!  Via Umbria is the first road on the right side of the bank and behind the American Embassy, so take it as a reference!  The hostel entrance is on the right-hand side of the road - there is a sign on the wall. Please ring the doorbell! La Controra Hostel Rome details:  3 bed private ensuite  Paid: £28.14  To pay: €145.80 (includes tax)  To pay each: €48.60  Address: Via Umbria, 7, Rome, Italy  Phone number: +39 0698937366

Tuesday 11th July Things to do in Rome:  Spanish Steps o 14 minute walk from hostel  Trevi Fountain o 8 minute walk from Spanish steps  Pantheon o 8 minute walk from Trevi fountain  Colosseum o 22 minute walk from Pantheon  St Peter’s Basilica o Walk 3 mins to San Gregorio o Take 81 to Risgormento o Walk 7 mins to Vatican City To return to hostel:  Walk 10 minutes to Ottaviano  Take MEA Anagina to Barberini  Walk 6 minutes to the hostel

Paris Wednesday 12th July 11:00- Train to Paris  11:00 Roma Termini to Torino Porta Susa 14:52  16:11 Torino Porta Susa to Paris Gare de Lyon 22:31 22:31- Arrive in Paris To get to hostel:  At Gare de Lyon, take metro line 1 in the direction of La Défense 4 stops to Chatelet.  Here, change to metro line 4, in the direction of Porte de Clignancourt. Ride the metro for 7 stops to Gare du Nord.  Exit the station at the exit named “Rue de Dunkerque.”  Upon exiting the station take a right onto Rue de Dunkerque .  After about 2 minutes you will come to a large intersection with several streets (Boulevard de Magenta and Rue de Maubeuge). Continue through this intersection, remain on the Rue de Dunkerque, cross to the left side of the road and continue to number 73, and voilà you’re here! Vintage Hostel Gare du Nord details :  4 Bed Mixed Dorm Ensuite  Paid : £18.12  To pay : €152.29  To pay each : €50.76  Address : 73, Rue de Dunkerque, Paris, France  Phone number : +33 1 40 16 16 40

Thursday 13th July Things to do in Paris:  Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris o Walk 5 mins to Barbès- Rochechouart o Take 4 Mairie de Montrouge to Saint-Michel – Notre-Dame o Walk 8 mins to Notre Dame  Luxembourg Gardens o 16 mins walk from Notre Dame  Champs-Elysees o Walk 16 mins to Saint-Michel – Notre Dame o Take RER C Lara Invalides to Invalides o Walk 10 mins to Champs-Elysees  Arc de Triomphe o Along the Champs-Elysees  Eiffel Tower o Walk 28 mins from Arc de Triomphe or o Walk to Charles de Gaulle Étoile o Take 6 Nation to Bir Hakeim o Walk 9 mins to Eiffel Tower To get back to hostel :  Take metro back to Arc de Triomphe  Take 2 Nation to Anvers then walk 4 mins to hostel

Rugby Friday 14th July (Bastille Day) Things to do on Bastille Day:  Free entry to the Louvre 17:13- Eurostar to London  17:13 Paris Gare du Nord to London St. Pancras 18:32 18:32- Arrive in London 19:46- Train to Rugby  19:46 London Euston to Rugby 20:41 20:41- Arrive in Rugby