After Swiss lawmakers pulled the plug on a proposed Basel-Malmö night train service, Swissinfo journalist Kristian Brandt and his daughter set off to test another way north. Their 24-hour rail adventure to Scandinavia reveals both the hurdles and the promise of long-distance rail travel as an alternative to flying.
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March 19, 2026 – 09:00
Join Kristian and his daughter on the the night train from Zurich to Hamburg, Germany, from where they continue their rail journey to Fredericia and Struer in Denmark.
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We travelled from Switzerland to Denmark by train – the journey took 24 hours
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Mar 19, 2026
There is no direct night train from Switzerland to Denmark. We tried to reach Scandinavia by rail anyway.
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