{"id":85998,"date":"2026-05-19T10:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/85998\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T10:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T10:40:12","slug":"oslo-and-berlin-are-getting-a-direct-train-link-for-the-first-time-in-20-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/85998\/","title":{"rendered":"Oslo and Berlin are getting a direct train link for the first time in 20 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Europe has some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveller.com\/article\/best-and-easiest-european-multi-destination-train-adventures\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">best train services<\/a> in the world, connecting countries so seamlessly that booking a flight is unnecessary. Incredible news then: two of Europe&#8217;s most popular capitals will soon have a direct service connecting them, broadening the continent&#8217;s impressive rail options.<\/p>\n<p>A new partnership between Norway\u2019s national railway Vy, Denmark\u2019s DSB and Germany\u2019s Deutsche Bahn means there will be a direct line between Berlin and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveller.com\/article\/why-this-scandinavian-city-should-be-your-on-your-2026-travel-bucket-list\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oslo<\/a> for the first time in 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>The new service will run a twice-daily round trip from summer 2028, through Hamburg, Copenhagen, Malm\u00f6 and Gothenburg. Ticket prices and departure times will be shared at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>The full journey is expected to be: Oslo, Moss, Fredrikstad, Sarpsborg, Halden, Trollh\u00e4ttan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/story\/getting-to-know-gothenburg-the-worlds-most-sustainable-destination\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gothenburg<\/a>, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Lund, Malm\u00f6, Copenhagen Airport, Copenhagen H, Odense, Kolding, Padborg and Hamburg and, finally, Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud that, together with Vy and DB, we will soon be able to offer one of the longest train routes in Europe,\u201d Flemming Jensen, CEO of Danish rail operator DSB, said. \u201cThis is not something we can achieve on our own \u2013 strong rail connections in Europe depend on strong partnerships between railway companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Michael Peterson, CEO of DB Fernverkehr, Deutsche Bahn\u2019s long\u2011distance division, said that with high fuel prices, long-distance rail is a \u201cgood alternative to both cars and flights\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this new international route from Berlin via Copenhagen to Oslo, we are connecting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/destinations\/europe\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Northern Europe<\/a> and three capital cities by train,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Across Europe, there are several wonderful options for cross-country trains, including the \u00d6BB Nightjet, which offers connections from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveller.com\/gallery\/things-to-do-in-paris\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paris<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveller.com\/gallery\/things-to-do-in-vienna\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vienna<\/a>, Salzburg and Munich and onto the Italian Riviera, with regular seats from about \u20ac30 (\u00a325) one-way.<\/p>\n<p>The European Sleeper means in less than 12 hours, you can go from Brussels to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveller.com\/gallery\/best-hotels-berlin\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Berlin<\/a>, while the Swedish operator SJ\u2019s EuroNight service can take passengers from Hamburg to Copenhagen and Stockholm. During the summer months, you can also connect from Berlin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Europe has some of the best train services in the world, connecting countries so seamlessly that booking a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,45966,190,45967],"class_list":["post-85998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-berlin","tag-breaks-by-train","tag-germany","tag-spa-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116600820745539020","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}