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vicky62 Mar 14th, 2017 08:56 PM

Amsterdam London
 
The best way to travel from Amsterdam to London and see Bruges, what the logical way to do it by train.Thank you

menachem Mar 14th, 2017 10:18 PM

Amsterdam - Antwerp by International train (Thalys not necessary)
Antwerp - Brugge by regional train
Brugge - Brussels bij regional train
Brussels - London by Eurostar

CANNOT be done in one day.

ribeirasacra Mar 15th, 2017 12:39 AM

best, that is not the same for everyone.
Fly London city to Amsterdam.

jamikins Mar 15th, 2017 04:41 AM

Or you can take the overnight ferry from London to any place in the Netherlands:

http://www.stenaline.co.uk/ferry-to-...FfMW0wodcN0E6w

doug_stallings Mar 15th, 2017 05:08 AM

Bruges can be done as a day-trip from Amsterdam by train. Then you could either stay overnight in Bruges and continue on to London by train via Brussels (Eurostar from Brussels), or you can book the train from Amsterdam all the way to London if you are just doing a day-trip.

For me, I simply would not fly. It doesn't save any time when you consider the hassles of getting to and from the airports. The train takes less than five hours city to city if you are leaving from Amsterdam, and you end up in central London near a lot of hotels. But if you have already booked your flights into and out of Amsterdam, that might change the equation somewhat. I'd likely fly back to Amsterdam and then connect to your homebound international flight but I still wouldn't fly TO London.

London can be done as a day-trip from Paris via Eurostar, but it can't be done as a day-trip from Amsterdam. But you do need to solidify your plans in advance. It's profoundly more expensive if you book these trains at the last minute than if you book them far in advance.

vicky62 Mar 15th, 2017 06:01 PM

Thank you , actually I have 4 days to see Amsterdam and other city around before i have to go to London,maybe 2 days Amsterdam, 1 day Bruges and 1 day Ghen or Rotterdam

WoinParis Mar 15th, 2017 11:18 PM

Sounds good.

Amsterdam in 2 days is short - depends if you want to do a lot of museums.

Last times we went we skipped the museums and we had enough time in 1,5 days ... but we know we can be back in 3 hours.

Gent is very quaint, Brugge is a must in Belgium.

Drink water in NL and beer in Belgium, unless you can find belgian beer in Amsterdam. In Gent eat a waterzooi.

bilboburgler Mar 16th, 2017 01:02 AM

To be fair, if you are in Belgium and you see a sign for Dutch beer then avoid it :-)

ribeirasacra Mar 17th, 2017 06:50 AM

I am going to suggest that some members best revisit the subject they write about here.
http://bier.blog.nl/
The world moves on ;-)

bilboburgler Mar 17th, 2017 08:45 AM

ribeira, I do hope so. :-)

WoinParis Mar 17th, 2017 10:33 PM

Of course the world moves on. But as this site shows, Belgian beers stay the best and experimetn nex things.

For BEER, from now on it is going to be BELGIUM FIRST ! Belgium FIRST !

We have the greatest beer in the world, believe me. I have tested it. Belgium beer is the best. Great beer, no headache, you drink it by caskets, you don't get sick.
Believe me, I have alternate facts that proves it. Never a headache. Best beer in the world.
Not like Heineken. Total disaster. Dutch beer is piss.
Belgium beer is the greatest beeer.

From now on, it will be BELGIUM beer first.

ribeirasacra Mar 17th, 2017 11:43 PM

no headache, not getting sick after drinking alcohol? fake news

WoinParis Mar 18th, 2017 01:50 AM

Tsssss. Not fake news. Alternate facts.

Drinking a beer with an egg in it when waking up used to work (sometimes) but gawd it was difficult to drink.

Tulips Mar 18th, 2017 02:20 AM

Disagree that the train Amsterdam-London is faster than flying; it's not. Flying takes one hour - be at the airport an hour in advance. With the Eurostar you have to change in Brussel, and be there 45 minutes in advance.

But if you want to see Brugge, it makes sense to go there by train from Amsterdam, spend a night there, and continue on to London with the Eurostar.

menachem Mar 18th, 2017 03:14 AM

yes. as I posted.


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