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On October he did began to incorporate the Global Pass (3 months) which got him as far as Istanbul and Ankara and high up north as Kiruna in Sweden, Lapland.[0]

Seems a very cautious guy, as he was booking a night train from Budapest to Bucharest, apparently he was warned at the counter by an employee which made him very uneasy. Reminds of the story of that TEDx talk.[1]

He is clearly enjoying it so I hope the positive experiences encourage him to even go beyond Europe, like to India ;) [2]

[0]https://leben-im-zug.de/mein-jahresrueckblick-2023/

[1]https://youtu.be/R7vmHGAshi8?&t=778

[2]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie_trail




> high up north as Kiruna in Sweden

His northenmost point seems to have been Narvik (across the border in Norway). From what I can tell, that’s almost 70km (more than 40 miles) north of Kiruna.


Thanks for the correction, I remembered it wrong.

From his blog:

>[...]Eine ganz besondere Zugfahrt zum nördlichsten Bahnhof Europas, Narvik.

>A very special train journey to the northernmost railroad station in Europe, Narvik. [0]

[0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narvik_Station




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