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The Hanseatic Lowlands

Canals, gabled houses, and medieval ports of the North Sea

BerlinHamburgGroningenAmsterdamAntwerpBruges
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10–14

Days

3

Countries

saves ~145kg CO₂ vs flying

Climate impact

Key trains on this route

🚄 DB ICE

Berlin to Hamburg in 1h45 — Germany's fastest intercity connection

🚄 NS Intercity Direct

Amsterdam to Antwerp in 1h09 — seamless cross-border rail

🚄 SNCB IC

Antwerp to Bruges in 1h15 through Belgium's flat polder landscape

About this route

Follow the old Hanseatic trade routes from Berlin's raw energy north to Hamburg's red-brick Speicherstadt, then west into the flat horizons of Groningen before descending through Amsterdam's canals and Antwerp's diamond quarter to Bruges' medieval perfection — where Europe's great lowland rail network is at its most dense.

Route highlight

Amsterdam Centraal to Antwerp on the Thalys corridor — 45 minutes between two of Europe's great port cities

Rail operators

DB ICENSSNCB