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 Beaverwilly  Croydon 03 Jun 18 11.30am |
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Tack så mycket ExpatEagle. Det är väldigt snällt av dig.
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| Sportyteacher London 03 Jun 18 12.17pm |
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Expect a smörgåsbord of responses to this thread....
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TheExpatEagle  04 Jun 18 10.34am |
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Originally posted by Beaverwilly
Tack så mycket ExpatEagle. Det är väldigt snällt av dig. Det var så lite! ;-)
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aquickgame2  Beni = summer,Caribbean = winter 04 Jun 18 4.27pm |
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Are there any flights from Alicante/Valencia for the second game,wherever that is.
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| TheExpatEagle 04 Jun 18 5.45pm |
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Originally posted by aquickgame2
Are there any flights from Alicante/Valencia for the second game,wherever that is. I'm not a travel agent! It's in Halmstad, I'd fly to Copenhagen. Try Skyscanner.com.
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DutchEagleJohan  Vlissingen, Netherlands 04 Jun 18 6.04pm |
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No free booze on offer either then? Originally posted by TheExpatEagle
I'm not a travel agent! It's in Halmstad, I'd fly to Copenhagen. Try Skyscanner.com.
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........| YT Oxford 04 Jun 18 6.48pm |
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Originally posted by TheExpatEagle
Hi all! Some of you may already know me and that I live in Sweden. If any of you are planning on going to either of the two games versus Helsingör (Elsingore in English) or Halmstad you are welcome to pick my brains regarding travel, routes and the like. You can follow me on Twitter for faster answers (@theexpateagle) or add to this thread and I'll answer as quickly as I can. Hopefully I'll get to meet some of you next month! How many sleeping bags can you accommodate on your various floors?
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| TheExpatEagle 04 Jun 18 7.05pm |
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Originally posted by YT
How many sleeping bags can you accommodate on your various floors? Depends on your girth!
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| Direwolf Lincoln 04 Jun 18 7.49pm |
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Originally posted by TheExpatEagle
I'm not a travel agent! It's in Halmstad, I'd fly to Copenhagen. Try Skyscanner.com. Copenhagen does seem to be the best flight option or Malmo? What's public transport like from there?
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| TheExpatEagle 04 Jun 18 8.21pm |
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Originally posted by Direwolf
Copenhagen does seem to be the best flight option or Malmo? What's public transport like from there? Copenhagen is like Heathrow and Malmö is like a Southend or a Oxford airport. It's not even close in terms of size or choice of airlines. At the end of the day if it comes down to money then you have to factor in transfer costs (in the UK and this side) and so on. Copenhagen is directly on the major train line, Malmö you need to get a bus into the city. If you are going to the Halmstad game only you have the choice of Gothenburg but it's much the same problem. If it were me, for either game, I would fly to Copenhagen with EasyJet (I would only fly RyanAir if I were fleeing a war zone and even then...) and stay in Sweden because it is cheaper than Denmark. Helsingör is a 20 minute boat journey from where I live (Helsingborg) and Halmstad is a 51 minute train journey from here. The train from Copenhagen Airport goes to Helsingör in one direction and to Helsingborg/Halmstad in the other direction so it's easy to take either option. So it really boils down to which game you are taking in or if you are taking both in. Here is part 1 of a 2 part guide for both games.
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| simonmdt x 05 Jun 18 12.19pm |
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Thanks for the inside info. Top geezer, TheExpatEagle.
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| Direwolf Lincoln 05 Jun 18 12.24pm |
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Originally posted by TheExpatEagle
Copenhagen is like Heathrow and Malmö is like a Southend or a Oxford airport. It's not even close in terms of size or choice of airlines. At the end of the day if it comes down to money then you have to factor in transfer costs (in the UK and this side) and so on. Copenhagen is directly on the major train line, Malmö you need to get a bus into the city. If you are going to the Halmstad game only you have the choice of Gothenburg but it's much the same problem. If it were me, for either game, I would fly to Copenhagen with EasyJet (I would only fly RyanAir if I were fleeing a war zone and even then...) and stay in Sweden because it is cheaper than Denmark. Helsingör is a 20 minute boat journey from where I live (Helsingborg) and Halmstad is a 51 minute train journey from here. The train from Copenhagen Airport goes to Helsingör in one direction and to Helsingborg/Halmstad in the other direction so it's easy to take either option. So it really boils down to which game you are taking in or if you are taking both in. Here is part 1 of a 2 part guide for both games. Excellent - thanks. I read somewhere that the Helsingor - Helsingborg ferry is the busiest in the world in terms of crossings so should be ok for options. Edited by Direwolf (05 Jun 2018 12.26pm)
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| TheExpatEagle 05 Jun 18 6.36pm |
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Originally posted by simonmdt
Thanks for the inside info. Top geezer, TheExpatEagle. My pleasure mate.
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| TheExpatEagle 05 Jun 18 6.37pm |
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Originally posted by Direwolf
Excellent - thanks. I read somewhere that the Helsingor - Helsingborg ferry is the busiest in the world in terms of crossings so should be ok for options. Edited by Direwolf (05 Jun 2018 12.26pm) It is indeed. There are 3 ferries an hour (every 20 minutes) 24 hours a day plus some other smaller boats that go back and forth. I think I read somewhere that there are 170 crossings daily.
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| aquickgame2 Beni = summer,Caribbean = winter 06 Jun 18 9.00am |
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Originally posted by TheExpatEagle
I'm not a travel agent! It's in Halmstad, I'd fly to Copenhagen. Try Skyscanner.com.
So i did...thanks for the info
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| TheExpatEagle 06 Jun 18 12.31pm |
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Originally posted by aquickgame2
So i did...thanks for the info Okay, you got me.
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| Guntrisoft Beckenham, Kent 06 Jun 18 11.29pm |
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I was thinking of going to the sweden game and fly to Gothenburg, and then get a train down - what’s Gothenburg like as a city and do you reckon it’s worth doing it that way?
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| TheExpatEagle 07 Jun 18 4.16pm |
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Originally posted by Guntrisoft
I was thinking of going to the sweden game and fly to Gothenburg, and then get a train down - what’s Gothenburg like as a city and do you reckon it’s worth doing it that way? Göteborg is a very nice city and if it's your thing they have a big amusement park there called Liseberg. Personally I'd fly in to Copenhagen and stay in Helsingborg because EasyJet fly there from Gatwick but if you want to stay in Göteborg then it makes more sense to fly there. There isn't much to do down here but as I say it all depends on what you're in to.
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| Stuk Top half 07 Jun 18 4.31pm |
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Originally posted by TheExpatEagle
Copenhagen is like Heathrow and Malmö is like a Southend or a Oxford airport. It's not even close in terms of size or choice of airlines. At the end of the day if it comes down to money then you have to factor in transfer costs (in the UK and this side) and so on. Copenhagen is directly on the major train line, Malmö you need to get a bus into the city. If you are going to the Halmstad game only you have the choice of Gothenburg but it's much the same problem. If it were me, for either game, I would fly to Copenhagen with EasyJet (I would only fly RyanAir if I were fleeing a war zone and even then...) and stay in Sweden because it is cheaper than Denmark. Helsingör is a 20 minute boat journey from where I live (Helsingborg) and Halmstad is a 51 minute train journey from here. The train from Copenhagen Airport goes to Helsingör in one direction and to Helsingborg/Halmstad in the other direction so it's easy to take either option. So it really boils down to which game you are taking in or if you are taking both in. Here is part 1 of a 2 part guide for both games. More like Gatwick I'd say, and I'd fly Norwegian rather than Easyjet. I stayed in the Elite Hotel in the Marina in Helsingborg last year. I've stayed in the Radisson Blu there before too. Nice place, like most of the Nordic countries.
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