Zürich to Istanbul without flying! Self-made Orient Express

Another journey from Switzerland to Istanbul by Train: A Modern Tribute to the Orient Express Join us on an unforgettable train journey from Zurich to Istanbul, retracing the legendary routes of the Orient Express while embracing the charm of classic European rail travel. This video takes you through scenic landscapes in Central Europe to the Bosporus. Total travel time: within 5 days or 4 nights, we travelled 2900 km in 55 hours. Trains taken in this video: Day 1-2: EN 40467 Zurich - Vienna Day 2-3: Dacia Express D347 Vienna - Bukarest Day 4-5: Bosporus Express Bukarest - İstanbul (Halkalı) 00:00 Introduction 00:29 History of the Orient Express and travel plan 02:04 Day 1-2: EN 40467 Zurich - Vienna 03:29 Spending the day in Vienna 04:30 Dacia Express D347 Vienna - Bukarest 09:37 Spending the evening in Bukarest 12:04 Bosporus Express Bukarest - İstanbul (Halkalı) 22:19 The last stretch to Sirkeci 24:16 Outro Our video from 2022 via the Simplon line    • We took Europe's longest train journey.   Turkish sleeper train    • DELUXE room in the Ankara to İzmir sleeper...   --- Follow us: Me on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/felixonrails.ch Joseph on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lindrs589?i... --- Attributions: Thumbnail Photo of Dacia Express https://www.flickr.com/photos/muresea... --- Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Kropelnicki, Jeffrey; Johnson, Grace; Kne, Len; Lindberg, Mark. (2022). --- Historical National Boundaries. Retrieved from the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota, https://doi.org/10.13020/146x-1412. --- Map data ©2024 Google --- Filmed with DJI Pocket 3, Sony RX100 VII and iPhone 15 Pro

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