D-Ticket-Challenge: So viele Nachbarländer wie möglich mit Regionalzügen!

In diesem Video nehme ich euch mit auf ein grenzenloses Abenteuer: Mein Ziel? So viele Nachbarländer Deutschlands wie möglich – in nur einem Tag! 🌍🚆

📍 Start: In aller Frühe an einem Bahnhof nahe der Grenze – und dann geht’s per Bus und Bahn rund um Deutschland.
🕐 Challenge: Wie viele Landesgrenzen kann ich mit dem D-Ticket an einem Tag überqueren?
🚉 Welche Verbindungen klappen – und wo lauern Verspätungen, Umwege oder spontane Highlights?
🇫🇷🇨🇭🇦🇹🇨🇿🇵🇱🇩🇰🇳🇱🇧🇪🇱🇺 Wie viele der insgesamt 9 Nachbarländer Deutschlands schaffe ich?

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Good morning! It’s just before 6 a.m. This is the train station in Vils-Stadt, Austria, and that means a new challenge is starting right now! Today’s challenge is: How many of Germany’s neighboring countries can I visit from sunrise to sunset using just the Deutschlandticket? The rules are really important. Namely: I have to use the Deutschlandticket to travel to the neighboring country. That means it has to be valid – as a ticket – where I’m traveling. And here I am in the Außerfern region. This is a route operated by Deutsche Bahn. And for cross-border travel, the Deutschlandticket is valid for the entire route. That’s why I can cross the border today and use the Deutschlandticket for one station. People, just look at how beautiful it is here. Yes, all the mountains. Here: The sun is just rising, out from behind the mountains here. They’re illuminated here. It’s really beautiful here. A great place to start. It’s 6 a.m. now, and of course there’s not much going on here. I think I ‘m the only one awake here. I had to take a taxi because otherwise I wouldn’t have come here in the first place. But I can see the sunrise here in the mountains and now you can too. I said it in the last video, but as picturesque as this sun is, the sun is actually my enemy. And when it has set again, when it has gone all the way from east to west, then I won’t be able to visit any more neighboring countries because then my time will be up. And that’s why: sun, be careful what you do Dear passengers, We will reach Pfronten-Steinach in a few minutes. Our train journey ends there. We ask all passengers to get off. In Pfronten-Steinach you have the following connection: RB73 to Kempten main station via Pfronten-Ried at 6:34 a.m. from platform 2. That was so fast. And now the second train here, the regional train to Kempten. We have neighboring country number 1. That is Austria. That means that’s already ticked off. Austria: ticked! Good morning, dear passengers. A warm welcome to the RE7 train operated by DB Regio Bayern from Kempten main station to Lindau-Reutin, including a section via Oberstdorf. We wish you a pleasant onward journey. Our next stop together will be Immenstadt shortly. Everything will work smoothly here in Kempten tomorrow. No problem, and now on to Lindau. We’ll see how the day goes. Then from Lindau we head along Lake Constance. I always find that traveling here on tilting trains is a bit like flying. So, we’re standing now. I don’t know exactly what that means, but something is here. I have 15 minutes in Lindau-Reutin. I hope we can make the connection if we keep standing here like this. We’ve been standing here for 5 minutes. Ah! And now we know the reason. The reason was this other train, and we obviously had to wait to use the track. Dear passengers, we are expecting Lindau-Reutin shortly today, probably at 8:56 a.m. on platform 21. This means we are 11 minutes late. The reason for this is the construction site from Herganz to Lindau-Reutin. That’s it. It’s definitely already there. Now over to the other track. Ah, this one over here. Aha. That was ours. But we want to take this one now. The RE3 towards Ulm, but only as far as Friedrichshafen. RE 3 to Ulm main station via Friedrichshafen-Stadt, Ravensburg and Aulendorf. DB Regio operates for BWegt. This morning things seem to be going well, even though we were somehow 10 minutes late. But 5 minutes were enough to catch the next train. Luckily. I’m taking it to Friedrichshafen-Stadt now. It’s currently working as it’s supposed to. And of course now this emergency braking. What does that mean? What just happened here? Obviously, when I said everything was going well, the emergency brakes came on. Now we’re at a standstill. I’ve already started in Austria. This morning at 6:17 a.m. And where are we going next? Now to Switzerland. So now to Schafhausen, next. But then change in Friedrichshafen. Now I have to get off. Yes. And then in Singen. And then on to France. Ah, cool. Yes, we’ll do that too. So today until this evening. So the challenge from sunrise to sunset, let’s see how it goes. Ah, fascinating. We had such a horror journey here. We’re coming from Heidelberg. Oh, okay. The air conditioning broke down and there was a replacement bus and it was really crazy. It took us 6 hours for 350 km or so. And how many subscribers do you have? Not that many yet, but the number is growing. Oh, yes, that’s really good. I have 500 now. I do gardening topics. All right. I wish you a good journey because I have to get off now. Yes, likewise. Good luck, thank you, bye. No hand to press, or. But they can press if they want. Although I could probably manage with that. Already tried it. Yes, it’s not the first time I’ve pressed the button today. So, I’ll give it a try. Now I’m going to take a quick look at Lake Constance and back. I’ve still got 15 minutes. And over there is Switzerland and we still have to go there. Well, not exactly there, but to this country, because that is of course our next country, the one we’re going to with the Deutschlandticket. And because it really is only a short time, I have to go back to the station now. That was basically Friedrichshafen because the train leaves in 5 minutes. It’s already there. Cool. Things I would never have expected. The carriages we have here now, yes, the former Silberlinge N carriages, they are at least 50 years old. It’s absolutely amazing for filming. This train is operated by the SVG, the Stuttgart Railway Company , and that is actually the railway company that is run by an association for the preservation of historic railway vehicles. That means we have mainly historic rail vehicles and this n-carriage that I’m sitting in right now can only be described as a historic vehicle. But it can still transport lots of people and lots of bikes. There’s just enough space and that’s why they run it on the weekend so that people can come here for their bike rides. Saturdays and Sundays are actually a good idea from Stuttgart. I think the one I want to take is already there . On platform 3. So now we’ll see how we manage it. It’s always difficult. But I have to hurry because I should get it now. It would be bad if I didn’t. And that means I can travel on it. SBB welcomes you on the S62 to Gottmadingen, Bietingen, Thayingen and Schaffhausen. SBB and BWegt wish you a pleasant journey. So I’m only going to travel on this S-Bahn for exactly 9 minutes, until exactly 11:15 a.m. Dear passengers. Please be advised that customs and passport checks may take place on the train. That over there is the customs checkpoint, which I’ve already passed. That means we’re now in Switzerland. That means neighboring country number 2: tick it. Then we’ll get off now and head back. We’ve made it here. There’s a Swiss flag. We’re in Switzerland, but you can see it says DB here. That’s because there’s a DB line that goes through Switzerland. So I’m obviously in Reiat. Thayigen is definitely the place I’m in right now. Half an hour until the S-Bahn arrives, which then goes back to Singen. Unilever is apparently located here in Switzerland, right on the German border . The Knorri Park. I think it’s about instant soup. Nobody knows. I was just about to say that there is an idyllic little stream here, and there is, but at the same time it is also a bicycle disposal station. Quite obviously. The nearest neighboring country to Germany, which we are heading to now, is France. And for that I first have to get to Rhineland-Palatinate. The reason for that is that in Baden-Württemberg it is not possible at all with the… well, at least not as far as I know, to get into France with the Deutschland-Ticket. However, as far as I know, there are four different ways to get into France with the Deutschland-Ticket. And we will now… we will use one of them. Namely to Lauterbourg. That is pretty close to Karlsruhe. The train leaves again in five minutes. It was already good to be back. The 38°C that is forecast for today has fortunately not been reached here in Switzerland yet. It could be. It is just about pleasant now, but the temperature is rising. It is not even midday yet. I think by the time we get to France it will have reached 38°C and I’m not looking forward to that at all. I’m really hoping for good air conditioning on the trains. Hopefully also on the long regional express to Karlsruhe. So that won’t be a problem either. Well, who would have thought it would be a problem in Switzerland? Dear passengers, we would like to point out that there may be customs and passport checks on the train. Exactly. In Singen there is the RE2 towards Karlsruhe. We have to go from platform 3 to platform 1 and have 12 minutes. That seems good. We saw the one in front of it. There were quite a lot of people there and it already comes from Konstanz. I hope it doesn’t get too full because that would be stupid, but if it does, then it does, there’s nothing we can do about it. It would be more important that it doesn’t arrive late. Goodbye. I’ve decided to sit right at the back. That’s a strategic question heading towards Karlsruhe, because I’ll have very little time then, and also at the back… well, I think the train will come in in such a way that I’ll have to get out at the back and then go down the back to get to 101. It’ll take about three hours to get to Karlsruhe, crossing the Black Forest all the way through. It’s a really beautiful route, I’m really looking forward to it. But then it’ll be tight in Karlsruhe. Because there are always delays on this route , we’re hoping for nothing. We’ve just left St. Georgen, and that means we’ll soon be on the route that winds down into Saal in switchbacks. Wow, it’s gotten warm now. It was really tough on the train, I’m telling you. But now we even have time to get something, I think. I’ll have to take a quick look and see if that’s enough. Hello. With a ticket. It’ll probably work, but that was really… and I shouldn’t have… otherwise I would have had to stop, because sure, but water is important. Wow, man, it’s hot. Maybe there’s more room up front, because it already seems pretty full here. So, this is train number 9, and it’s going pretty much to Wörth am Rhein , and that’s exactly where I’m getting off. But it’s just as poorly air-conditioned as the last one. Now we’re in Rhineland-Palatinate, so basically state number 3 here today. But that doesn’t count for anything today. Um, though, we’re about to make it to neighboring state number 3. And to do that, we have to get off here in Wörth am Rhein right now. And change to a regional train to Lauterbourg. And now let’s see what the next train is. This is it. Yes, this is the train towards Lauterbourg. But I don’t think it has air conditioning. At least, it doesn’t feel like it. It’s just a branch line into France. I think they want to use some kind of cool hybrid or battery-powered trains there in the future. that you can then drive through here. But these really old things have been here for so long. We’re going to France with it now, because that would be the third train. And then it’s almost time. Then we’re going over to France. And the border is a river, the Lauter, and we’re going to Lauterbourg. And that means: France: Check it out. Or: Bonjour. Next stop: Lauterbourg. There’s a transfer to the rest of the regional traffic. This train journey ends there. We ask all passengers to get off. Over there. This is actually a train that’s allowed to cross the border, and that’s why , as you can see, there are already so many “Saar VV” Grand Est and Rhineland-Palatinate and Baden-Württemberg signs on it. German-French flag. But: We came here in this oldest of all oldest diesel railcars. What’s going on? Apparently they’re not allowed to cross yet. This isn’t a good situation here, is it? Actually, it’s okay. We’re running a quarter of an hour late now, and we’ve got a bit of time, 20 minutes, and now we’ll see what ‘s on here. But welcome to France. I’m not stressing about whether I’ll be able to catch the connection later . I’m hoping; I think this is the way to a quarry lake. I’ll take a look there. It doesn’t look like I’ll be able to get through because I’m holding out too much hope that I’ll be able to get to a quarry lake for a short time because the other train is delayed. Well, I’ll head back to the station because it’s not that late and maybe I can find some shade there. Wow, 30°C is exaggerating! The clock says 30°C, but it’s more than 30. That’s 35°C. [In French] The TER to Wörth am Rhein is delayed. Only for a very short time. So it’s delayed. It’s getting really tight in Wörth and I think I’ll have to run to catch the train. It’s the same train I was just on, only an hour later. But I think if it doesn’t pass us now, then it should work out. That’s not how it works. That’s what I’m telling you… Now we’re on the next train to Neustadt an der Weinstraße, and then we’ll have to change to the train towards Trier. Because logically, the next neighboring country is Luxembourg. Because we’ve already been to Austria, we’ve already been to Switzerland and we’ve already done France. This class 628 that we’re sitting in right now is okay, it runs, yes. But at 34°C it’s pretty unbearable. When it’s running, a bit of wind comes in through the open windows. The n-cars were better earlier because the windows were really open. We had that last time too, where it somehow indicated that it wasn’t possible. So here in Neustadt it says it’s 4 minutes. That would still be doable. Hopefully. But it says here: No alternative anymore. We’ll see. But at the moment it still looks as if we’ll arrive in Neustadt in such a way that we’ll have to race to catch the other train. Now it says there’s another 2 minutes to change trains, but from platform 3 to platform 2. That could be a good sign. In any case, it’s going to be a lot of racing again. Wow, it would be important to catch that if we still want to get to Luxembourg. Now I have to check where I am. It’s arriving… it’s pulling in! Sorry! Yes, dear passengers, our onward journey is currently delayed. We’ll let you know as soon as we have more information. The journey will resume in a few minutes. Well, that just worked out. One minute to change here to the RE1. I now have to take that to Trier and then another train to Luxembourg, which would be the fourth neighboring country I’ll manage to visit in this whole day. At the same time, by the way, I also drove through four federal states. Coincidentally, those are the very states I didn’t make it through in the last video. That’s why I’m now starting with the video. In total there were really all 16. If I hadn’t got it here now, it would have been really tight to get to Luxembourg in time for sunset. But now it’s actually looking pretty good that we can make it. But it seems that all the connections here somehow worked out today, even if one wasn’t even close, like just now. But it’s working out. I’d say so. Fingers crossed that it’s the same in Trier. We’ll see. The rear section of the train ends here. Passengers please board the front section of the train to continue their journey. I already said it in the last video: I actually can’t believe that everything worked out. Today I was somehow expecting it a bit more and this is already the second video where it’s like this. So now I’ve finally made it here on the RE1. 2 hours 20 minutes since… since Neustadt an der Weinstraße and now in Trier we actually have the last change. Here I have 10 minutes to catch the RE11 towards Luxembourg, which will then take me to the last neighboring country for today. Theoretically, things could go wrong. But I don’t think so anymore. Trier main station. There is a transfer to the other regional services. Exit on the left in the direction of travel. That is luxurious. There it is. Now it just goes over there. Now I have to get off here. I thought it would stop right here at Greis. And then it goes over a switch here again and then stops over there. Oh well, but it’s not supposed to leave for another 7 minutes. So it’s not a big problem because it still has to be uncoupled. Just like the one is being coupled together here now. So then back into Luxembourg. Last train I’m taking for today, the RE11 to Luxembourg. That worked out for Luxembourg too. And that is the last train for today. It’s here, it’s on time. I’m taking the RE11 to Wasserbillig. And if you’ve made it this far, then you seem to really like the content I create. And that’s why I now have channel memberships. Why did I do that? These trips I take here aren’t cheap, and I pay for them out of my own pocket. And so that the costs are perhaps covered, so to speak, which YouTube advertising definitely doesn’t, I would be delighted if you took out a channel membership. What you’ll find there is a new exclusive video from my outward journey yesterday. You can click on it now if you take out a channel membership for 1.99. Funnily enough, it didn’t go as smoothly as this trip. Be the very first to become part of the inner circle, the hard core! And now we’re going on to Luxembourg, to Wasserbillig. And someone is waterskiing there. And the person who’s into it right now is pretty good at it too. [Announcement in Luxembourgish and French] Next stop: Wasserbilling. Exit on the right in the direction of travel. Dear friends, that was the border. We are in Luxembourg. That is neighboring country number 4: Luxembourg. Check mark. Oh, I’m really glad we did that. It was a long, hard day. So that’s it. This is Wasserbillig. That’s the end of today’s challenge. There are still about an hour and a half until sunset, but that means it’s no longer possible to reach any other neighboring countries. Not Belgium, nor the Netherlands, and certainly not Denmark, Poland, or the Czech Republic. If you liked it, then subscribe here. You can do that here. Or watch another video to my right. In it, I tried to visit as many federal states as possible with the Deutschlandticket. If you liked the video, then you’ll definitely like this one too. And then all I can say is: Bye and see you next time.