Europe by Train: From the Alps to Milan (Interrail Vlog Part 1/2)

Europe by Train: From the Alps to Milan (Interrail Vlog Part 1/2)

Welcome to another video. This time we’re going on inter rail tag along me down. Stop me up and watch me go. I’ll be running circles around you sooner than you know. We’re flying to Munich through Ria and then we’re going to have breakfast in Munich in Germany and then we’re taking the train to Insburg in Austria. [Music] No, I can’t cuz I got my head up in the We made it to very rainy Munich. The plan now is to take the train to the city center of Munich, have breakfast there. It’s quite funny that you can see many countries in one day in Europe. Let’s see how it works. But very convenient in theory to travel with the interail pass. So let’s see how it works. We made it to Munich and we have one and a half hours food time. Oh, we got our food. Hell yes. Hell to the yes. Hell to the yes. We finished breakfast and now we’re heading to our train which will take us to Austria. We don’t have any reserved seats uh because we just didn’t do it. But we found a restaurant car. So, we’re going to sit here. It’s only a 2-hour ride. [Music] The train left one half an hour late and on top of that we got kicked out of the restaurant car because we didn’t want to buy food. Drinks weren’t like good enough. But anyway, so we have been standing here for 2 hours. It has been quite okay and soon we’re there. [Music] We made it to Insbrook. It’s kind of cool. We’re in between the mountains, so it looks really nice. Now, we’re just going to walk to the host to drop off our stuff and then see what we come up with. Probably go for a snack somewhere. But yeah, this looks so cool. We’re in the city and there are just mountains in the background there and then far away there and there and also there. There are these like hills and like kind of it looks like a forestish area a few kilometers from my for our host. I think I really want to go for a run there tomorrow in the morning if it doesn’t rain. Let’s see. I guess funny McDonald’s logo. I guess this is one of the main streets in the old town. Very cool. This looks so picturesque all over the place. All right, here we are. Whoa. Do we have like a private room? [Music] Okay, nice. Kind of funny sleeping situation. Uh, so it turns out our room is on the third floor and it’s the only room. So we pretty much have the whole floor to ourselfves and it’s very very cool. Let me show you. Here we have a kitchen, coffee machine. Yeah, very cool. Dining area, books looks very cozy. Can’t complain. I love the mountains. The plan now is just to freshen up a little bit and then we’re going out to explore. It’s only4 to 3, so we have plenty of time to wander around. Today probably will be more of a chill day and then we’ll see what we come up with tomorrow and the day after. Feels good to be traveling again. We’re going out. First thing on our priority list is to find something to eat cuz man’s hungry. Everyone’s hungry. Hopefully, it doesn’t start raining. This is quite a fun way to travel and explore different places just using the inter rail pass. Because Europe is so small, you can get to many different places in the span of a few days. Yeah, it’s just interesting to explore very different places. Our plan is or initiary for this trip is to now stay one night in Inspir, one night in Milan, two nights in Laspetsia in Italy and three nights in Nice. Yeah, that’s the plan for the interreal pass. We got uh five travel days. So with that you can travel five full days wherever you want to and well we planned ahead so we kind of we don’t have to use like the full days. We’re spending only like one night in many of the places so it’s nice to have like shorter journeys. Normally I could like travel for a longer amount of time. We’re just traveling for 9 days but because of work we have to keep it kind of short. We got more coffee. We have been awake for 15 hours. So, this is very much needed and only slept for 3 hours. Before that, I ordered the traditional apple str with vanilla sauce. [Music] What do you want? What do you want? I I can sense someone is hungry. [Music] That was very much needed. Now we’re going to the store to buy some snacks and stuff for tomorrow. It started raining and we’re just walking around. It’s quite calm. A lot of shops are closed. I don’t know why. I guess that’s just a thing here that Saturdays and Sundays are national holidays or whatever. At least it’s pretty. It’s quite cozy. Ooh, nice park. Ooh, nice church. Oh, no. Cute park. I really like the architecture here. What are you doing? The church was really beautiful, impressive, decorative. It’s not allowed to film inside and we respect that. But it was really cool. [Music] I think we have walked around enough. It’s pretty very cozy, but quite small like the old town city center here. So, we’re just going to go somewhere and sit down for a glass of wine and then we’re going to go and eat dinner. But damn, look at this mountain. I can’t get enough. And then there are people who live like on this hill, like behind the trees. This is what I’m talking about. People just casually live up there. So cool. And then with the mountains in the background, grass fields or patches. It’s so pretty. Okay. We’re leaving the wine bar place and it’s raining quite heavily and now we’re going for dinner. Our bag is a little bit broken. Okay, now [Music] what do you mean? Looks good. It’s currently half 8 and everyone’s super tired. So, we’re just going to back walk back to our host and go to sleep at 9:00 already. But then we have plenty of energy tomorrow. This was the first day of our interel trip. See you tomorrow. Morning. It’s 6:30. I think it’s raining a little bit. I was thinking I would have gone for a run, but I don’t want to get drenched. Let’s see if it clears up. At 9:00, we’re going for breakfast. 11:30ish, we’re taking the train to Siri. Once there, let’s see what happens. We’re going very spontaneously in a way, just going with the flow. But yeah, it’s nice not to plan too much. I don’t think the run is happening. Normally in Finland, I don’t mind a little rain, but while traveling and only with a backpack, it wouldn’t be nice to carry around like wet clothes. It’s a skip for today, but maybe tomorrow. Since we’re in the railing, everyone packed very light. I’m going to show you how I’m traveling. I basically just have my camera backpack, clothes there, some nicer shirts if we’re going to restaurants, traveling towel, passport, film, and then I have my heart rate sensor and my film camera and toiletries. Very minimalistic, but with this, it’s possible to survive for 9 days. Finally packed. This is my backpack. And then we have a tote bag for my shoes. We’re going to head out for breakfast. And it was a really nice day here at Montagu Hotel in Insbrook. Very cozy. My impressions of Insbrook so far, I really like that the city is kind of nestled between the mountains and there’s this river. It’s always nice to have like a water element in a city. It’s very picturesque because the buildings are very old and it just looks nice. We got half an hour on the train station. I’m just going to look if I can find a book or maybe a magazine because I don’t know why I didn’t bring one with me. This looks promising. [Music] We made it to the train. We have reserved seats. It’s a three and a half half hour trip, so it would be kind of rough to stand the whole way. I think I’m just going to read and we’re going to plan a little bit what we’re going to do in Siri. But otherwise, just enjoy the views hopefully. Good tonight. Make me forget about you for now. Quite a big mountain. [Music] It’s fun when you’re looking at the views and there’s this mountain and you think the mountain ends here, but then you see the mountain top is up in the clouds up there. Let’s go. The scenery is super beautiful. There’s like of course the mountains, but then there’s this river running next to them. And then the forest is super green and lush. Can’t complain. Okay, since we aren’t eating any like proper lunch, we’re going to have snacks. Salami snacks and then just a cheese ham pretzel. Wow. Quite a strong smell. Wow. [Music] But they are quite good. We just crossed the border to Switzerland. Now we’re waiting and then we continue. No checking of passports or anything. [Music] [Music] We made it to Zurish. This is the first time on this trip that the sun is out and it’s actually very warm. Maybe I don’t know 20° something. It’s nice that the weather is different. Oh, people are biking. It’s like a 15 minute walk to our hotel and then we’re going to chill and then we’re going to go out. First impressions so far. I really like the river. A lot of people out. I don’t know if it’s just the weather or if people are generally out on Sundays. Very cute buildings, unique buildings. A lot of churches. Some very cool cars. So far, like it a lot. This is where we’re sleeping. Um, quite interesting. Okay, let me give you a room tour. So, this is the door. You open it like this. And this is the room. Plenty of space. And also, it’s quite cool in here. So, I would say it’s quite cozy, but it was for the four of us €250, which makes €62 per person. It’s very expensive. Anyway, our plan is to go to this umari in Finnish. I don’t know what it is in English, but yeah, just walk around and explore. We really we really go just with the flow. In the evening, we’re going to this pasta place, but there’s a lot of art shops, some bookstores, wine, all kinds of different stuff. I need to start taking more pictures. I’ve only taken like eight pictures and I have three rolls of 36 pictures. So, exactly 100 pictures actually left. But I’m too picky with what I photograph. We’re at this square. just walking to this uh yeah cable car thing which is not a cable car but anyway we found this cute park. Look at all those chickens. The police have quite a nice building. And then you see these cars all over the place here. Or not all over the place, but quite many nice sports cars. And it’s fun to look at. Even if I don’t have a driver’s license or know anything about cars, it’s still interesting. Mandatory souvenir shopping. Here we are. Interesting. Interesting. Let’s see how it works. Ooh, this looks fun. Here we go. Ah, it’s only this short. Quite a nice university. I think we’re just going to walk here and then we’re going to grab some food. We have been super lucky with the weather today. It’s super nice. Let’s check out the views from this angle. The views from here are super beautiful. I really like the pointy churches and the architecture. It’s very unique and different from Turu and well, Finland in general. It’s going to be nice to just sit down and relax. Let’s see if they have space. Looks quite cool from the outside. [Music] We got pasta. Hello. Hello. I took an extra big portion because man’s hungry. Okay, I came to the toilet. This is funny. There is a boxing bag in the corner. Why not? The food was at least my portion was okay. Quite pricey in total €35 with the drink, but that’s Switzerland. The other portions look a little bit tiny. Now we’re going to maybe get some dessert. Cute building. And we found our dessert spot. Skull. I really love rum raisin. It’s It’s really good. And then I took a dark chocolate to try. They don’t like it. I love it. Let’s go. We’re just going to stroll around the waterfront. The sun is setting. Also, earlier when I was wondering why there are so many people here, well, it’s also a bigger city and there’s probably a lot more tourists here, including us. Oi. Oi. It’s so beautiful. [Music] Okay. What next? What next? Sleep. Wow. Such a nice picture of me. Actually, it is. [Music] We’re back and tired. Going to go to sleep. See you tomorrow. Good morning. I just grabbed a coffee. I’m going to enjoy it and then I will go for a run. The weather seems very nice, so I’m looking forward to it. I’ll do a quick warm up and then I’ll head for my run. It’s so quiet. Well, obviously because it’s like 7 and a Monday morning. So, what can you expect? The plan is to run around for 1 hour, I think 12 or 14 km. First, I’ll head the same way we went yesterday evening along the river or lake, then turn back at some point and maybe head towards the city. Let’s see, around 1 hour. Also, I just bought some new running shoes which are very fast. Let me show you. They are a Nike Zoom X. Maybe they’re super fast. The sole is 40 mm. It’s barely race legal. You’re not allowed to have over 40 mm like shoes when running the half iron man. Anyway, I’ll head for my run. Tag along. Shut up. Can’t you hear too loud? No, I can’t. I got my head up in the fire. [Music] 5 kilometers in. I’m going to turn around. [Applause] Goodbye Korean marmet. What the hell? Zins. Since Zurich is quite uh pricey, we’re going to grab breakfast in co-op coupe. Then we’re heading to the train station. Our train leaves to Milan in around 1ish hour. We have one kind of transfer. So, let’s see. And it’s only like 4 minutes. So, let’s hope our train isn’t late. My impressions of Zurich. I really like this city. It feels very cozy, not too big. Even if it was like Sunday and many places were closed yesterday, there were still many people out. So, that’s always nice that there’s life in the city. Only thing I think I liked about Insbrook more is that there were mountains around the city, which was like really cool. here. There aren’t really hard to say which one is my favorite over the other. But 10 out of 10 could maybe live here except it’s very expensive. So maybe not. That’s that’s one downside. It is what it is. I’m really looking forward to in Italy like the food, all the auntie pasti or the pasta or the pizza, some wine. It’s going to be really really good. I’m going to eat so much and definitely swimming also. Breakfast. Damn poop was closed. So, we need to find somewhere else to find breakfast. Wamp wamp. Boom. The day is saved. Okay. No idea what I want. Some protein, carbs, maybe a drink, and something else. Snacks. We have a three-hour uh train ride to Milan, so need quite a lot. Boom. We found our track. Oh, yeah. Looks nice. Hopefully, we can find free seats. We found actually quite a good spot. The seats shouldn’t be reserved. And we got quite a nice breakfast buffet going on. Uh we got quason, we got protein drink, and we got banana. And this is what everyone else got. And now we’re leaving. Bye-bye Switzerland. Uh, Ala Zen Ala. [Music] So insanely beautiful. We changed sides because the views are a little bit better here. Oh my god, look at those mountains. Holy moly. And look at those views. Not sp Oh, something good. Oh, something. The only downside with this route and these trains that go through and in between the mountains is this darkness and no views. But maybe maybe they will come back. We only have like a 4minut transit to our next train. So we need to be fast. But fortunately we’re not late or anything. We’re on schedule. Amazing race. Go. Now we run. Almost. Sorry. Woo! We made it with 1 minute to spare. Next stop, Milan. Milano. Milano. Milan. Milan. Milan. Hello, my name is Tim. Even if we’re in Switzerland, there’s this place on the other side of the lake, which is like part of Italy, but it’s like in the middle of Switzerland. Quite interesting. We made it to Italy now. Woo! Hello, Milan. It’s a lot warmer here, which is nice. We’re going to walk to our Airbnb and refresh and then go out. Quite a nice railway station. You can really feel the heat. It’s probably like 25, maybe closer even to 30°. We have arrived house door. This is the main living room. Coffee machine, coffee. Very loud school yard. Cool church outside bedroom. Toilet. Quite small, but works for us for one night. Better than a host indeed. And more affordable than a host in Switzerland. We’re going to freshen up and then go out. We’re at least going to see the Duomo Milano, whatever it’s called. And then we need lunch. I’ve been only once to Milan before. It was in 2021. I only had a few hours here. So now we have a little bit longer. Ah, we’re going to do like the basic touristic spots first. So check out this and then walk here, which is like the shopping center. I can’t remember what it’s called, but yeah, we’re going to grab pictures and then find some food. It’s quite big. I don’t didn’t remember that it’s this huge, but now I feel like there’s less people than last time, which is nice. I’m only shooting film on this trip also. So, all the pictures I take, I want them to be like good, not perfect because it’s not possible. So, I wanted to get a nice composition of this church because usually you see only pictures like from in front of here, but damn, there’s a lot of pigeons. Jesus. Next up, we go here with all the expensive shops which we or at least I can’t afford to shop in, but it’s fun to look at. The architecture is nice. [Music] It’s a nice place to take pictures. Quite a lot of people, so it’s a little bit tricky. Now we’re going to eat. Man’s hungry. These small cars are super funny. found this place which has pretty much only like antipasti. Should be good. Okay, we got our food. I got a plank. I thought there would be more cheese, but we live and we learn and bura and burata. And same. Now we eat. We sat there for like 1 and 1/2 hours and now we’re going to walk around this area called Breera which is just next to us actually. And that’s what Google and Chat GPT recommended us. So let’s see. Look at this door. It’s like 4 m or maybe even 5 m tall. There are like this very old buildings and very like kind of big buildings and some nice art shops and vintage stores and some restaurants. And it’s also very quiet and calm. To be fair, it’s like 7 o’clock on a Monday evening. So, here’s some history. Home to the military area command and the Lombardi army officers mess. That’s what this building is. Ah, this is quite a cool courtyard. It’s some kind of museum. Very impressive. I have no idea where we are. There are like these classrooms here, but we’re just walking through. I mean, it was open, so why not do this quite buff? I want a statue like that made out of me when uh after I have finished my half iron man. Maybe not. Seems like this is another one pricey shopping street. Nice. You can pay and get a ride in the car. That’s quite funny. You really notice that when you travel each day to a new place and then you stay there only for one day and then continue the following day, you get a little bit tired. But tomorrow, fortunately, when we go to Laspetsia, we’re going to be there for two nights. So there’s some time to kind of wind down, but also it’s very nice to see many places like in a short amount of time. It’s very convenient to travel with with the inter rail pass. I think soon it’s time for dinner. Also, we made it full circle. We started from the cathedral, the duomo, and now now we’re back. All right, here we are. Pizzeria Positano. This is our gluten-free pizza place. It’s always a good sign if there are other people. Okay, this look very good. Glutenfree pizza. [Music] Very good. These cars are so funny. It’s almost like a square. Woo! We’re done. And the pizza was super. And tomorrow we’re going to head to the coast finally. I’m so much looking forward to that. Like being able to well of course see water, be by the ocean, the Mediterranean Sea. It’s always so nice. And then I’m really looking forward to going to swim. That’s going to be nice. It’s almost like I don’t know 11 midnight. Today was a good day and tomorrow will be another good day. See you then. Now we’re going for breakfast and after that we’re heading to La Spetzia which is on the coast. We’re going to explore the villages of Chinkatera and then in a few days we’re going to the south of France N Monaco and all of these places. But I will make that into a separate video. I will end this video here. It should be very picturesque, beautiful. So, I’ve never been to the coast here in Italy, nor have I been to France or southern France, so it’s all going to be new. If you made it this far into the video, thank you for watching. Leave a like and comment. Let me know if you have been to any of these places or if we missed something that you think we should have seen. And yeah, subscribe for more videos. See you in the next one. Let’s get it. [Music]

Interrailing (Eurail) Through Europe 🚆 | Turku → Munich → Innsbruck → Zurich → Milan
In part one of our Interrail adventure across Europe, join me as we kick things off by flying from Turku, Finland to Munich, Germany—and heading straight into the heart of the Alps. From the stunning mountain views in Innsbruck to the charming streets of Zurich and the energy of Milan, this video is packed with cinematic train rides, city exploration, and beautiful landscapes.

Whether you’re planning your own Interrail trip or just love scenic travel vlogs, this one’s for you.

Expect alpine views, winding rivers, and a few spontaneous adventures along the way. Don’t forget to hit that like button if you enjoyed the video and stay tuned for part two — where we head to Cinque Terre and the French Riviera! 🌊

Let me know in the comments—have you ever done an Interrail (Eurail) trip or visited any of these places?👇

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro Montage
00:27 Flying to Munich
00:57 Munich, Germany
01:50 First Train
02:30 Innsbruck, Austria
03:39 Hostel
04:59 Exploring Innsbruck
05:10 Thoughts on Interrail (Eurail)
06:17 Innsbruck
09:30 Day 2
11:37 Train to Swizerland
13:47 Arriving in Zurich
15:01 Exploring
19:36 Day 3
20:05 Moring Run
22:06 Thoughts on Zurich
23:33 Train to Milan
25:45 Arriving in Milan
26:08 Milan AirBnB
26:49 Duomo di Milano
27:43 Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
28:12 Exploring
28:55 Brera, Milan
30:05 Exploring
32:05 Day 4 (Next Plans)

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