I am going to Belgium over the summer and want to travel on the weekends, where should I go?
I'll be there for 5 weeks from May to June. I will be taking classes during the week, so I won't be able to travel far then, but I plan on being somewhere new every weekend aside from the first weekend we get there. TENTATIVELY we are going to do Amsterdam, Munich, and Prague for the first 3 weekends which still leaves 1 weekend out there. Here is the thing though, we actually have no idea of where is good to go. We are 100 percent going to Amsterdam, but not sure about the remaining weekends. We are all young college students whose main motivation is to party hard at night, and see the world during the day. We don't want to have to travel longer then 3 or 4 hours by train for where we go, and I don't think we want to fly anywhere either. What are your suggestions for 5 21 year-old college Males traveling around Europe on the weekends? Also, while price isn't a HUGE issue, it does factor in a little bit which is why we don't want to go to France or Switzerland(as I heard those are the two most expensive places generally). What are your suggestions?
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I say rethink Prague, that's a long travel which will leave you little time. There's a lot to see in Belgium as well. Consider Maastricht, dutch but with a difference. Paris is only a short hop by train and can be as expensive as you want it to be. From Belgium there's several budget airlines flying to the UK and there's the Eurostar both options make London feasible. Lille is often overlooked but it does have a nice old town and, being a university town, a lively student scene.
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I wouldn't skip Paris. It's full of students (think: Sorbonne) and prices and places to accommodate them. And, please don't shortchange Belgium. Antwerp is one big party town and there are also a lot of music events, pubs and cafes in both Brussels and Gent.
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You don't say where in Belgium you stay? Gent and Antwerpen are 2 cities with good clubs, bars, pubs,... but also nice museums, buildings, shops... http://www.pandhotel.com/gente.htm http://www.pandhotel.com/antwerpe.htm Maybe you can go to the Werchter festival at the end of your stay (but hurry up to buy tickets, almost sold out) http://www.rockwerchter.be/ Paris and London are both only 2 hours by high speed train from Brussels. http://www.eurostar.com/ http://www.thalys.com/be/en/
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