The train trips you mention sound absolutely beautiful! It really is the best way to travel.
I have gone by car from Oslo to Bergen (in 1998) on a family trip and I remember it very well, it was during the summer and the scenery was wonderful. at times I was very annoyed there were so many trees because often I couldn't see the scenery for the trees!! it was very 'ten year old child who grew up on iceland and has seen 5 trees in their life is now annoyed they can't see the mountains for trees', lol.
This anecdote is adorable!
I've travelled by ferry from Wales to Ireland but I've never done cross-Channel ferry trips. My in-laws always do, but the ferry connections between the Netherlands (they live in Germany fairly close to the Dutch border) and the UK are better than the options you have available.
Admittedly with Eurostar you don't have to show up as early as you would do with a flight, and the train stations are in the city centre rather than on the fringes as airports are, and security is less (just metal detectors, you can take liquids in any volume, don't have to remove laptops etc), and of course you have your bags with you at the other end, so everything is ultimately a bit quicker than in an airport, but it is a lot more expensive, as you say, and it's not so much more convenient that the cost is justified.
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I have gone by car from Oslo to Bergen (in 1998) on a family trip and I remember it very well, it was during the summer and the scenery was wonderful. at times I was very annoyed there were so many trees because often I couldn't see the scenery for the trees!! it was very 'ten year old child who grew up on iceland and has seen 5 trees in their life is now annoyed they can't see the mountains for trees', lol.
This anecdote is adorable!
I've travelled by ferry from Wales to Ireland but I've never done cross-Channel ferry trips. My in-laws always do, but the ferry connections between the Netherlands (they live in Germany fairly close to the Dutch border) and the UK are better than the options you have available.
Admittedly with Eurostar you don't have to show up as early as you would do with a flight, and the train stations are in the city centre rather than on the fringes as airports are, and security is less (just metal detectors, you can take liquids in any volume, don't have to remove laptops etc), and of course you have your bags with you at the other end, so everything is ultimately a bit quicker than in an airport, but it is a lot more expensive, as you say, and it's not so much more convenient that the cost is justified.