Christmas markets, football and concerts in Europe, with flights from any Chicago airport (CHI) and enough nights to make the flight worth it. Pair two Christmas markets by train, like Cologne and Düsseldorf (25 min). Your airport is set for Chicago.
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Two things, one trip: the same city, or two cities an hour or two apart by train. Every pair leaves time to get between them.
No airport, no baggage queue. UK concerts and Christmas markets from your nearest station, Eurostar from St Pancras, and two-city trips across Europe.
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34 of them, all across Europe. United Kingdom: Edinburgh, Liverpool, Newcastle, Chester, Manchester, Leeds and 9 more; Germany: Düsseldorf, Cologne, Berlin, Nuremberg and Munich; Belgium: Bruges and Brussels; Poland: Gdańsk and Kraków; Denmark: Copenhagen; France: Strasbourg; and more. Each comes with flights from any Chicago airport on the right dates and a hotel.
Yes, by train between them, which makes the most of a long flight: Cologne and Düsseldorf (25 min), Leeds and York (25 min), Nottingham and Leicester (30 min), Liverpool and Chester (45 min), Manchester and Liverpool (50 min), Manchester and Leeds (55 min), Birmingham and Leicester (55 min) and Brussels and Bruges (1h). The trip page puts them together as a two-city trip.
Dublin derby: St Patrick’s Athletic v Bohemians, Fri 30 Oct; Der Klassiker: Bayern Munich v Borussia Dortmund, Sat 31 Oct; Superclásico: Boca Juniors v River Plate, Sun 1 Nov; Rhine derby: 1. FC Köln v Bayer Leverkusen, Sun 8 Nov; Copenhagen derby: FC København v Brøndby, Sun 8 Nov; FAI Cup Final: Derry City v Waterford, Sun 8 Nov. The Premier League is on here too, since you’re coming from outside England. Tickets only ever come from the home club’s official shop.
Fontaines D.C. in Prague (Fri 30 Oct), Muse in Manchester (Thu 12 Nov), The Prodigy in Oslo (Sat 14 Nov), Two Door Cinema Club in Dublin (Sat 23 Jan), Rush in Paris (Fri 19 Feb) and Megadeth in London (Thu 11 Mar), and more as tour dates are announced. Each date comes with flights and a hotel.
Everything in Europe is long haul from Chicago, so the trips are longer: five nights for a match or a concert (two before it, three after), and Thursday to Monday for a Christmas market.
Any Chicago airport (CHI). Every trip is priced from there, with fares in US dollars: the cheapest fares travellers found in the last 48 hours. You can switch to any airport at the top of the page.
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