A train ride from Nordhausen to Brocken on the Harzer Schmalspur Bahnen (Harz Railway), showing the train, stations and scenery. For more information see https://www.seat61.com/places-of-interest/by-harz-railway-to-the-brocken.htm

See Part 2, Brocken to Wernigerode, at https://youtu.be/Fx_tYLxTjmk

CONTENTS
00:00 Nordhausen station & boarding train
01:27 Departure from Nordhausen
02:20 Netzkater station
02:46 Eisfelder Talmühle station
04:03 Schnapps!
04:35 Drei Annen Hohne station
06:48 Shierke station
08:34 Arrival at Brocken

32 Comments

  1. Oh the love 💕 of 🚂 Thank you so much for this delightful train 🚞 ride 🍄 The colours are fantastic ☘️🍃 J’adore les 🚊💥🌹🌞Merci beaucoup 🍒🍾🥂🎼🥁🎬🚃🚟🚠🚞🚡🚇🚂🚏🛎💝💜⚜️

  2. Been meaning to contact you to thsmk you for inspiring me you git me out of the house in twenty years last year to Europe by rail then lockdown hit . Still been going strong . Thank you will be sending a donation to site

  3. Unique video ! I feel happier… Nostalgia knocked on my door … I'm deeply moved ! Faultlessly ideal job ! My deep respect dear Friend !

  4. I went there in July this year and it's definitely worth the trip! I didn't remember a page on the seat61 website about the harz schmalspurbahn, but I see there's one now! Keep up the great work! You (your website) helped me for train travel in China, Vietnam and with my interrail around Europe! I love your website!

  5. Mark,

    great to see that you are producing videos again. I was all set for a big trip via Milan, Tirano, Chur, Koblenz and London in May 2020, all booked with guidance from your very useful website, when covid struck. Still no idea when I will be allowed out of Australia, in the meantime, please keep the videos coming, they give us all something to look forward to.

  6. 7:30 – It is a shame to see how the climate change has destroyed lots of the forests. Some leaders of countries still claim that a climate change does not exist. Most of them also have claimed that a virus does not exist, leading to the highest death rates in their countries (Brazil, UK, US). I hope that common sense once will get back to rule over fake news and misinformation of despots.

  7. AAhhh the good old days…what a beautiful train ! Obviously popular with train spotters and railway enthusiasts !!

  8. Wonderful video……brings back memories of my visit to the Brocken in 1994. Shame I wasn't making videos then. many thanks for making and posting all of your excellent videos!

  9. Most HSB steamlocomotives are not as old as you would think. Most of them are built in the fifties.

  10. Note the dead trees (at 6:40 and 7:30). These are not only the consequences of climate change, but much more the consequences of the great environmental policy. Decades of knowledge and experience of fighting the bark beetle were not longer considered to be ecological. Now we see the result – many square kilometers of dead trees.

  11. It brought back some fantastic memories of the Brocken in the ice, snow and a raging gale. It was a very hostile environment but magnificent.

  12. a few more train services you should check out:
    1) the "Molli" Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn narrow gauge steam powered railway at the Baltic Sea coastline, where the steam train partially runs through a street in the county town just like a tram does
    2) ALEX international express train from Munich Central to Prague Central
    3) Nordland Line from Trondheim to Bodø in Norway

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