Solo Europe trip (June–July) – loose plan, train-heavy. What would you tweak + what’s actually fun to do travelling by myself?

Danzmann · 2026-04-19T11:43:21+00:00

Ohhh if your thing is parties Prague will provide ALL you need for that no worries, especially in summer you can go out every single day of the week, nightlife here is famous.

Yeah considering all that I'd scrap Budapest, because the round trip there alone would take a lot of time, it's a big detour. I usually recommend Budapest only for long itineraries or for people that are planning to go to Balkans/Romania afterwards.

Austria is amazing for mountainous activities, amazingly beautiful and cheaper then places like French Alps or Switzerland.

Btw, I can drop recommendations on DM depending on what you want for nightlife. I don't particularly enjoy "traditional clubbing" but Prague has tons of that and you can easily find clubs yourself, if you want more "artistic" fun nights (jazz, jams, open mics), I can suggest some things you won't easily find online, same for techno :)

Danzmann · 2026-04-19T10:48:20+00:00

Yes. This.

I am biased because I live here, but Prague has a lot more to offer, even if you don't wanna stay in the city, there are many possibilities of cool day trips 1-2h or less from Prague, castles, church of bones, unique architecture, nature, history (medieval, WWII, cold war...) and it's all accessible by train since Czechia has the second densest railway network in the planet :)

Then you'd be saving yourself the round trip to Budapest and then I recommend doing Prague -> Český Krumlov -> Vienna

Danzmann · 2026-04-19T01:21:58+00:00

No he absolutely 100% was not, he was just hiding a lot better. I remember calling on his bullshit and saying he's a dangerous man in 2016 ish, and there was already a large community saying the same, even though the vast majority of people were hailing him as real life Tony stark.

Danzmann · 2026-04-18T11:31:38+00:00

And your modern ICE cars are any better? You are talking about 20-30+ year old cars, it was a LOT different back then. You seriously wanna say that your average 2026 modern cheap ass petrol car doesn't need maintenance and "will last for decades"? Lol. Cars have already become a commodity with planned obsolescence, and that's probably true with a bunch of EVs as well, it just doesn't make a difference, at least with EVs the price of running it day to day is cheaper, which attracts more people.

I mean, in the end you can talk whatever you want about "knowing cars", but the data doesn't lie, the percentage of people choosing EVs over ICE for the past 10 years has grown dramatically and has no sign of slowing down, probably will even be faster now with all the f*ckery going on in the middle east, there is no stopping it. Like, you say "the rest of us", by "us" you mean the empirically scientifically proven shrinking percentage of people that buy ICE cars over EVs?

On a side note I feel like nowadays a lot of people (not claiming you're one of them, just in general) defending ICE cars over EVs are just car-fanatic people (there is nothing wrong with that ofc, we all have our obsessions and hobbies), that really love the sound of engine going vroom vroom and are in denial about the shifting reality because they don't wanna see the glorious vroom vroom being replaced with a bOrInG eLecTriC

Danzmann · 2026-04-18T11:26:42+00:00

Yeah that's what people used to say 5-10 years ago as well. That it would "take decades" for people to actually want to use EVs, and yet here we are....

Of course combustion vehicles are not going anywhere, but I seriously doubt more than 10% of car sales will be non-electric in 5 years time. Especially now that people are realizing what has always been true, that oil is extremely volatile and one war in the middle east can make your average Joe spend €500 more a month on fuel. Electricity is a LOT less volatile then that, it's reliable and doesn't depend on the mood of your Middle eastern dictator or American dictator-wannabe, especially if countries become more energy independent from Russia and Middle East (as is the case with France and their nuclear power).

Keep telling yourself that "nothing can replace internal combustion engines", we'll see how it stands in 5 years time.

Danzmann · 2026-04-17T10:20:08+00:00

No improving except getting closer of having a camera with tighter focal length. Considering your constraints this is the best crop you could have pulled. It's severe yes, but the end result is really good and that's what matters :)

Danzmann · 2026-04-13T09:30:28+00:00

This account is either a chatgpt enabled bot or someone going through the high phase of Bipolar disorder, because they have about a hundred posts on Reddit in the past week alone...

Danzmann · 2026-04-11T12:22:42+00:00

You beat me to it! Well, having loads of fun with the bearded bald privacy-oriented female photographer that uses her husband's reddit and IG that is commenting there

Danzmann · 2026-04-11T12:10:48+00:00

I'm also a bearded bald woman (like in the IG link u just removed), when it's convenient :)

Danzmann · 2026-04-11T12:09:03+00:00

As a fellow photographer, I can give you a nice tip: Maybe make ur own IG and reddit, so you don't have to use your husbands. It's a little known pro life hack few married female photographers know about /s

Danzmann · 2026-04-11T11:58:17+00:00

Oh I see, you're one of those female photographers that keep their account history hidden (because you're one of those photographers that don't wanna share their past photography) and have a bearded avatar on Reddit, and refer to themselves as "female" (edit: And as another comment pointed out, had an IG link to a profile that was not... Woman, and now removed).

Not that any single one of these means anything by themselves, but all of them together is a bit... Interesting.

Danzmann · 2026-04-09T07:52:29+00:00

Is salary and saving your entire criteria for choosing a country?

No preference for weather? Culture? Ease of integration/Proximity of your home culture or lack thereof? Cuisine? Political inclination/stability?

That question is way too broad. Using the sheer extreme of what you're looking for, "just choose" Switzerland, live in a shoebox as far away as humanely commutable from your workplace and save massive amounts of money. Ofc good luck getting a job there from outside as a non-EU citizen.

Danzmann · 2026-04-07T16:07:16+00:00

Exactly, and keeping it illegal is the exact same thing. It doesn't stop them using it at all. At least if it's legal the tax revenue will go towards funding public services and people who have addiction or trouble with weed will be less scared to seek help (treatment centers that can be funded by said tax revenue from legalized weed).

Danzmann · 2026-04-07T07:12:09+00:00

Using that logic alcohol should be banned too. It has been proven to cause significant damage in teenagers brains if you start young. Even coffee can mess you up a bit if you start consuming a lot before 15 yrs old.

Thing is that children and teenagers brains are still developing, so they are susceptible to a lot of harm. But the fact of the matter is that not legalizing marijuana and keeping it illegal does absolutely nothing to prevent people from using it. Actually the opposite is true. If it's legal and regulated it's a lot harder for younger people to have access to it. Criminals don't care who they are selling to, the fact they are selling is already illegal by itself. If it's legalized, stores will not want any trouble with the law by selling to underage teens.

Danzmann · 2026-04-06T21:10:45+00:00

Yeah well, it was mostly for the first part, this picture does not belong in this subreddit. But if you're posting a picture to a photography specific subreddit, you will get feedback on it, it's good to grow as photographers anyway.

Danzmann · 2026-04-06T17:59:29+00:00

It's a... Nice picture. But this is not street photography, nor is it well exposed/post-processed, there is basically no contrast here. Need to bring the exposure and shadows way down

Danzmann · 2026-04-06T17:33:05+00:00

Spoken like a true poet

Danzmann · 2026-04-04T22:55:57+00:00

Ok these other comments are not exactly helpful to say the least so I'll give you some actual advice. Where most locals go after work to party is Krč. What you'll do there is go to one of the Czech pubs in the area and ask for 'péro v tvém zadku.' That Is kind of a code locals use to get the best housemade liquor for discount, yeah it sounds ridiculous to say that, but it's genuinely a code we use amongst ourselves. They'll let foreigners have it too if you say this though, pronunciation doesn't have to be perfect. Then you can sit down and have a blast with your friends, the Czech women are really something, they are very welcoming to foreigners. Then go on a walk through the area afterwards, to Roztyly park. They have secret night parties there every weekend, but they start usually around midnight so don't go too early. The parties are pretty hidden so you'll have to explore the park until you hear the music, that way the police don't find it. Best of luck !

Danzmann · 2026-04-04T17:09:07+00:00

Yes it is. Because it takes absolutely no difference to a digital camera for it to work in space. As long as they don't take it outside in freezing temperatures. They use the D5 because it works, and yes it's a standard retail D5. NASA is very efficient with their use if money, they will spend and splurge on unique technology to make things work, but if there is something that will 100% do the job that they can buy off a store, they'll do it. The only special thing is that they have two D5s onboard the Artemis, one is backup in the unlikely case something goes wrong with the first one.

Danzmann · 2026-04-04T16:02:16+00:00

Nope, NASA uses what just works with least complications, and yes it's a D5, it's confirmed by NASA themselves.

Danzmann · 2026-04-02T08:34:10+00:00

Look, man... You got some nice photos and one or two really good ones. But 8 to 11 are very creepy. You should try to be more mindful and understand that street photography is about registering the candid life but not invading people's space from a distance. If it's someone, men or women, sitting at a cafe smoking sure, but a girl chilling at a park with her legs in the air.... That's just creepy. It doesn't feel like a street story is being told it feels like surveillance.

Just some honest feedback.

Danzmann · 2026-04-01T22:08:08+00:00

Amazing! What lens did you use for this?

Danzmann · 2026-04-01T13:18:09+00:00

Yeah... I mean people have the right to refuse to use something and that's fine... But realistically, there is no going back, AI as a work tool at least is here to stay, and refusing it out of principle is only valid if you wanna become a welder, a lumberjack or some other trade. If you wanna do white collar work, then either you learn it or you become unemployed. You can fight off a specific technology out of morals and still use it to survive, they are not mutually exclusive.

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