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Europe & UK 2026

Family trip hub — 18 days: Copenhagen, Sweden, Dublin, London, Clearwell Castle wedding. Old Norway routes → Norway archive

SFO → London → Copenhagen → Stockholm → Gothenburg → Dublin → London → Clearwell Castle → SFO
Active plan

Dublin Edition — Aug 2–19, 2026

Current itinerary: Norway removed; Stockholm → Gothenburg after Copenhagen, then 5 nights in Dublin (Howth, Wicklow, EPIC, Guinness, Kilmainham) before London — no criss-cross. Same UA948/UA939 flights, London + Clearwell Castle finale. Full budget, teen tips, packing.

5 countries
18 days / 17 nights
No DFDS / no Norway
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Activities

Attractions Guide

Booking tips and photos for Dublin (matches the active plan), plus Denmark, Sweden, and UK. Norway-only cards sit at the bottom of that page under an archive strip.

Visual guide
Booking links
Filterable by country
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Logistics

Transportation Plan

Leisure-pace logistics: LHR–CPH, CPH–ARN, SJ train, GOT–DUB, DUB–LHR, rental car to Clearwell. Maps and booking links per leg.

6 main legs
Flights + train + car
Route maps included
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Archive

Norway route archive

Superseded itineraries and notes: diversity review, Norway in a Nutshell guide, original 14-day plan, DFDS teen edition, Flåm/RIB variant, plus a link to the Feb 2026 HTML snapshot folder.

Reference only
Not the active trip
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Route comparison

Feature Active — Dublin edition Archived — Norway versions
Core routing CPH → ARN + train + GOT → Dublin (5 nt) → LHR DFDS → Oslo → Bergen (+ optional Flåm)
Duration 18 days / 17 nights 14 (v1) or 18 (v2 / Flåm)
Nature / wow days Howth cliffs, Wicklow / Glendalough Fjords, Nutshell, kayaking
Trade-off No fjord railway; add Irish history + coast Higher cost / longer transit days in Norway