FOR around a tenner, you could be in a different country in half an hour… without having to hop on a flight.
A little-known train ride connecting two countries in Europe is so quick, it is even used by commuters.
Connecting Sweden and Denmark, the 35-minute trip travels between Malmo and Copenhagen.
Called Øresund Bridge, it is half tunnel, half bridge, compared to the main road which only goes by bridge.
And with three trains an hour, you won’t struggle to hop on one either.
The plans for the bridge which goes over the Øresund Strait were first discussed in 1910, but was only only put forward in 1936 and was later abandoned.
It finally was given the go-ahead in 1995 and was finished by 1999, before going into use in 2000.
Swedish TikToker Laurence, originally from Canada, revealed how she does the commute every day.
In her video, she goes down a number of escalators before hopping on a train.
While it goes underwater, it does come up onto an island between the two countries, called Peberholm.
The artificial island is now home to 500 species of plants, as well as used as a resting places for birds.
Laurence said in the comments that she was “still amazed you can commute from one country to another in 30 minutes”.
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Others were also impressed, with one saying “As an Aussie this blows my mind”.
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Tickets cost around €12 (£9.96) each way.
With both countries being in the Schengen Zone, there are no passport checks although shes says there are sometimes random checks on the train.
The bridge even featured in the Nordic noir series The Bridge, which aired on the BBC.
It’s not the only underwater tunnel wanting to open between countries.
Connecting Rodby in Denmark and Puttgarden in Germany, the £4billion (€4.8billion) underwater tunnel will take just 10 minutes – faster than the current 45-minute ferry ride.
It hopes to open by 2029.
And a £5.1billion underwater tunnel wants to connect Spain to Africa in time for the 2030 World Cup in Morocco.
First suggested back in 1979, the 7-mile tunnel would connect Casablanca in Morocco and Madrid in Spain.
It would take just 5hr30 to travel between the two, with stops in Algeciras.
And here’s what the world’s longest and deepest road tunnel could look like – although would cost £36billion.
