Berget 7 - 2009

kjsaw · 31-10-2008 9:14pm

Lemming wrote: »

Cheers for that Kjsaw, much appreciated. The only thing I'll mention for those who want to get an internal flight to Sundsvall is to add on the "special baggage" charge to the internal flights as well.

Seriously though, high-speed train, 1st class with wifi is the ONLY way to travel large distances through a stunning, stunning country.

The highspeed train is absolutely the best option. I have flown the last few years because with SAS points a flight is cheap, and I get enough extra luggage with my frequent flyer card that I am only paying the taxes to fly. And it is nice to take off from stockholm, and land about 25-30 minutes later.

Lemming · 31-10-2008 9:15pm

kjsaw wrote: »

About the special baggage charge. If you book a flight from Ireland that includes the ARN - SDL part as a connection, you should not have to pay for excess baggage again. Also, I have never had to pay a firearms charge to check in my AEG on SAS. Under Swedish law it is a toy, and they treat it as such internally at least. Your millage may vary of course, I have never flown from Ireland - Stockholm with an AEG (I have done warsaw/tallin/copenhagen though with no extra charges)

/k

Interesting ... they had me pay a €20 additional charge. A firearms/special baggage charge thingy. In fairness, the cheapest of any airline I've ever flown with for an AEG. Still, most go investigate this further.

Thanks!

ASI Casper · 31-10-2008 9:18pm

Myself & one other ( Hackedminds ) from ASI are booked. I highly doubt there'll be anyone else from NI going. There's a few have shown interest but haven't got the money.

I'll also most definately be taking the train too.

I missed the first 300 cheapo tickets. I love the way the ticket release system this year was clear as Belfast tap water.
I, like a few others, naturally assumed the tickets would all be released in batches as the different pricing levels for different months supported that view and that's how the tickets have been released in previous years.
Didn't realise that ALL the places were on sale now! Nearly missed out! :S

kjsaw · 31-10-2008 9:19pm

Lemming wrote: »

Interesting ... they had me pay a €20 additional charge. A firearms/special baggage charge thingy. In fairness, the cheapest of any airline I've ever flown with for an AEG. Still, most go investigate this further.

Thanks!

They may have waived this form me because of frequent flyer status, however only coming back from tallin did I ever have to fill out firearm paperwork, and this was only because the woman did not understand it was not legally classed as a firearm, the same woman almost forced me to register the bb's as ammo! I got really annoyed with her and she gave up.

Either way, according to Swedish law it does not need to be tagged as a firearm, Irish law may require it though, that would be your department to figure out.

kjsaw · 31-10-2008 9:21pm

ASI Casper wrote: »

Myself & one other ( Hackedminds ) from ASI are booked. I highly doubt there'll be anyone else from NI going. There's a few have shown interest but haven't got the money.

I'll also most definately be taking the train too.

I missed the first 300 cheapo tickets. I love the way the ticket release system this year was clear as Belfast tap water.
I, like a few others, naturally assumed the tickets would all be released in batches as the different pricing levels for different months supported that view and that's how the tickets have been released in previous years.
Didn't realise that ALL the places were on sale now! Nearly missed out! :S

I am pretty certain they will not sell out of tickets. remind the others that are interested you get a grace period to pay, so if they book by the end of November they probably don't have to pay till late December, and thus have some time to save up.

TheDoc · 31-10-2008 9:21pm

jesus, i fell asleep when i got home and missed the cheap batch

€180 whackers this cost me, have to say.... until i get there and get into the mix, im going to be moaning about the price etc, cause i did a rough draft cost

and this is going to cost nearly 500 euro if im not mistaken, which is a ****ing lot.

Anyways i picked nato cause i thought thats what everyone is playing, if i picked the wrong team can you get in touch with me so i can let them know and change.

I also clicked on mislim player...but also clicked special assignments thingy.

Looking foward to the trip.

A train with lemmin,gerrowat,fayer,vtec,keithdouglas etc etc sounds like animal banter.

and with wifi atleast i can play wow on the way...**** scenery

So now the countdown begins....

plastic_axe · 31-10-2008 9:26pm

booked and paid

going nato

kjsaw · 31-10-2008 9:29pm

[DM]-TheDOC- wrote: »

jesus, i fell asleep when i got home and missed the cheap batch

€180 whackers this cost me, have to say.... until i get there and get into the mix, im going to be moaning about the price etc, cause i did a rough draft cost

and this is going to cost nearly 500 euro if im not mistaken, which is a ****ing lot.

I like it when people from outside of Sweden attend. The price they have paid gives them a good incentive to make the most of whatever happens and enjoy the game.

TheDoc · 31-10-2008 9:34pm

kjsaw wrote: »

I like it when people from outside of Sweden attend. The price they have paid gives them a good incentive to make the most of whatever happens and enjoy the game.

And hope that there is Berget-Prostitutes...cause for 180 smackers id want to be getting some for that amount....

ASI Casper · 31-10-2008 9:50pm

OzCam wrote: »

I missed the cheap tix.

By 2 places you'll be overjoyed to hear. :P

Hunter1100 · 31-10-2008 9:55pm

The frist 300 sold in 4mins,its on there site

Lemming · 31-10-2008 10:38pm

Hunter1100 wrote: »

The frist 300 sold in 4mins,its on there site

Jiggedh jiggedh

I literally just got in the door from driving in rush-hour (oh the rush was on ... ) traffic 2 minutes before 7pm and managed to land one of the first 300.

gerrowadat · 31-10-2008 11:39pm

Lemming wrote: »

Interesting ... they had me pay a €20 additional charge. A firearms/special baggage charge thingy. In fairness, the cheapest of any airline I've ever flown with for an AEG. Still, most go investigate this further.

Thanks!

Is that on check'in, or do you need to inform them in advance?

(Note to self, get hard case for AEG).

Lemming · 31-10-2008 11:54pm

gerrowadat wrote: »

Is that on check'in, or do you need to inform them in advance?

That was in advance. All the airlines operate similar policy in that respect (except for Ryan Air of course who don't have any policy)

NakedHedgehog · 01-11-2008 12:02am

How come it cost ya 180 Euro, Doc?

I ticked the special assignment thingy as well as the bus transport from the Harnosand train station - total 120.

TheDoc · 01-11-2008 11:41am

im going from a different station, though ill confirm details in the coming days, to make sure im doing the right thing

Yeah actually, can someone confirm where the possy is going etc?

What train station should i have checked for pickup please? I just rushed a ticket, and i can change **** after so if someone can confirm what station im to be" picked up from" it would be great

i think i picked one beginning with an S

Lemming · 01-11-2008 12:45pm

[DM]-TheDOC- wrote: »

im going from a different station, though ill confirm details in the coming days, to make sure im doing the right thing

Yeah actually, can someone confirm where the possy is going etc?

What train station should i have checked for pickup please? I just rushed a ticket, and i can change **** after so if someone can confirm what station im to be" picked up from" it would be great

i think i picked one beginning with an S

Flight: Dublin -> Stockholm (Arlanda)

Internal Flight: Stockholm (Arlanda) -> Sundsvall (Midlanda)
Train: Stockholm -> Sundsvall

Bus: Sundsvall -> Härnösand
Berget pickup option: Sundsvall -> Härnösand

Berget pickup option: Härnösand -> game-zone (unless you've gone for the sundsvall pickup)
Taxi: Härnösand -> game-zone.

That's the sequence of travel with the various options. Personally, I went for the berget pickup from Härnösand, so it'll be a train from stockholm to sundsvall and a bus from there to Härnösand.

gerrowadat · 01-11-2008 12:49pm

[DM]-TheDOC- wrote: »

im going from a different station, though ill confirm details in the coming days, to make sure im doing the right thing

Yeah actually, can someone confirm where the possy is going etc?

What train station should i have checked for pickup please? I just rushed a ticket, and i can change **** after so if someone can confirm what station im to be" picked up from" it would be great

i think i picked one beginning with an S

That's the right one. My plan is plane in, then train to Sunskvall. I'll probably plane in on tuesday. Not sure yet.

Lemming · 01-11-2008 1:02pm

gerrowadat wrote: »

I'll probably plane in on tuesday.

Just bear in mind one really important thing: This isn't Dublin to Drogheda.

It's a 3/4 hour train ride via high-speed train. You'll need to allow yourself time between air-travel to getting to Stockholm (25 min on the express train), negotiating the train station, and then approximately 45 minutes bus drive from Sundsvall station to Härnösand and then on from there.

You may want to consider flying in on the Monday, staying overnight and then getting a reasonably early train. The earliest flight on Tuesday is 11am, and none of the Tuesday 23rd flights are cheap. All are change-over flights as well.

kjsaw · 01-11-2008 1:23pm

Lemming wrote: »

Just bear in mind one really important thing: This isn't Dublin to Drogheda.

It's a 3/4 hour train ride via high-speed train. You'll need to allow yourself time between air-travel to getting to Stockholm (25 min on the express train), negotiating the train station, and then approximately 45 minutes bus drive from Sundsvall station to Härnösand and then on from there.

You may want to consider flying in on the Monday, staying overnight and then getting a reasonably early train. The earliest flight on Tuesday is 11am, and none of the Tuesday 23rd flights are cheap. All are change-over flights as well.

You won't really need to take the Arlanda express unless you want to actually visit Stockholm. The x2000 (highspeed train) actually stops at arlanda to pick up passengers. (choose aranda as your starting station when you book)

kjsaw · 01-11-2008 1:27pm

If anyone does plan flying all the way to sundsvall. your baggage will be checked through to the final destination, but it will need to clear customs in arlanda. this means picking up your bags at the international terminal, clearing customs there, taking yourself and your bags to the domestic terminal, and dropping them off a the bag drop, then clearing domestic security before making it to your gate. You probably need at least 90 minutes between your flights for this, if not double so as to have a safety margin.

NakedHedgehog · 01-11-2008 4:49pm

I'm planning to fly it, get the train to Sundsvall, then do the bus transfer to Harnosand and get collected by Berget bus from Harnosand.

Though - would it be easier to do that from Sundsvall trainstation?

senordingdong · 01-11-2008 7:57pm

I got €156.
What did I do wrong?

horgan_p · 01-11-2008 8:36pm

sound like you forgot yer food.

senordingdong · 01-11-2008 9:06pm

No, I requested food and all.

OzCam · 01-11-2008 9:51pm

Lemming wrote: »

and then approximately 45 minutes bus drive from Sundsvall station to Härnösand and then on from there.

How frequent are the buses from Sundsvall station to Härnösand, and how long is the journey?

Lemming · 02-11-2008 2:57pm

OzCam wrote: »

How frequent are the buses from Sundsvall station to Härnösand, and how long is the journey?

Pretty frequent. We weren't left waiting too long last time. The journey was, if I recall, about 45 minutes although kjsaw can correct me on that if I'm wrong.

kjsaw · 02-11-2008 3:32pm

Lemming wrote: »

Pretty frequent. We weren't left waiting too long last time. The journey was, if I recall, about 45 minutes although kjsaw can correct me on that if I'm wrong.

Nothing to correct mate. Never taken the bus myself, but I checked some timetables and they seem to leave at least twice an hour and have a journey time listed of 50 minutes. Right now none of the timetables for buses are actually valid into June next year, so as per Lemming's previous post, you probably need not worry about this till March next year.

Generally I think it is possible to book a single ticket that will give you both the train and bus ride, will post some links later (lemming probably has them himself already).

If you come across anything that does not have a good English language option, just give a shout out on the berget forums and someone will be able to help (that said I can't imagine anything is not available in English)

Lemming · 03-11-2008 11:37am

kjsaw wrote: »

Generally I think it is possible to book a single ticket that will give you both the train and bus ride, will post some links later (lemming probably has them himself already).

I asn't aware of the ability to book a combined train & bus ticket (which would be very handy) although I'm not surprised that such would exist. If anyone finds any links for information it'd be much apppreciated

TheDoc · 03-11-2008 12:44pm

Think I'm going to have to bail, becoming way to expensive for me. I've alot of things to do financially next year and this isnt going to be priority.

Berget 7 - 2009

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