Next July, my sisters and I will be going on a month-long vacation to Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands, and Germany. We're looking at places to visit while we're there and I was wondering of you guys could give me some suggestions on what to visit and to see since a lot of you are from the British Isles. All I know so far is that we'll be arriving in Dublin, then going to Edinburgh, then London, then Amsterdam, and then Berlin. Give me some suggestions!

Edit: No longer going to the Netherlands or Germany, strictly a British Isles vacation but we may visit Calais.

Recommendations for the following: Dublin, Edinburgh and Berlin

((also guys, I might at some point be going to Tokyo and other parts of Japan. If you have any recommendations pls send them on!))

I think you'll love Ireland. This post might be useful for anyone travelling around Europe. Here's my recommendations for Dublin:

Daytime:
Go explore Grafton Street, it's got some cool shops and the vibes are always lively.
There's a famous park up the street from there ^ called St. Stephen's Green. Really nice stroll but don't let the seagulls or swans take your food if you're carrying any.
You can never go wrong with bus tours if you're lazy. There's actually loads of them.
If you like shopping, go to Henry Street. It's just off O'Connell Street which has the Spire. I don't regard the Spire as that special just that it's massive. Whatever you do though, do not walk down Cathedral Street bc it's kind of sketchy.
Dublin zoo is cute
If you like churches go visit St. Patrick's Cathedral
If you're interested in history and maybe beer? Book a reservation for the Guinness Storehouse (Factory). I had my first sip of a pint there when I was 9 years old.
The National Museum of Ireland has some cool exhibitions if you're interested in general Irish history.
If you wanna see some wild Atlantic, go to Dún Laoighaire (pronounced Dun Leary). There's a nice pier there. Might be windy there so wrap up a little bit. The views of the sea are really pretty there. Alsoo while you're there go buy Murphy's ice cream. If you decide to stay a while and eventually get hungry, go to the Forty Foot (these places are all nearly beside each other btw). Download the app 'Wetherspoons' and enjoy.
Now I'm not a huge fan of North Dublin, everything I've recommended so far is either in the city or in the South. However, in the North there's another nice sea town called Howth (in Irish: Binn Éadair). I heard from a friend of mine there is a very nice chipper near Apache Pizza.
If you're a big fan of P3D's infamous Castlecrypt, I'm sure you'll enjoy Kilmainham Gaol..
For more sea scenes, go to Greystones and there's also a nice walk journey. It's a bit further out from Dublin but you won't regret it! While you're there, visit The Happy Pear, it's a world famous cafe/restaurant. My family knows the owners (they're a bunch of twins and they like to go swimming in the sea at 5am every morning).

Night time:
Daytime counts too sometimes - there's loads of traditional Irish dancing and music. You'll find those in most traditional Irish pubs if you're walking around.
Temple Bar is a place that has loads of cool bars, restaurants, clubs etc. It's very colourful and the vibes are great most of the time.
If you don't want to spend too much money, avoid going to 'The Temple Bar' pub
There's a club called Dicey's Garden (we call it Dicey's), it makes sense for you to go there lol

Edinburgh:
I went there a couple years ago to see the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It's basically a festival where tons of actors and artists gather to show off their talent. One of my sisters is a theatre actress so we went to see her in one of the plays. It was really cool.
The main area of the city is cool
Please tell me you're a Harry Potter fan bc JK Rowling wrote some of her books there! Parts of the city give major HP vibes and some places look like Diagon Alley
There's a Quiditch pitch somewhere too

Berlin: I'll just give you my agenda from a few years ago.
Alexanderplatz
East Side Gallery is a must
Berlin Wall Memorial
Topography of Terror
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
If you want to visit the Reichstag I think you need to book it way in advance
Brandenburg Gate
Checkpoint Charlie
Tiergarten (there's some interesting statues around too. My favourite was Bismarck's hehe)
We also went to some bars and clubs but I can't remember most of them. I just know this: avoid Tresor and the Kitkat at all costs. If curious, DM me for the reason why.
I think you can cruise Berlin by boat as well but we didn't do that.
Berliner Fernsehturm (it's like a panoramic tower) that you also might need to book!

Hope this helps and if I think of anything else I'll let you know

stay in central london otherwise u might get ?

I wouldn't go to Ireland

avoid the netherlands.
avoid the dutch.
most importantly, avoid my ex.

Zendaya2408 wrote on 20th August 2022, 08:08 PM:

avoid the netherlands.
avoid the dutch.
most importantly, avoid my ex.

Never make it seem like you're a british man in ireland.. Those cars can act up..

My favourite thing to do in the UK is leave.