American Reacts to The BEST Double-Decker Bus Travel in Europe 

1:38 just to clarify: The company running the bus line is Czech, but Setra as a bus manufacturer is German (Founded in 1950, and today part of the Daimler Truck AG)

Luggage works like in an airplane. Small overhead compartment for hand-luggage, the bigger stuff goes into the luggage compartment at the back of the bus. You store it there before you enter the bus. 😉

Hello man! Check out Bruce Wilson's clips from Dade City, Florida. He bought a red Scania truck (r144, if I'm not mistaken) from the USA and another white one, newer, from 1997, from Canada (it must be older than 25 years, so that it can be imported into the USA) and he is very amazed by the technology that exists on the trucks in Europe, even from that year and by the engineering how they were designed, nothing comes by chance or caught with clips. He was very impressed by the fact that the cabin is on airbags and the entire truck itself is on airbags, and you can lower or raise the rear axle from the remote control. If it's not too far from where you live, who knows, you might pay a visit to see a Scania truck in reality. This week or next week, he is going to Sweden to visit the Scania production plant, the truck test circuit and be amazed by the technology on the latest truck models and the way they drive. And not to forget, to buy and order a lot of spare parts for truck maintenance. Greetings from Romania! PS: see the latest Dacia models (the Romanian car brand), the 2024 Duster model has just appeared.

Ofcourse there is beer... It's a Czech bus.. It runs on beer :))))))) Any by the way Regiojet jet 1 deckers (Scania) are also super comfortable with screens, free coffee and tea.... Its a decent company...

A lot of these long distance buses are really nice. The 2+1 premium seats are usually super comfy.

Back in the 80`s i took 2 trips by buss from Denmark to Yugoslavia, 1 on a doubledecker and 1 on a single deck buss. And it was an awesome way to travel and see Europe from the road. Lots of amazing scenery with all the old castles on the mountains etc. Memories for a lifetime, and a hunger for more roadtrips in Europe.

For some time I used a double decker travel bus to go to school and could often sit at the front row on top. Loved it. 😎 And it wouldn't be a Czech bus without any Pilsner. 😄 The prices are really reasonable.

Setra are and were the most famous comfortable busses, made in Germany since post WW2 times, still in business against the huge manufacturers.

European coach (and truck) drivers can drive for 9 hours in a typical day, split into two 4.5 hours blocks with a break of at least 45 minutes in between. This journey will have required 2 drivers; the second one may have got on part-way through for his 9 hour shift, or the journey started with two drivers on board who swapped over periodically.

btw: the same travel by train would have taken around 11.5 hours with a change of trains at Berlin, Germany (80 minutes layover). Trains depart from Prague at 6:28, 8:28, and 10:28 am to arrive at Amsterdam at 6:00, 8:00, and 10:00 pm

Kässbohrer SETRA = SE lbstTRA gende Karrosserie (self supporting body). At that time it was the first bus with a body made of a self-supporting tubular frame with aluminum paneling. Until then, the standard was a rigid ladder frame with a separate mounted structure. It was also one of the first buses with independent suspension in front with air suspension and disc brakes. Was also one of the few manufacturers in Germany that used third-party units. You could have it with a Mercedes or MAN engine and different transmissions. Very good busses but they couldn't keep up with international competition and were bought by Daimler-Benz AG. Then it became EvoBus GmbH.

My aunt used to travel from Budapest (Hungary) to Gothenburg (Sweden) almost every year between 1994 and 2010. Those SETRA and SCANIA buses were so damn luxurious already 25 years ago...

One of the coolest thing we have here in Hamburg is the River City Bus A bus that drives straight into the river and continues the tour as a boat

10:46 You could play Fernbus Simulator, its very realistic simulator with good graphics and realistic maps with real cities.

in the Netherlands the one of the most known buses is the VDL/Berkhof Ambassador it is still used but not as much, it was a very popular bus made here in the Netherlands by Berkhof and later VDL(VDL took over Berkhof) and since then the VDL Citea has become the replacement for it taking its styling to a more modern level. a popular dutch tour bus is the VDL Futura and previously VDL/Bova Futura(same story as with Berkhof). a popular bus here locally in the province of Utrecht where Syntus Utrecht provides the public bus transport is the Setra S 415 and S 418, they use longer Merceds Citaro G for busy routes and the VDL Citea 120 for a special line with a low crossing(and if not needed there elsewhere). they also use BYD(Build Your Dream, a chinese vehicle manufacturer) K9 electric buses

I was a stewardess in RegioJet few years ago. And this is pretty funny to me. RegioJet is a czech company running national&international bus lines and also trains. When I worked there, the Flixbus started to pop up in Czech republic, and it was really tough competition, because they had prices like really, really low in the beggining. They had the first one double-decker which I had seen in the Czech republic also (and these are in the video, too). One year after I quit my job there, RegioJet quit the stewardess in buses (in national, i am not sure about international), so it absolutely lost the uniqueness, and then they quit a big part of buses lines. The company focused on train transportation mainly. And suddenly now - I see that they have the same double-decker repainted from green to yellow and buses are back 😂 And the vending machines - I am not sure if it is vending machine, because it can be only the “menu”, and the stewardess sells it. If I am wrong, then… they figure out how they can rid of stewardess and still have the same services 😂 Funfact: there was a beer to sell, but I wasnt allowed to sell more then two to a single person. Also, i always had only few of them in bus.

I see more and more busses like this. Nowadays, the ticket prices of airline companies like Ryanair and EasyJet are pretty much unbeatable, so I guess that these bus companies offer similar fares but with the added comfort and luxury. I once travelled in one of these busses by the company Flixbus (we see one in this video, the green bus) because Ryanair and EasyJet only had flights that would arrive late at night and I didn't want the people I was going to stay with to wait for me that late. The nice thing, besides the comfort and having free Wi-Fi and all that stuff, it was nice when we stopped, I got outside to smoke a cigarette and people would start talking to each other, like we're in this together, you know? That doesn't happen in an airplane.

Havent lived in CZ since 2021, im surprised to see Regiojet (The bus operator company) upgrading to double decker Setras. Back in the day they used to have single decker Scania busses.

Well, afaik, the best bus/coach sim nowadays is Fernbus Simulator....it's not entirely in the ETS2's league, but time to time it's a nice way to chill...and it have several reagional DLC which adds other countries

huge fan of your reacts! love to see your enthusiasm

Buses in Turkey are like this, they don’t have vending machines but they have a bus attendant (usually a young man) who provides snacks, drinks for free. Nothing to fancy but coffee, tea, water, juice, cookies, chips. Depending on how long the trip is, you get snacks twice. You also get a screen, ubs and regular plugs. They also of course have wifi. I travelled by bus a lot throughout Turkey and it was a very enjoyable experience.

RegioJet is nice! Doesn't drive to Finland, but took one between Prague and Brno, and back, while visiting in Czechia. Very similar to this one, but instead of a vending machine there was a stewardess from whom you could order what's on the menu and she'd bring it to your seat. Spent one way gazing beautiful Czechish countryside and watching HIMYM on the way back, since it was dark outside.

You could also check out the Brand Neoplan, the busses are called Dreamliner or Starliner.

London Heathrow is the busiest airport in Europe. It's something like the 7th largest in the world.

I imagine there are probably two drivers who would switch at service stations to one keep on schedule but also to make sure driver hours are correctly kept. On Google it takes just over 9 hours and 877km. So the 14 odd hours is definitely to include driver hours.

I worked as a bus and coach driver for many years. Some of them were fabulous to drive and travel in, some of them... not. In Europe, there are chassis builders like Volvo, Scania and MAN, and body builders like Plaxton, Irizar and Van Hool. Some, like Setra, build integrals, ie chassis/body monocoques with a proprietary engine. Setra uses Mercedes engines; Mercedes also builds coaches but to a slightly more basic spec than Setra. My favourites to drive are MANs because the engine is so smooth and quiet. But DAF engines have a ton of power and Volvos feel unbreakable. Scanias are nice, too, especially their hill descent control. Driving double decker coaches like this Setra takes some getting used to - rearwards visibility is crap, you're sat low and the ceiling is close.

10:40 Fernbus Simulator is a nice one to play

Fernbus simulator is a very good one

Good video, great to see these buses nowadays, so luxurious. Once I made a bus trip from Amsterdam to Prague in 1998 with Eurolines company. That was a nightmare for 22 hours without all those luxury. In Prague we rented a car, a 1993 Skoda Favorit, that was a nicer ride.

6:24 This is a German socket (type F). There is also a French socket (type E). Most European countries have introduced one or the other. The European plug fits in both systems (E+F) and in the Danish sockets (type K). Many Asian countries also have German, French or similar sockets. The Russians, for example, without grounding (large type C). South Korea has the German socket. (type F) The Swiss (type J) and British (type G) have their own system. Italy and Greece have national sockets and also type F. In addition to the thick three-pin plug, there is also the flat 2-pin plug (small type C). It also works in Switzerland.

Oh yeah, I used to go with the company a lot when I lived in Prague, though I prefer their trains 😊 4:28 you can store a suitcase in a separate place

Bonjour ! I'm a recently retired tourist coach driver, and my last ride was a Van Hool T927 « Astromega ». It was quite luxurious, too : 88 passengers, on-board video system, galley with 3 fridges, a coffe/tea machine and a microwave,... But I do regret I never had the opportunity to drive a Setra S531DT. The biggest Setra I ever drove was a S419HD single-decker. The 531 is one of the very best machines in Europe.

You are very nice to watch with humble attitude and a polite way of being a host. London(Heathrow) used to be the biggest airport in Europe,and probably still is. I guess you Will love Norway and its narrow roads..😅😅. Keep on being interrested! Merry Christmas

I went from London to Amsterdam by bus, it was brilliant, ferry over to France, some amazing food stops and a very very nice bus

You are in Czech republic, you can get beer ANYWHERE (even at McDonald's) :D.

You should see band coaches in which international bands tour around Europe. Most of them are rented in former eastern block countries like Poland or Chech republic. Those rigs are awesome.

In Skåne, southern Sweden, they have 23 yellow (just like these) SCANIA double-deckers. These are luxuriously equipped with high comfort, seat belt, electrical outlets, Wi-Fi, toilet etc., which run from Malmö in the southwest to Kristianstad in the northeast, as well as a line between Hörby-Lund in central Skåne. The reason is that many go to and from work at Skåne's three largest hospitals and schools/universities in Lund, Malmö and Kristianstad.

I went all the way across South America by bus and train absolutely the best experience

Ever since train got cheaper than busses, I never pick busses here in Europe

Buses are pretty good value in Europe. I just looked at a flix bus for the end of Jan and it goes form London to Prague for 48 quid. Not bad!

Heathrow Airport is the busiest in Europe by terms of Passengers (7 million in 2023 alone) but is only the seventh busiest in the World.

We have curtains on our ordinary commuter busses in the Nordics... Sometimes also on city busses.

At Tallinn was bus line to Budapest Hungary ..ride time 26 hours and trip lenght 1857 km ( 1155 miles ) ticket first floor 49 euro and second floor 69 euro .

HELLO FROM PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - this is a standard long distance REGIO JET bus - the only difference is that untill now it were IRIZAR busses - but since IRIZAR was taken over by SCANIA - SETRA was simply cheeper... Regarding the equipment is a standard for at least 15 years - the screens with "infotaiment" - movies, games, actual location of the bus on the highway, internet, wifi and untill reacently also stewardes on board offering free newspapers and magazines and free hot drinks, cold drinks for funny-low price - for every seat, plugs for every seat, tilet in the bus etc.. REGIOJET has been market maker for the whole europe since its beginning. Now he is bringing 2-1 seats for normal-low price also as a first in the market in europe. The company also have its train divission. Its 100% owned by its fouder - Mr. Radim Jančura

these doppeldecker busses are basic in Germany in traveling companies like flixbus

Did you notice the beer price in the menu? 😀 Czech price!

@04:31 i was a passenger in the mid-late 90s in IKARUS 256 was something like that but, yeah 90s.. but it was very comfortable :>

Yes, its a nice bus - but its a long ride as well. They may have a break, but not to often because that makes the trip even longer. I assume they start in the early night, because its much better to drive during the night. In this trip they have to go right accross Germany, and during the day that can be aa real pain in the back side in some regions. When I did airport transfer I also much rather drove during the night. That avoids getting cought in traffic jams and you can also put your foot down much easier and safer. But the best is not having to drive at all, like now after I retired. :)

I took buses from Tallinn to Riga and Riga to Vilnius with a bus company called Ecolines. I couldn't believe how good they were. The seats were really comfortable, they had USB charging points for each seat, a Video on demand entertainment system in the headrest of every seat. The price? €5 for each trip

Drink prices are good indeed. Most of the time you will see around prices starting at 1.50€ outside supermarkets.

For a game I would suggest Bus simulator 21 next stop-gold edition pc And that is currently available on steam for $31.69 it includes many busses from different parts of the the world

A regular bus, such as many that operate on international routes in the EU . Flixbus buses have the same equipment .

10:43 not just as a bus enthusiast but also with the eyes of a bus driver, o know 3 nice and very realistic bus simulators: - The Bus (driving in urban environment with urban configuration busses) - Fernbus Simulator (something more like Euro Truck, driving busses over Europe with nice places) - Tourism Bus Simulator (with the same game base os Fernbus Simulator, you will be driving in a island. This one the map is very less extended, but is better for driving challenges)

in the UK coaches carry luggage under the seating area accessed by hatches on the side of the coach

Btw… My favourite Setra is 517 HDH. A single decker in the same size as the double decker but way much nicer both to drive and ride as a passenger. And about three times of loading space. Setra is sold in US. The main problem though is Americans replace worlds best drive chain from Mercedes and ZF with a Cummings diesel and Wilson gearbox. A drivechain 30 years behind Mercedes in development. On long distance drive the European drive chain consumes 20-25 liters/100 Km (9.4 GPM). A US equipped bus needs about double that.

In Czech republic you can buy beer in Macdonald to. 🤣🤣🤣

When I was in the navy we had beer vending machines in the TV room in our barracks and that was in '79

Yes, in Europe we call it mostly Toilet or WC (water closet), old fashion OO, but its now rare to see OO signs.😉

No disrespect but from Lithuanians prospective it looks standard bus or coach. Double deckers like this one are for international travel and normal ones are for intercity usually. Most of them are Setra some Scania and MAN for close journeys between towns some Turkish Otocars I believe and Isuzus. The only thing I cared about was that all of them had Wi-Fi 😂 P. S. Please do a video on EmergencyScandinavian Lithuanian emergency vehicles. ✌🏻

1,50 € for 0,5 litres of genuine Pilsner Beer ... sound like a fun ride to Amsterdam 🍻😁

04:35 You can bring ..but all pagacges go luggage room of bottom there fit Your biggest suitcase to up 5feet x 3feet x 2 feet even .

I went on Holidays to Spain in the 80s before I was born 🙄lolol and seen a German Bus unloading at our hotel so I ask 1 of the drivers having 2 on them when their hours were up, so I asked the driver could I look inside and I was SHOCKED 😱 There were only a single line on both sides of big airline first class seats on the bus 😎 there could only have been twenty seats on the Bus or less big first class seat with enough leg room for even a six and half footer to relax in comfort 😱 I was flabbergasted as coming from the UK our European Holiday Buses were the Same as you would use for a short bus trip but with a toilet in the back and I should know my father was a bus driver who went to Europe many times on these buses, but I know one British Bus Company had a Elevated bus a bit like a semi sized double decker bus but not as high and as you entered the bus you had to climb a staircase but not as high as in a double decker then you had the seat section but the seat reclined 10% lol but this bus had a surprise at the back you had a stairs going down to the Toilet and a small kitchen and Eight seat layout with train like tables facing each other oh and the Driver had a room just behind the driver for a second driver and that was in the late 80s, damn I've written a Novel lololol 🤣

I believe this super-luxurious bus almost has the comfort level of a half-decent train. The best way to explore Europe is by train,

If you want to see a great overnight/sleeper buses, you should check Japanese overnight lines. That's a whole another dimension of overnight travelling... 🙂

As a citizen of Prague, Czech republic i am going by RegioJet usualy to Dresden, Germany (not even 2 hrs drive), i have to say i am satisfied, its cheap, its clean, its on time, its modern.

I know that there is a German game called Fernbus Simulator where you can drive Flixbuses

I like the former cheesedrillers 😊

Jesus Christ, all these bots 😅 And in our trains in Poland, we can get beers and full on meals as well. Quite common in Europe.

Try to find a vid showing the first seats on the upper deck near the windshield

Ha, roadtripping to Amsterdam. You really need to have deep pockets to do that. Parking fee in the center of Amsterdam is € 7,50 PER HOUR 24x7.

I traveled for almost 36h in bus across Europe. Let me tell you no matter how luxurious it is, it gets old real fast, you don't even get too much cool views as you almost exclusively travel by highways. For long trips and nice views if you don't want to take plane then train is much more comfy option.

we had double decker buses in australia

Das ist Froschleder von den Oberschenkeln der Brüllfrosch Weibchen.

Coach Buses have an apparently good system in Turkey in Comparison with Europe. I'll be glad if you can check it out.

Nobody mentioned you taking your cap off, good move ❤️

Fernbus Simulator and Tourist Bus Simulator ;)

Bus game in the USA has always been what I would call “traditional” Especially in music touring, Beat the street from Europe recently started bussing over there for touring artists bringing some of there busses over (another video you should definitely do checking out the inside of a tour bus and how European touring works) Unfortunately one did crash recently with the bad weather but everyone seems to be doing ok.

I took this bus on my home from a vacation in Amsterdam. I ate all the edibles I had left before I got on the bus. I fell asleep as soon as the bus departed and was woken up by the german border police. The edibles fully kicked in at this poit and I also realized I still had some weed on me I forgot to get rid of before departure. The paranoia this gave me was crazy! Fortunately the cops searched only the one black dude on the bus and let us continue on our way. Fun times!

1,50€ for a beer!? I would never leave this bus lol

I have taken a Regiojet ride from Paris to Prague. It wasn't this nice tho. Only one floor, no vending machine. But I still watched a few movies and it was Ok. Pretty cheap too. I don't remember exactly, but it was something like 40 EUR or something. I just took it because I couldn't get a cheap flight back.

😂Touring the Caracoles Pass in Chile by bus is quite an adventure. Look at it. 😉

the old usa " super golden eagle" long buses from the 50th are build in germany by kässbohrer( setra) 👍

Storage in the hold like a plane

Check out Nobless Line, that is luxury, unlike regio…

This is a normal coach bus I would say. Always clean and modern.

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@08:46 in germany we call it "Scheisshaus" :D dont use it in Public^^

Hi, nice video. I don't think most people use a bus to travel around in Europe, It think airplanes, cars and trains are still more common. To travel from Amsterdam to Prague, it would be much cheaper and much faster to take a plain from Ryanair. There are also nighttrains nowadays...

14hours is really long, specially on bus, even so comfortable one, if i couldnt fly id deffo prefer train for any travel longer than lets say 6 hrs or so, there one can at least take a walk once a while and stretch legs and give ones bum a break from all the sitting which is more difficult to do if possible at all on bus.

Let’s face it mate. I’m 6’2”. I’m all about the legroom.

the most countrys in europe have the german schuco plug system. its the best safty plug. inveted in germany😊

Buisest airport in Europa , London Gatwick , Luton , Paris De Gaule , Franfurkt an Main , Madrid , Rome

Having been west to east all the way to Sydney in a bus in the 80s I would reconsider my decision to NEVER do that again. 😂

I have been from the Netherlands to Italy once by bus. Almost 23 hours! NEVER AGAIN!! For a 10 day youth holiday. I was then engaged in a gondola. In Venice. And went to San Marino. With the same bus. The AC bearings were broken. And yet, it was one of the best holidays ever. The personal association, rented from my work. Also called double-deckers, to take us to and from parties. But this one is very luxurious. Greetings from Spakenburg, Netherlands. yr Gerben T van de Veen yt Vebo Beton

Omsi2 Bus simulator. Very good game.

Eindhoven my city 😅 home of Daf trucks.

Setra is a European brand that is owned by Daimler Bus and Coach…

Wending machine on a buss, with soda and BEER! Now that is how you travel. €1.50 for can of Beer.. Holy cr*p, that's cheap.

1,50 for a beer is actually very affordable

"Bus Simulator" ist actually a Bus Simulator ;)