While the 36 hours of free travel on public transport at each Euro 2024 match will get you a fair distance out of town on each occasion, the respective regional transport networks don't all join up, so you can't travel that way all around the 10 venues.

That got me thinking: if you buy a Deutschlandticket for just €49 for a calendar month, how long would it take you to travel around the 10 host cities - given that the ticket doesn't cover use of express trains. The answer is: not that long!

Here's my example (please feel free to come up with an even shorter journey time - leaving at least 5 minutes for changing trains).

DAY 1

Berlin > Leipzig
04:14 - 06.56; 1 change; 2 hrs 42 mins

Leipzig > Munich

08:09 - 14:54; 1 change; 6 hrs 45 mins

Munich > Stuttgart

15:52 - 19:16; 2 changes; 3 hrs 24 mins

Stuttgart > Frankfurt

20:32 - 23:45; 2 changes; 3 hrs 13 mins

DAY 2

Frankfurt > Cologne

00:29 - 07.28; 2 changes; 6 hrs 59 mins

Cologne > Düsseldorf

07:35 - 08:05; no changes; 30 mins

Düsseldorf > Gelsenkirchen

08:45 - 09:28; no changes; 43 minutes

Gelsenkirchen > Dortmund

09:59 - 10:26; no changes; 27 mins

Dortmund > Hamburg

10:35 - 15:35; 4 changes; 5 hrs

Hamburg > Berlin

15:57 - 19:59; 3 changes; 4 hrs 2 mins

So, starting out at 04:14 on day 1 in Berlin and getting back at 19:59 on day 2 is 15 minutes short of 40 hours - to visit all 10 Euro 2024 host cities... for the princely sum of just €49 (with 29 more days of free nationwide travel to go)!