Two-week Europe packing list

For two weeks across several European cities, pack one week of clothes and plan a laundry stop. The binding constraint isn't the wardrobe — it's the bag you'll carry up a fourth-floor walk-up with no lift.

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The bag moves, so choose it for the stairs

A multi-city trip means your luggage gets lifted onto train racks, dragged over cobblestones, and carried up the staircase of an apartment whose listing did not mention the lift. A bag you can carry for ten minutes beats a bag you can only wheel. This is the single decision that shapes the whole trip.

One wash, not two wardrobes

Seven days of clothes plus one laundry stop covers fourteen. Almost every European city has self-service laundrettes, and most apartment rentals have a machine. Budget two hours in the middle of the trip on a day you'd have spent walking anyway, and carry half the weight for the entire fortnight.

Three plug types, not one

Type C two-pin covers most of the continent, but the UK and Ireland use Type G and Switzerland uses Type J, which the standard European plug does not fit. If your route crosses those borders, a universal adapter or a second plug is the difference between a charged phone and a hunt for a shop.

North to south is a 15-degree swing

Stockholm and Seville in the same fortnight is a real range, and the shoulder seasons make it wider. Pack a layering system rather than a season: t-shirts, a mid layer, and a light rain jacket handles almost everything, with a scarf that covers church shoulders and cold train carriages equally.

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Frequently asked questions

How many clothes do you need for two weeks in Europe?

About a week's worth, plus one laundry stop. Two full wardrobes doubles the weight you drag up every station staircase for fourteen days in order to avoid two hours at a launderette once. Pencil the wash into the itinerary at the midpoint and pack accordingly.

Which plug adapters do I need for Europe?

Three, not one. The standard two-pin Type C plug covers most of the continent, but the UK and Ireland use Type G and Switzerland uses Type J, and neither accepts a Europlug. A trip crossing those borders needs all three, or a universal adapter that includes them.

Suitcase or backpack for a two-week Europe trip?

Whichever you can carry rather than only wheel. Fourth-floor walk-ups without lifts, cobbled old towns and station stairs are the norm rather than the exception, and a wheeled case that becomes a dead weight the moment the ground is not smooth is the most common bag regret on this kind of trip.

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Two-week Europe packing list

The bag moves, so choose it for the stairs

One wash, not two wardrobes

Three plug types, not one

North to south is a 15-degree swing

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