interesting for everybody: there are cheap night trains to switzerland from several destinations. starting from...

amsterdam - utrecht - düsseldorf dortmund - essen hamburg - bremen - münster berlin - hannover - frankfurt dresden - leipzig - weimar vienna - salzburg you can use city night line that offers seats from 29.-- euros (independent from starting point), beds for 45.-- euros, online booking possible. check out www.citynightline.ch!!!

for south east destinations, the national railways have found a similar way of collaboration, so trains from budapest, zagreb, and i think ljubljana too (is it all the same price?) offer places for the same price. no online booking though.

there is a limited number of seats per train for this price, so early booking is necessary. go and ask for it at your railway station. the offer is called "SparNight" in german ("SavingNight"), no idea about other languages... arriving in zurich by train, it is just 5 minutes walking distance from the station to the domicile where we spend our first night.

good luck! flo_ch