HOW TO GET AND MOVE TO FINLAND: FLIGHTS, BUSES, FERRIES AND TRAINS

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AIRPORTS AND FLIGHTS::

The main Finnish airport is the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. Finnair, Blue1, Air Finland and Finncomm Airlines have their hubs in this airport, around 30 foreign airlines have flights to Helsinki-Vantaa airport.

International Transportation: Finnair offers direct, daily from major European cities. Many other airlines fly to Finland, usually toward the international airport of Helsinki-Vantaa.

Internal transport: Several airlines, including Finnair, Blue 1 and SAS, serving more than 20 domestic airports in the country.

FERRIES:

International Transportation: There are numerous ferries to Finland across the Baltic from Sweden, Germany and Estonia.

From Germany:

Rostock - Helsinki: Line operated by Tallink Silja Line, one departure daily all year. Duration approx. 24 hours.

Travemünde - Helsinki: Line operated by Finnlines, daily departures throughout the year, the duration of the crossing varies depending on the day of the week (27, 34 or 40 hours).

From Sweden:

Stockholm - Mariehamn (Åland) - Helsinki: Ferry company Tallink Silja Line and Viking Line, daily departures throughout the year, lasting 16-17 hours.

Stockholm - Mariehamn / Långnäs (Åland) - Turku (166 km from Helsinki): Ferry company Tallink Silja Line and Viking Line, daily departures throughout the year, duration approx. 13 hours.

Kapellskär - Mariehamn (Åland): Line operated by companies Viking Line and Tallink Silja Line, daily departures throughout the year, duration approx. 2.5 hours.

Grisslehamn - Eckerö (Åland): Line operated by the company Eckerö Linjen, daily departures throughout the year, duration approx. 2 hours.

Umeå - Vaasa (419 km from Helsinki): Line operated by the company RG Line, 3.1.-20.3.2008, 7 weekly departures, duration approx. 4 hours.

From Estonia:

Tallinn - Helsinki:

-Ferry companies Tallink Silja Line and Viking Line, daily departures throughout the year, duration approx. 3 hours.

-Fast-Ferry company Tallink Silja Line and Viking Line, daily departures throughout the year, duration 2-2,5 hours.

-15.3 .* - 31.12 catamarans company Nordic Jet Line, daily departures, which lasted 1 hour 40 min.

-20.3 .* - 31.12 hydrofoils of Linda Line, daily departures, which lasted 1 hour 30 min.

Internal transport: Almost all of Finland's coastal towns run boat services as well as organized sightseeing and charter cruises. Finland's coastal towns provide a wide choice of charter and local cruises for holidaymakers. There are also scheduled services in the Åland Islands and archipelago. It is possible to come to Åland Islands with small archipelago ferries from two different harbours in Finland. The "Northern Route" starts from the harbour of Osnäs in Kustavi/Gustavs some 70 km southwest from Turku. From there you can take the ferry to Brändö and from southern part of Brändö a connecting ferry via Kumlinge to Hummelvik's harbour in the municipality of Vårdö. From Hummelvik it is approx. 40 km to Mariehamn. The other route is called the 'Southern route' and starts from Galtby in Korppoo some 80 km southeast from Turku. From Galtby the ferry takes you via Kökar and Föglö to Långnäs harbour in the municipality of Lumparland. From Långnäs it is some 35 km to Mariehamn.

There are several lines of passenger managed with modern boat. The shipping company lake excursions lasting a few hours or days on larger lakes. The itineraries are the most well-known between Hämeenlinna and Tampere, and that between Tampere and Virrat (lines operated by Finnish Silver Line), lines Lahti - Jyväskylä, Savonlinna - Kuopio, and Lappeenranta - Vyborg ( Russia).

TRAINS:

International Transportation: There are three daily trains from Russia to Finland. From St. Petersburg to Helsinki the Russian train Repin and the Finnish train Sibelius and from Moscow the Russian train Tolstoi to Helsinki.

There are no direct trains to Sweden and Norway because of different gauge rail lines, but there are bus links that unite the two rail lines between Boden / Luleå (Sweden) in Kemi (Finland).

Internal transport: The rail network interconnects the major Finnish cities. Trains have 5741 kilometers of tracks (passenger trains 3977 kms). The most important sections of line are electrified, like the lines from Helsinki to Turku, to Pori, to Tampere, to Jyväskylä, to Rovaniemi, to Iisalmi and to Joensuu.

The trains are fast and comfortable on the routes Helsinki-Turku, Helsinki-Tampere, Helsinki-(Tampere)-Jyväskylä, Helsinki-(Jyväskylä)-Kuopio and Helsinki (Seinäjoki)-Oulu operates the Pendolino (speed 200 km / h) . Many facilities may be buying the Finnrail Pass or Ticket Inter Rail.

BUSES:

International Transportation: Eurolines has links between Finland and Russia, Poland, Germany, Ukraine, Italy and the Czech Republic.

Internal transport: The Finnish coach route network is one of the most comprehensive in Europe covering more than 90% of the public roads. There are more than 40,000 daily bus departures. Timetables are usually adapted to fit in rail, air and ship services.

There are 2 main bus companies:

Matkahuolto Oy Ab: The company Matkahuolto operates 64 bus stations, from which you can obtain information on routes, timetables and ticket prices.

Expressbus Oy: ExpressBus is a consortium of 30 companies bus companies, with itineraries that cover the entire Finland and Tallinn and Tart in Estonia.

The metropolitan area (Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen and Vantaa) has a unified fare system. The region is divided into two tariff zones. Each of the towns comprises its own zone.

TAXIS:

Taxis are identifiable by the yellow writing "Taksi" on the roof. You can take a taxi stopping on the street, or in specific stations, or by calling (numbers are listed under "Taksi").

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