Finland has 78.000 km of roads; 49.600km are paved. None have tolls. Driving is on the right side and it is mandatory to have the lights on during the day. Gas stations close at 9pm and are located at 50km intervals.
En summer there are no restrictions to enter with your car. You only need your identity document, driving license, car documentation and third party insurance. However, in winter (from October), driving is only allowed if you have winter tires. These are mandatory until the end of April.
You can access it by car through the boats that leave from Germany, Poland and Estonia. Foreign vehicles can only be used for a limited time. If you want rent a car around 80 euros per day.
If you don't feel like driving, train en Finland It is quite comfortable, especially the express trains. Many of them have restaurant, smoking and children's play wagons. Short distance trains are somewhat more modest.
If you are going to make a long trip and want to sleep there is the option of paying between 20 and 40 euros for compartments with up to 3 beds. Children under 17 years old do not pay and those over 65 have a 50% discount. Groups of three people get a 15% discount. These are the prices and duration of the trip Helsinki-Tampere, the most popular route:
- Pendolino: are Trains incline, so they are the fastest option. The price is € 32 and the trip lasts an hour and a half.
- InterCiudad and InterCiudad2: all are express trains. The price is € 26.9 and the trip lasts one hour and 40 minutes.
- Ordinary Express: there are only night trains for this connection. The price is € 24.6, and the trip lasts two hours.
Furthermore, the Bus provide much larger coverage than trains (you can only get to Lapland, the most popular ski area, by bus) and there are discounts for foreign students. However, travel in bus they are somewhat more expensive than trains, and generally slower.
The presence of public services of Bus it is limited to cities and towns. For this reason, it is private companies that provide services throughout the country. The ExpressBus consortium is the largest with connections to all major cities and major rural areas. The destinations and prices are in the following link:
http://www.expressbus.fi/quick-search
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