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On this page we describe different ways to travel to Finland from Holland. We tried out most of these possibilities ourselves and can very well tell you the pro's and cons of each possibility.

Here are in our experience the most convenient ones.

By airplane

Advantage is of course the short travel-time. Within a day you can be at your destination. And it can be cheap as well! Disadvantage is that you don't have your own car with you and you'll have to rent a car or travel by train. We don't recommend to travel by public transport; eventhough it is relatively cheap and good, it does not bring you to those special places that easily. The following routes are possible:

• Schiphol - Helsinki with Finnair, KLM and SAS. With connecting flights to other cities in Finland.
• Schiphol-Vaasa with Finnair through Helsinki, or SAS through Stockholm. When flying to Vaasa you are directly in Etelä-Pohjanmaa!
• And of course the price fighters (we heard good stories...)
  • Blue1 from Amsterdam to Helsinki
  • German Wings from Cologne/Bonn to Helsinki
  • Ryanair from Frankfurt or London to Tampere

By ferry

You can reach Finland easily by car and ferry. The advantage is that you have the car with you to drive around there. The fastest route, within two days (!) at your place of destination in Finland, is through

• the ferry Rostock-Hanko maintained by Superfast Ferries. It is an 8-hour drive to Rostock, less than 24 hours on the boat, and a few hours drive in Finland.

• the ferry Stockholm-Helsinki/Turku with Silja Line or Viking Line.

All the way by car

A longer route makes it of course more adventurous and exciting. You can travel comfortably in a minimum of four days through Denmark and Sweden all around to Finland. On your way you can really enjoy Sweden and a little bit of Lapland or the Norwegian mountains if you like. You can combine this with a ferry on the way back for example!