Marked by signs off the main road, these are dotted all over Finland and completely geared up for free camping and swimming. Later in the day, we head north, pitching up at one of Finland’s thousands of lakes, with a jetty for swimming, plus toilets and a barbecue area. If you fancy sticking around in Tampere, this reasonably priced two-hour guided tour is worth a try. Today it is a pleasant place, surrounded by lakes, and the best way to get the lay of the land is from the top of the Pyynikki observation tower.įor a couple of euros, you get a good view of the city and surrounding lakes – and there’s a great café at the bottom selling tasty Finnish doughnuts! Tampere is notable for its many tall chimneys, signalling the town’s industrial past. On day three, the driving began in earnest, and we cruised along theįast, fairly empty motorway up to Tampere in about three hours. To explore – the ferry there costs €5 return, and is included on the Helsinki Suomenlinna fortress was a highlight, and is free We spent the day looking round Helsinki’s best free and cheap sights, including the impressive cathedral (free to enter) and the main market square, stopping off at one of the city’s many reindeer burger and hot dog stands for a cheap lunch (€6). For €30 a night (in a 12-bed dorm), it was clean, sociable and just a ten-minute tram trip into the city centre. On day two, we drove for just over two hours to Helsinki, parking on the outskirts of the city at the aptly named CheapSleep Hostel. The good news is that camping and the ferries are both completely free, and we bought a cheap bucket barbecue to cook on, so little outlay so far! Our first night was spent camping on a small but pretty beach on one of the many islands in the Turku archipelago, accessed via a series of small ferries that allow you to hop from island to island. In fact, the airport is so small that within 15 minutes of landing, we were in our hire car and setting off to explore Finland. Finlandįirst stop was Turku airport, which is really little more than an airstrip. Splash out, on a budget road trip round Scandinavia. Our guide on what to do (and what not to do!), how to save money, and where to Three countries, two capital cities and 3000km later, here’s With 10 days and a budget of less than £800 (around US $950), how much of Scandinavia is it really possible to see? We booked a cheap flight to Turku in Finland, packed a tent and set off to find out. Trip report: a budget road trip through Scandinavia by Alex Hancock-Tomlin
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