Here are the links of which some are mentioned on the main page.
Other IMM200 sites
IMM2000 | IMM2000 | ||
Official IMM2000 site | Marcin
Dobrucki (lots of practical information on Finland) |
Theo van den Bogaard | Scott Beavis |
Ferries
DFDS Scandinavian Seaways NewCastle(UK) - Goreborg(S) NewCastle(UK) - Kristiansand(N) Harwich(UK) - Esbjerg(DK) Harwich(UK) - Hamburg(D) |
FinnCarriers* Felixstowe, Hull (UK) Travemunde, Lubeck, Rostock, Kiel(D) Amsterdam (NL) Antwerp(B) Goteborg, Helsingborg(S) Oslo(N) - Helsinki, Turku, Hamina, Hanko,Kotka, Rauma(FIN) |
Norway Coastal Voyage (Hurtigruten) Bergen(N) - Kirkeness(N) |
Scandlines Puttgarden(D) - Rodby(DK) Helsingor(DK) - Helsingborg(S) Rostock(D) - Trelleborg(S) Sassnitz(D) - Trelleborg(S) |
* = Not all people carriers.
Seawind Stockholm(S) - Turku(/Abo)(FIN) |
Silja Line Rostock(D) - Helsinki(FIN) Stockholm(S) - Helsinki(FIN) Stockholm(S) - Turku(FIN) |
Viking Line Stockholm(S) - Helsinki(FIN) Stockholm(S) - Turku(FIN) |
Ferry Center Sweden |
Airlines
FinnAir has flights from
Helsinki to Ivalo, which is about 20 miles north of Saariselka.
Train
VR. The railway
company of Finland. Run Car-trains
from Helsinki/Turku-Rovaniemi, which is 160 miles south of
Saariselka.
Car
Finnra,
excellent Finnish travel and traffic information site.
Bus
The Fintravel.com site
has some (hard to load ?) information on busses in Finland.
Maps
TieKartta (FIN)
Hotels
Tunturi
Hotelli in Saariselka.
Riekko Hotel in
Saariselka.
Weather
Current
weather conditions in Ivalo (20 miles north of Saariselka).
Finnish
meteorological Institute. Information on weather in Finland.
Rovaniemi is 160 miles south of Saariselka.
Webcams of places on the way;
(some from the Finnra site)
Ylitornio
(FIN) (35 miles north of Tornio (FIN) on the Swedish/Finnish
border)
Kuivaniemi
(FIN) (35 miles north of Tornio on the Swedish/Finnish
border)
Rovaniemi
(FIN) (on the #4 to Saariselka, 160 miles south)
Postojoki
(FIN) (on the #4 to Saariselka, 75 miles south)
Saariselka
(FIN)
Helsingborg
(S) (across Helsingor(DK))
Sundsvall (S)
(135 miles north of Gavle (S))
Ornskoldsvik
(S) (100 miles north of Sundsvall (S))
Umea (S) (75 miles
north of Ornskoldsvik (S))
Lulea (S) (85 miles west
from Tornio (FIN) on the Swedish/Finnish border)
Misc.
HotelsTravel.com
has a lot of practical information, from the CIA factbook to an
ATM-locator for as well Finland as Sweden.
STN Travel Guide. Lots of
information on Finland, including maps.
Travel in Finland. Again
lots of information on Finland, including passport/visa info.
Mobiles.
Providers which might have roaming deals with yours. Check before
you leave.
Comviq (S)
Europolitan (S)
Telia (S)
Routeplanner.
Shell Geostar
CW Lease
Languages.
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