London to Helsinki?
It's more than a year to go to the Helsinki worldcon, but I'm starting to think about travel.
I'm not keen on flying, but it's fast. this page has several alternatives:
http://www.seat61.com/Finland.htm#Which%20route%20should%20you%20choose
I suspect that in mid-summer none of these options will be especially cheap and all of them will be crowded. Anyone got any experience of any of them? Anyone organizing a group rate deal by any route (including air if necessary)?
later - It just occurred to me that by then it's possible that we'll be in the middle of Brexit - crossing several borders with countries that are annoyed with the UK would not be fun... From that point of view a flight might be the better option.
I'm not keen on flying, but it's fast. this page has several alternatives:
http://www.seat61.com/Finland.htm#Which%20route%20should%20you%20choose
I suspect that in mid-summer none of these options will be especially cheap and all of them will be crowded. Anyone got any experience of any of them? Anyone organizing a group rate deal by any route (including air if necessary)?
later - It just occurred to me that by then it's possible that we'll be in the middle of Brexit - crossing several borders with countries that are annoyed with the UK would not be fun... From that point of view a flight might be the better option.
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So, it was leave London on the Monday, Eurostar to Brussels, Thalys to Cologne. Spend the night in Cologne.
Tuesday, train to Hamburg.
Wednesday, Hamburg-Copenhagen-Stockholm. Got into Stockholm about seven in the evening.
Thursday, ferry to Aland Islands. (Very early morning ferry. Breakfast on ferry.)
The Hamburg-Copenhagen train goes on a boat at one point. The bridge between Denmark and Sweden is an interesting trip, and the Swedish countryside is very pleasant in summer.
I think I might go via Hamburg on the Travemünde-Helsinki ferry next year. I like the idea of going via Rostock, but I see that page doesn't give details and when I last checked, that ferry was no longer running.
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I've never been bored on a long train journey. :-)