I am looking at travelling around Scandinavia for a couple of weeks this summer. The inter-rail option seems relatively expensive and as quite a bit of the northern continent is inaccesable by trains (baltic sea etc) i dont feel it suitable for me. I am therefore enquiring at whether the cost of public travel is relatively cheap or expensive in scandinavia. Any responses would be appreciated.
cheers james
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johnthefinn
Check out Blue1 for cheap flights. Ferries between Sweden and Finland are not outrageously expensive and there at least used to be a discount for Interrailers.
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character
Being Scandinavian, I think train travel in the UK, or Germany, is more costly than it is here. Anyway, fares actually (both in this region and in many other areas of Europe, including the UK) vary according to supply, demand, and time of advance purchase. A 1000 km journey could cost as little as $30 US, or five, even ten times more if you buy a 1 class ticket the same day of departure on a Friday or Sunday.
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bjoern
1: Check out Scarail instead of Interrail! And check some relevant prices on relevant days on point-to-point (the national train homepages have them all).
2: Public transport (train, busses) are less and less supported by tax-payers money and therefore becoming costlier. But not really more costly than in so many other places.
Some airtickets (especially for the longer routes - (i.e. in Sweden, Norway, Finland) are SOMETIMES incredible cheap - but remember the costs at getting to/from airports (can be extreme - especially in some more remote/smaller airports).
3: The few (private) longdistance busses are cheap, but not comfortable and takes for ever - remember the distances in Scandinavia.
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