Everything you need to know before traveling on the Santa Claus overnight train to Lapland!
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- Опубликовано: 31 авг 2021
- Here are a few tips if you are planning a trip to Finland with the VR Santa Claus express night train to Lapland. I stayed in the “first class” room on the second floor, and it included a bathroom!
The whole journey took about 11 hours from Tikkurila (close to Helsinki) to Rovaniemi.
Other than my panic when I entered the train, and forgot which coach I was in (and didn’t find the couch number on the wall), it was a pleasant ride.
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Follow along my journey from when I moved from Norway on the 8th of July 2021 to Lapland in Finland!
I'm a photographer based in Norway and I moved to Finland for an internship at Visit Lapland. I've recently gotten intrested to learn how to make videoes, so this is my learning journey along side my new life in Lapland.
Hi there guys, I’m from malaysia here, maybe planning to go to Rovaniemi for solo travelling since I haven’t been travel for 2 years.
Few questions here:
1. May I ask that if I’m travelling to Finland with just cash without any debit or credit card , would it be ok? As I’m just a teenager, just travelling with cash , haven’t own a debit or credit card yet.
2. What type of buses u can get from Rovaniemi airport to Rovaniemi city ? Also I saw the Airport express buses has been temporarily halted their operations too .
3. If I on board the bus in Rovaniemi like example from Rovaniemi bus station to the Arctic glass igloo village bus station , can I pay with cash directly to the driver , without using any credit or debit card?
Hi! I'm not in Rovaniemi anymore, so I am not sure how things are atm, but I'll pin your comment, hopefully someone can answer you :)
Much good luck, and have fun!
It is better in Finland and Norway to have a debit or credit card
1) Ok
2) probably some since it's disneyland of finland
3) No I wouldn't try that.
Thanks for the video! I'm taking this train in March and just wanted to check out what it was like!
Thank you, glad you liked it :)) hope you have a wonderful stay in Finland!
wonderful train ride
Once on the train it was very pleasant!😊 loved watching the scenes change!
@@NorwegianRoamer absolutely mindblowing scenes from window.
Fantastic ride, thanks for the narration, is way better than trying to read subtitles quick fast pretending not to miss the video. Awesome train, Santa likes to travel in style huh? 🎅😉😁❤️👍
Great video👍👍👍…!!
Thank you! 😊
Good vid! And thank you for all the info! 😄👍🚅
Thank you! 😊✨
Thank you this was very nice and helpful
Glad it was helpful! :D
this is a nice playlist actually
Thank you so much, glad you like it!
Nice vlog
Thank you so much! :))
👍😍😍😍😍
If there are free spaces upstair you can just ask a conductor if you can move.
90% Finnish people understand english, also on countryside! That is way better than very nord in Norway in my fishinng camps.
Hi,
Can you write from whom did you get the card to the cabin? How often is the ticket checked and what time in the evening? Thank you for your help
Hi!
The doors to the cabins are open, and the card key was hanging on the wall in the cabin.
I believe they have a list of when/ at what stop you arrive to your cabin, they came as soon as the train left to check my ticket.
The train don’t cross any borders so that was the only time they checked. I was quite tired so I slept through the night therefore I’m not sure how often they check the halls. I’m sure they patrol every once in a while or when new passengers arrive throughout the night.
Hope it helped!
question, if you want to be solo in one of these rooms? they have two beds
Yes, I tried to see if I could move the upper bed, but it was really heavy. Maybe if you ask a conductor they have a technique on how to move it out of the way
Just look if there are any younger Finns around and ask "Can someone translate to Finnish?". I am Finn born 1974 and am fluent with English. I think I am first generation that majority of people talks English. I travel in that train regularly to Oulu or Seinäjoki and would have been happy to translate as I think would have been many others..
And they do have breakfast menu and porridge..
That is a great tip, I guess it is a little like this in Norway as well. I had a great experience later in Rovaniemi later where an older women asked me something in Finnish and three people translated when I asked what she said.
I must try the porridge next time!
As a single traveller, did u pay twice the amt for the whole cabin ?
I’m not 100% sure but I believe you pay a price and if you travel with someone you can split it between you :))
How did u solve this issue with couple in ur room?
When you order a room you book the whole cabin for yourself :))
Hi. Nice video ❤
Hi, thank you! 😊
@@NorwegianRoamer 🙂
Thanks for the video! I'm heading to finland in December. How far in advance do you think I will need to book a train ticket?
Hi, thank you!
I would order as early as possible.
I took the train while the country was closed and only necessary travel was accepted, so there weren’t any travelers aboard and therefore I could order a week ahead.
The winter season is the peak season, and the travel industry in Lapland are preparing to get a lot of travelers, so I’ll imagine that the train will get booked fast. It's also cheaper when order ahead of time.
Hope you have a fun time in Finland!
@@NorwegianRoamer thanks!
I just happened to see your comment and thought I'd answer as I am a Finnish rail fan. As she mentioned, there are very many people traveling in winter time and especially in December as many people from Southern Finland want to spend their Christmas holidays in the north. If you are going to travel on the night trains, I would recommend booking the ticket as soon as possible. Especially the sleeping berths are in high demand and some departures around Christmas are already sold out.
If you are going to book any tickets on daytime trains, there are tickets available only until 11 December. For the rest of December, tickets will be opened for sale today (in just one hour, so they are probably already available when you see my answer). It's always cheaper to book when there are many tickets still available, so if you go book today or in the upcoming days, you will probably find significantly cheaper tickets than usually.
@@galaniitoluoddafradonaldno825 thanks, we are also considering driving a rental the 10 hrs from Helsinki to Rovaniemi. What are your thoughts on doing that?
@@thenomadicexperience That 10 h does not include the breaks. During the Winter time the actual travel time is even longer, because of the lower speed limits.
You think you can't take your car to the train? Well you can there's a Autorack carriage at the back of the train
Yes I heard about this as well, it is really cool! From my understanding not all the trains to Rovaniemi are able to take vehicles, and there are only a few specific station where you can load and unload your vehicle from the train. It is possible to drive to Northern Finland as well :))
im so poor i always bring my own food with me to a train. i didnt know we have showers in our trains 😂🚿
Haha I usually do the same when traveling by public transportation in Norway! Yeah that was fascinating!😂
@@NorwegianRoamer you are natural beauti. im glad you moved here
@@NorwegianRoamer what is your name? :)
@@NorwegianRoamer USA just doesn't have trains like this, alas. Even the best Amtrak line just offers a big private cabin, a sink inside it, and that's about it. Maybe
some adjustable AC. I meant to ask, is the shower timed, or can you take a good long shower if you want to? Some trains like this in Japan apparently limit
the shower time to maybe 6 minutes, then you have to end the shower and push the self-cleaning cycle button and step out.
There is no water in bathroom.
Many Finns do speak Swedish.
At the time I was informed that there were few that spoke Swedish, and the many didn’t like it, so I didn’t want to be rude. but I had a pleasant surprise in Jyväskylä where a lot of people understood Norwegian/Swedish which was really fun. I guess it don’t hurt to at least try 😊
@@NorwegianRoamer It's not rude to ask. I mean, it's a lot ruder for someone to get upset by that kind of innocent question, if you ask me. If Swedish/Norwegian isn't possible, just switch to English. Not a problem for anyone.
Om du rör dig på orter där vägskyltarna är på två språk, då bor det garanterat folk som talar svenska i trakten.
are in there have a smooking room ?
I can’t say that I remember any smoking room, but some of the stops are longer. You will have time to take a smoke at those stops. If I remember correctly the Vr app shows when the train have leaves from the different stations, or you can ask the conductor.
@@NorwegianRoamer thx for this important notification🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Ran into a video called "Lapponia". Lapponia means ________?
Lapland. In Latin Lapponia.
most Finns can speak english but of course there are exceptions
As an aside, Norwegian women really are the most beautiful girls in the world.
How cost travel from helsinki to lapland by santa trains 🚆 and what favorite hotel thank you
Hi! It depends on a what class you want to travel, I would recommend checking out vr.fi, there you can plot in the destination and class. I went for an internship in Rovaniemi, and rented an student apartment, and didn’t really stay at any hotels, just camping. If you are going in the winter I think the igloo once looks amazing, especially if you get to see the aurora. If you have children the Santa village have a hotel, but you have to book long in advance. Good luck!