After 5 amazing months in Finland it is finally time to go home, but how? As I already mentioned Finland is very remotely from the point of view of central Europe. There are no train connections to the european mainland. So the only possibilities to travel to and from Finland are either plane or ship. I want to avoid flying if possible in order to save CO2, but do I really save CO2 when going by ship? After all shipping also has a very bad reputation and the journey by ship costs almost twice as…

An exchange semester is not only a chance to visit a specific country, but it also offers the unique chance to visit interesting locations nearby.

So two days ago I arrived for my exchange semester in Finland. More accurately I should say I arrived for my three exchange periods, but more on that later.

So this blogpost is about my journey from Linz to Finland. Although Finland is in the EU it is very isolated in terms of transportation. The only real viable alternatives to go to Finland are either by ship, which is very slow, or by plane.