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Hello and welcome back to Finland, where today we’ll be taking an overnight ferry to Sweden!
Our 18 hour mini-cruise on the Silja Symphony from Helsinki to Stockholm is a great chance to relax, eat, drink and enjoy the amazing views on this exciting Nordic voyage… so let’s go and check it out together!
Date of Filming: 20 to 21/5/23
Camera: GoPro Hero 10 Black
Operator: Tallink Silja Line
Departure: Helsinki, Finland
Arrival: Stockholm, Sweden
Cost: Class ‘A’ Sea View Cabin – €158 (£137, $174)
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The flags of Ukraine on Senate Square in Helsinki will undoubtedly help defeat Putin, who has an advantage in both the army and weapons. Putin will not hesitate to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Without any doubt, a rally with flags will lead to Putin’s defeat. After this he will cry and give up. The protesters must continue! Maybe this will help? Hand face…
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Yeah you should try the Viking Grace. Then take the train from Turku harbour to onwards …
Ooh my beloved Silja Symphony! Did the trip the other way last summer, and it's just excellent, by far my favourite sea voyage ever! After this trip I started to understand what people see in cruising, she convinced me that I have to try a true cruise ship once.
It's really an unforgettable experience, one of the best ferries in the world, more a "cruise ship with garage" than a ferry. And the central promenade is iconic, she and her sister Silja Serenade were the first to have it. Their designer got a job at Royal Caribbean Cruises later on, and so the central promenade idea was transplanted into cruising world with "Voyager Class"x ships. So these two sisters are the garndmothers of modern cruise ships too, though just being "ferries".
Btw a call in Mariehamn is necessary for all ships between Sweden and Finland/Estonia in order to be allowed to offer tax-free onboard, as Aland islands are tax-free zone.
I recommend you to try Viking Line too. I took them back to Sweden aboard the smaller, but charming Croatian-built cruiseferry Gabriella. Not so "party ship" as Silja sisters, but really very nice.
Of course I want to see a video of a Viking Line cruise😊
I did the same journey in May 2022 as part of a part of of a trip round the Baltic. Silja also operate from Tallinn, but due to ship refurbishment my sailing from Tallinn was cancelled about a month before I set out and I had to re-book from Helsink. I took a morning ferry over to Helsinki and transferred to the Olympia Terminal by tram. This required a change of trams in the city centre, but at €2 for a ticket this was a lot cheaper than a taxi. I included dinner in my booking, and reserved a table as the ship was busy. Half of one deck is taken up by the cafeteria you show in the video. The other consists of a massive duty-free supermarket, mainly selling cheap booze ( well inexpensive for the many Swedes on board). As you found ,the morning glide through the Stockholm archipelago was an unforgettable experience. Tickets for the shuttle bus from Silja's Stockholm terminal can be purchased on board from the information desk.
Amazing would love to take this trip one day!
I could easily imagine that if I was touristing in this area, getting transport and a nice hotel night both covered for one fee would be a bargain.
This ship and the two large Color Line ferries are probably some of the best ferries in the world.
Color Magic and Fantasy are cruise ship sized and built with the same interior street style that Silja Line pretty much invented (and Royal Caribbean copied for their "real" cruise ships)
Hi from Ireland, it’s certainly a lot different from the ferries that cross the Irish Sea, nice to see and a different view that we normally see from train windows,
remember that symphony sister ship silja europa was hero ship for ms estonia disaster
I have been on dfds pearl Seaways from Copenhagen to Oslo
Great video! Many years ago when I was in my 20's I took the Newcastle ferry to Oslo & drove north through Norway to Bodo, then east (via Mo-I-Rana) across Sweden to Umea from where I caught the 4 hour ferry to Vaasa in Finland. The return journey was with Viking line Helsinki to Stockholm, ferry to Denmark (Helsingborg-Helsingor) to Copenhagen and then ferry to Germany (Rodby-Puttgarden). I believe this last ferry may soon cease once the road/rail tunnel has opened. I recal the Viking ship was fabulous, we ran alognside the Silja ship and as a direct competitor is likely to be very similar. This was well before Schengen, the Finns were thrilled to see a British passport and the ships were busy with duty free sales. Also before the Euro, with lots of different currencies, thank goodness for credit cards. You may like to show some of the ferries where the trains are transported across the seas by ferry.
Amazing video it's great to have a different mode of transport on your channel now and then
Wonder how bright and calm it would be in March
Love the video. Hope you get to do more cruises soon!
We took DFDS from Copenhagen to Oslo in April 2019. It very much mirrors the trip you had in this video—although your ship was a bit nicer. But like you, we got up early to see the last part of the trip through the fjord to Oslo. Wow, what views!
Really stunning scenery, thanks so much. You are a truly lucky man to have a job like this.
fabulous way to start off the new year! helpful to know about the Helsinki travel cards and that ferry-come-cruise-liner is awesome and beautifully designed! curious: when you set up the beds to be a double did they stay put? lol that breakfast banquet is great bang for the buck (or sterling) the islands are stunning and yes pls do the Viking crossing 🙂 thanks for another great video!
Otherwise know as a Booze Cruise in Sweden…
Old habits die hard don't they? I mean we still persist in saying 'set sail' or she 'sail's' at 5pm. My point is passenger ships have not 'set' any sails for decades, more like we fire up the engines, or we leave our berth at 5pm – but that kind of takes the romance out of it, don't you think?
Is this a passenger ferry only or dose it take cars and trucks like most of the ferry's in that part of the world?
£17 for breakfast in a technically floating hotel is not bad and cheap. As I have paid up to £30 for breakfast in premier inn on my travels to Birmingham for Insomnia and that was before covid. So to me £17 is good especially on all you can eat to.
When you book ferries to Finland you should check both the English language and Finnish language websites. They might have offers and discount codes shown only in Finnish (on the principle that foreign tourists are richer and will not need a discount to encourage them to travel). I saved a lot of money on the Travemunde – Helsinki route by doing this.
Finally I get so excited when he does a ferry or plane.
It feels like an Easter egg.
I went with DFDS once on a mini cruise between Gothenburg and Newcastle before that route was discontinued sometime after summer of 2006. I went in July 2006 and it was a really enjoyable little mini vacation of 25 hours on the ship each way and some hours in Newcastle (bus was provided for those of us who were "cruise passengers" and not just disembarking)
I've been wanting to try one of the big Silja Line ships between Stockholm and Helsinki for many years, and just don't get around to it as I live close to Gothenburg and sigh at the prospect of having to sit on a train for almost 3 hours (significantly more if taking SJ regional) just to get to Stockholm.
But if you're having to travel to get to the ferry and need a hotel night before departure, I can highly recommend Scandic Ariadne which is the high rise right next to the ferry terminal with a walkway between hotel and terminal so you get direct access between the two. Staying at the hotel also gives you a stunning view over the water to Lidingö, and all ships sailing in or out, or a pretty nice view towards the city itself. I've stayed at the hotel a couple of times for weekend conferences, and apart from the very tiny and too few elevators (plan your time well if you rely on them!) I truly enjoyed my stays there. Easy access to and from hotel by bus from Ropsten subway station or Kungsträdgården (latter is in itself worth a visit, especially if you're in town when the cherry trees blossom, or in summer) and from Kungsträdgården you can easily take the subway one stop to get to the train station, or just walk as it's not far and you'll pass by a common tourist destination on the way if going the overground option (that said, the Kungsträdgården subway station in itself is worth a visit as it's the deepest or second deepest subway station in Stockholm, and full of art)
Both over and underground is wheelchair accessible options (though underground may be out if the elevators are borked, so keep that in mind unless ambulatory and able to use escalators, or able to sit in your chair in escalator with someone behind you keeping you safe! I wouldn't recommend doing a solo chair ride in the escalator there because it's very long!) I'm an ambulatory wheelchair user and have done both over and underground between Kungsträdgården and the central station while I've been in the city.
As a Dane, I have done the Copenhagen – Oslo trip and back many times, and I have done this trip a couple of times.
Thanks for the memories of this ferry, done this in the 90s, seemed to remember a sauna, plus meeting a Finnish girl on the ferry, who I met later in the trip, and also the following year in my home city of Dublin.