Russia

[ollydog]

Next year iam planning a bucket list to northern Norway but want avoid ferries and dip into Russia into Finland

Question how difficult is it to travel across into Finland as i want to do with no ferry crossing

Steve

[PaulinBont]

Easy peasy

[OB1]

When I was travelling up to Nordkapp, I had no idea that I'd even crossed the border into Finland until I arrived at the hotel and found out it was an hour later than I thought it was: Finland is in a different time zone from Norway and Sweden.

You will need a visa to get from Finland into Russia.

I found northern Finland to be very sparsely populated and, at one time, had to travel 300 miles between fuel stops.

[ollydog]

whats it like or what would i need to get in to russia from eastern europe and then back

steve

[ollydog]

Easy peasy

How easy and how peasy

[PaulinBont]

Sat patiently next to the bike with a coffee for about an hour whilst they went through my panniers and checked the paperwork; the border guards were thorough but polite and quite relaxed. Went up to Manchester to get my Visa through an agency, who checked the paperwork before submitting it; took about a week to come through.

[ollydog]

which agency was that, i only need the visa to enter and return over a couple of weeks

steve

[PaulinBont]

ru.vfsglobal.co.uk

These people are the officially approved Visa agency with offices in London, Manchester and Edinburgh. Unfortunately you have to visit in person with your original documents.

[yodagoat]

I done a similar trip to what you are planning. Finland was easy!

If you're interested you can read about my trip below.

http://yodagoat.blogspot.com/2017/12/sc ... again.html

Cheers,


Mike