Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn

Taking the backpack and getting in amongst a Finnish ritual of getting cheaper drinks on the water before heading back home means for potentially interesting characters.

Finland to Estonia ferry

While I am looking forward to visiting Helsinki, there’s another part of the trip that I’m looking forward to even more: The Finland to Estonia ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn across the Baltic Sea.

Cheaper drinks on evening ferry

This may seem a little strange, but the thing I’m looking forward to most is the fact that we’re going on the Friday evening ferry. From what I have been told, this is something of a ritual amongst Finns, who pile aboard the ferry to get cheaper drinks than they would normally get in Helsinki. We will be staying in Tallinn – but I’m told that the Finns often just get the ferry straight back so that they can carry on drinking on the cheap and then go home for the night.

Disaster or potentially interesting characters?

Obviously, this has the makings of a disaster. We’ll have our backpacks with us, and there is the chance that it’ll be a horrible festival of lairy drunkenness. I prefer to look on the bright side – there’s a high chance of meeting a few interesting characters on that ferry, and they are the stuff that anecdotes are made of.