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====Vaalimaa–Torfianovka====
It is always open. Traffic is high there, and you might find there both long-distance trucks (however, see info below about trucks ) as well as lots of locals, from both sides of the border, with Russians coming to buy goods they don't have in Russia, and Finns going to the other side to buy alcohol, cigarettes and fuel. On a Finnish side, you can find most of them at the first [[gas petrol station]], just before the customs zone. You can also ask drivers on the parking, and those queuing to the terminal. A ride to [[Torfianovka]] is enough – there's lots of transport going to [[Vyborg]] and [[St. Petersburg]] from there.
As of 2006, it was a complete waste of time to hitch a truck over the border to Russia – freight terminal is separate for trucks and the queue there is extremely slow: sometimes you wait for hours, sometimes for days. Same terminal from Russia to Finland, though, seems to be faster.
The cars can not stop in crossing areas, and some cars not obeying this rule and taking hitchhikers on board are know to be fined.
Hitching on the motorways and two lane expressways is prohibited. On any other highway you can legally hitch. You can also hitchhike at the motorway on-ramps, and at the motorway [[gas petrol station]]s' areas. Basically, same rules as in countries in Western Europe and in most states of the [[USA]].
== Culture ==
== Links ==
* [http://www.liftari.org / Finnish hitchhiker's club] - the site is mostly in Finnish but there is an English section in the [http://www.liftari.org/forum forum].
* [http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/kjokisal/liftaus/ Hitchhiker's guide to Europe] - a hitchhiking site by a Finn
* [http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/ssmoland/peukalo/ Liftausvinkkejä] - hitchhiking tips in Finnish