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=== East to [[Porvoo]], [[Kotka]], [[Russia]]n border, [[St. Petersburg|Saint Petersburg]] {{E|18}} ===
[[File:Helsinkieast-map.png|thumb|right|250px|How to reach the eastbound junction on foot]][[File:Helsinkieast-signs.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Signs marking the Helsinki eastbound junction]]The fastest way to go east is to walk to the junction of Ring Road III and the motorway from the metro station ''Mellunmäki''. This is about a 40 minute journey on foot(see image). [[File:Helsinkieast-map.png|thumb|right|250px|How to reach the eastbound junction on foot]] Once at the junction, it is easy to get a ride as short as the suburbs or as far as Saint Petersburg. With so many options, it is wise to turn down any ride not going all the way to your destination. [[File:Helsinkieast-signs.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Signs marking the Helsinki eastbound junction]]
If you go further than to Porvoo, there is a rest stop halfway between Helsinki and Porvoo, so ask to drop you there. All there is is toilets and a café, so it's most efficient in the morning time. From there, find a ride at least to Kotka.
=== West to [[Turku]] {{E|18}} ===
=== West (direction [[Hanko]]) ===
Take the national road /motorway 51 that starts in the southwestern part of the central city area.You may can take the metro to the end station in the west: ''Ruoholahti''. When you leave the station it's to the Walk (north (to the right hand side as compared to the direction of travel). You have to go through for one block of buildings past the ''Kauppakeskus'' (shopping centre) to the next big street(Porkkalankatu). You should find yourself right there near Cross over to the other side of the street and a big bit further on is the junction where of the motorway goes off onto a bridgeand Porkkalankatu. There are good possibilities The best place to stand – either a is on Porkkalankatu at the start of the bus stop right lane before the traffic lights or ''Länsiväylä'' bus stop. Use a large [[shoulder|sign here. On the motorway, the hard shoulder]] around starts about 50m up and it is not very wide and so it is very difficult for cars to stop there. However, hitching right at the beginning, at the corner on where the beginning continuation of the 'bus lane' turns into the motorway., it is possible for cars to pull over into this lane (if there are no buses coming!)
=== South, ferry towards [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]] ===
But you can try to become a member of the Viking Club (only in Finnish, Swedish and Estonian) and get a free "picnic cruise" and just not use the return ticket.
''This didn't work when I was there in summer 2016. Both website and staff told me there is no free cruise on becoming a member.''''However, the '''ticket price''' was 10€ on the website in finnish and/or swedish language. 20€ on the website in english language(!) And buying offline in the passenger terminal was even more. I sat in the terminal using the free wifi to buy the ticket, using online translator and common sense for figuring the finish website!'' ''As of January 2020, the ticket price for viking lines buying it through the website '''in finnish''' is 12€ round-trip (you can use the outgoing way only, if you want). It is around 30€ (?) the website in english language. You will have to fill a rather long form in the finnish version but you can always ask for help to a native finnish or use google translator. Note that you need to buy the ticket online at least 1h 30' earlier than when the ferry departs.'' While on the ferry, you should hitchhike already on the car deck of the ship. Go to the car deck about at least 30 minutes before arrival time to the harbour and start asking around. If you have a large backpack, keep in mind that at some point the car deck's doors will open and the cars will start flowing out into the harbour. You don't want to be between large trucks at that point!
You should be able to get a ride at least until Pärnu this way, often all the way to Riga or through to Lithuania. If you're on your way to Poland or beyond, obviously look for Polish licence plates and talk to those people first.
====Ferry companies====
* [httphttps://www.vikinglineeckeroline.comfi/en/ VikingLineEckerö line]-> The cheapest one. 2 / 3 ferrys per day. One in the morning, one in the afternoon and one in the evening. Terminal 2 West.* [http://www.tallinksiljavikingline.com/en/ TallinkVikingLine]-> Cheaper when bought from the finnish website. They take longer and depart from a different terminal not close to the other ones.* [httpshttp://www.eckerolinetallinksilja.ficom/en/ Eckerö lineTallink]-> Many times available but expensive and bad service. Terminal 2 West.
* [http://www.lindaline.fi/en/ Linda line]
Even within the Helsinki city limits, there are plenty of secluded wooded areas where one can set up a tent, and these can be reached by local train. A glance at the map will show many ideal places around, for example, the intersection of Ring Road I and ''Vihdintie'' (local train M direction ''Vantaakoski'' to the stop ''Pohjois-Haaga'' then some walking). If you are discreet, then you should have no problem; even if you are discovered by police, they are more concerned about Roma camps than foreign hitchhikers.
Kaivopuisto park, in the south part of the city centre is a very calm and cool place for wildcamping. If you don't have or prefer avoid put tent there are also some rocks at the very edge of it, near the sea, where you can lay on your mat without any problem, just maybe geese will arrive to wake you up in the morning..
== Trashwiki & Nomadwiki ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/231814287333110/ Trustroots people in Helsinki FB group]
* [http://hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=103&abfrage%5Bzielort%5D=-1&abfrage%5Bstartland%5D=66&abfrage%5Bzielland%5D=-1&LANG=ger Helsinki at hitchbase.com]
* [http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/kjokisal/liftaus/main.html#helsinki Hitchhiking guide to Helsinki]
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