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== Free Internet hotspots & lockers==
The library at ''Linnankatu/Kauppiaskatu'' (Slottsgatan/Köpmansgatan) has free lockers (only 30 cm wide) and free internet access for 15 minutes. To reserve an hour at the computers for you, you can ask at the desk next to the computers.
=== Sleeping outside ===
To catch the morning ferry to Sweden, [[User:Scandinaïve|Scandinaïve]] slept in the bushes not far from the castle ''Turun Linna'' twice and considers it a safe place. Better stay out of sight and beware of ticks. The eastern riverside north of the big bridge (Helsinginkatu) was a calm place for [[User:Scandinaïve|Scandinaïve]]'s tent.
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'''Turku''' (Swedish ''Åbo'') is a coastal city in southwestern [[Finland]]. It has an active harbour, with both commercial and cruise ships going to and from major cities in the region. Read how to [http://hitchwiki.org/en/Stockholm#To_Finland hitch a ferry from Stockholm to Turku]. From Turku, there are motorways leading to all different directions throughout Finland, so make sure you know which motorway is going your way, and always use a [[signs|sign]].
== Hitchhiking Hitching out ==
=== East towards [[Helsinki]] (National Road 1) {{E|18}} ===
From [[Stockholm]] it is less expensive to taking take a ferry to Turku rather than [[Helsinki]], and you can always hitchhike the remainder of the way. The Viking Line cruise ships have free tourist maps of Turku at the information desks on board. Be warned that if you take a daytime cruise (which is about half the price), you will arrive in Turku at night. In the Fall, Winter, and early Spring, that means no daylight for hitch-hiking, and possibly extremely low temperatures, as well. Plus, there might not be much traffic on the icy (or slushy) roadways, since Turku is a rather small city.
The National Road 1 (European Route 18), being a major road, has a lot of exits to other motorways going to all different directions, but there are a few petrol stations/rest stops in between Turku and Helsinki, so it shouldn't be too hard to find a warm spot indoors between rides. However, since the distance between Turku and Helsinki is not very large, it should also be possible to get there in one single ride.
==== Helsinginkatu ====
You can also start from the very beginning of the motorway number 1/the end of the street called "''Helsinginkatu"''. This is just next to both Student the student village (''Ylioppilaskylä'') and the University of Turku. Coming from the direction of the harbour and the bus station on "Helsinginkatu", after the bridge (Tuomaansilta) take the right side of the street. After the traffic lights there's a bus stop where you can start hitching. A sign is a good idea since there's a lot of cars driving to suburbs of Turku. NOTE'''Note''': don't walk further than this spot, it gets worse and worse, if If a sign "Helsinki sign " (also the common abbreviation for Helsinki is HKI) doesn't work , try writing "Salo " (middle size city on the way yo a small town halfway to Helsinki).
=== North towards [[Tampere]] (National Road 9) {{E|63}} ===
Buses 1 or 18 go a short distance north of the centre to a crossroads in a neighbourhood called Raunistola. The point at which the motorway to Tampere begins is signposted several hundred metres south of the crossroads, but unfortunately not at the crossroads itself. Look for a small sign reading "[HW] 9", a street sign reading "''Tampereen valtatie''", and an R-Kioski and a small Hesburger side by side. One can hitch from the north end of the parking lot outside of the Hesburger, сars will probably stop in the bus stop next to the parking lot. Use a sign due to the large amount of suburban traffic.
Another good spot is the last bus stop before the highway begins. It's before traffic lights so cars stop and can see you. For reaching the spot take bus 21 or 23 and get off at stop Prykinkuja. Use a sign! The common abbreviation for Tampere is TRE. So you can write this. === North-West towards [[Vaasa (on the way there is also Rauma, Pori]] ===Vaasa is the harbour town, which is about 330 km away from Turku. The easiest way to the best hitch-hiking spot is the following. If you are in Turku city centre, just walk by the river to the West until you get to the street called Koulukatu or Skolsgatan. Then you have to walk straight up the hill on the Koulukatu street for approximately 2km. Then you will reach a bigger highway, called Naantalintie. That is already the beginning of the National Road 8, which takes you straight to Vaasa (and other places like Pori, that are on the way as well). On the side of the road is a big shopping mall called Manhattan, the best hitchhiking spot is about 200 m further. You will see a big Hesburger and next to the road there is a small bus station, where the cars can stop nicely to pick you up. Local hitch-hikers also recommended this place.
=== West towards [[Åland Islands|Åland]], [[Stockholm]] ===
* '''FinnLink:''' (only Naantali near Turku to Kapellskär near Stockholm)
You can also try to hitch-hike via the archipelago between Turku and Ålandand continue over to Sweden by Eckerö Linjen's cheap ferry. You can get a map of the archipelago and the ferries at the tourist info in Turku. There are two possible ways from islands with a street connection to the Finnish mainland to the big islands of Åland via ferry for free (pay only for vehicles):
# North: Osnäs − Brändö, Kumlinge − Hummelvik
# South: Galtby − Sottunga − Långnäs
=== Northeast towards [[Forssa]], [[Riihimäki]], [[Hämeenlinna]] (National Road 10) ===
A good place is about 4km from the centrum center of Turku, on Hämeenlinnantie, at the crossroad of Nummi and Halinen. There is a bus stop there, and the correct bus is #4buses going there are 55, 55A and 56. Leave the bus at the Nummi library (on the right hand side, "KIRJASTO") and walk 100m to the crossroads.
Or walk 6km on Hämeenlinnantie past the motorway ramps of Porintie. On the hill there is a bus stop, which is probably the best place to hitch-hike out of Turku.
You can also go to Lahti this way. In that case, go via Riihimäki.
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