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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 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''': don't walk further than this spot, it gets worse and worse, If a sign "Helsinki" (also the common abbreviation for Helsinki is HKI) doesn't work, try writing "Salo" (a small town halfway to Helsinki).

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):

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.