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Across the Gulf of Finland from Tallinn to Helsinki with Eckero Line's MS Finlandia.
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- čas přidán 28. 10. 2021
- This week it's time to take another ferry trip as we cross the Gulf of Finland from Tallinn to Helsinki aboard Eckero Line's MS Finlandia. This looks a great ship from the outside, quite large as well for the two-and-a-half-hour crossing. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't up to much but was the ship? Well, have a look for yourself as I'll take you inside and outside the vessel to give you a feel for what it's like.
On the return leg, I sailed with Viking Line and the video for that will be coming out in a few weeks time. I think it's good to compare and I'll let you be the judge of which one you think is best.
As always, thanks very much for watching. New subscribers, you are more than welcome plus any likes and comments you wish to make - you know the drill and your contributions and support are always appreciated.
Hope you enjoy the video and, cheers for now!
Mark
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Looking at your videos, it becomes clear just how overcrowded England is! 🤔
I’m really enjoying these ferry trips. Especially, when there outside of the usually UK operations. Certainly seemed more like a cruise liner. ✈️
Got the return leg coming up for you this Friday 👍
Excellent quality footage 💕💕💕💕💕💕❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👌👌😀😀😁😁😁😁
Cheers Derisley, thanks for your support as always. 😊
Thank you for the great video! Looks very enjoyable.
Well thanks for the comment barendu, much appreciated. I’ve got a few more ferry videos on here plus another one for the return leg on Viking Line. Cheers 😊
Wow great value and British weather to boot lol... I guess they're banking on people just gambling all their money away 😂 Good video mate ✌🏻
I was amazed how popular they were tbh, I guess some people do this crossing all the time and it’s just how they choose to spend it. Not my idea of fun I must admit.
Thanks for another entertaining video !
Thank you sir, appreciate your support as always 😊👍
Thanks Mark for another great video. Really enjoying your adventures.
Hi Jane, thank you for watching them. Sorry I couldn’t put anything out last week but rest assured there’s loads to come over the next few months and I hope to resume normal ‘adventuring’ as soon as possible 😊
Unlucky with the weather... I did a similar trip 15 years ago and had a beautiful day in Helskinki.. . I then took a helicopter back to Tallinn - a remarkable experience although one of the aircraft crashed a couple of years later killing everyone on board so the service got cancelled... Really, really noisy, cramped and uncomfortable so I think I'd prefer the ferry!!!
Hi Matt, great to hear from you, just catching up on my comments a bit! Yes the return trip (on a different ferry) did have slightly better weather and the departure from Helsinki through all the little islets was amazing! That video will be out next month probably. I think Air Baltic will fly you back these days for a price, but agree I much prefer the ferry either way even if the weather’s not so great.
I had never heard the term “fruit machine” in my life! Thank you for introducing me to that. (We call them pokies here (Australia))
Hi. melglobus, yes I think it’s probably to do with the original symbols on the wheels like cherry’s, bananas, grapes. Probably showing my age here, I don’t play them much tbh but they’re probably way more advanced than that these days!
Nice trip shame about the weather,good luck and stay safe.
Hi Simon, cheers mate. Yes the weather was a bit disappointing! However, it did improve later in the day and my return trip (on a different ferry) was a lot more picturesque. Some fantastic scenery on leaving Helsinki. Probably be out next month that video 👍
Nice one Mark 👍
Cheers mate 😊
Ships like this often did have cabins below the car-deck until a certain other Estonian ferry had an issue.
Looks relaxing and good value for money. I flew from Helsinki to Tallinn and back my shortest international flights on my £232 business class fare from London to Tallinn.
Hi John, yes i could have flown Air Baltic from Riga (where I originally flew out to from BHX) to Tallinn and/or Helsinki but for the purpose of this channel I thought I’d try a few different things. The ferry back was even better price-wise and, imo, a nicer ship. That video will be out in a few weeks. Thanks for the comment 😊
Enjoyed this very much. €19 seems incredibly good value for money. A drivers sauna was a new one on me!
Yeh, pretty good price-wise though the one I came back on was even cheaper (watch this space for that vid)! I didn’t explore the drivers sauna, it was well before lunchtime for that kind of thing 🤣
Thanks will be travelling on this soon.
Hope you enjoy it!
Great video - I'll be doing this trip (day trip from Helsinki) in June, really looking forward to it after seeing this.
Thank you so much and enjoy your trip.
Hello. The Terminal labeled C DID in fact exist. But is no longer in use as such since NORDIC JET LINE ceased its operations several years ago. So it was a fastferryterminal. The buildings should still be seen a bit withdrawn from the other terminals close to the nearby small inner city marina.
Hi Seb, thanks for the comment and the explanation regarding the C terminal. Much appreciated 😊👍
There's actually even bigger two-storey ferry shop on Tallink's Megastar. We have a joke in Estonia that shopping is the national sport of Estonians 😄
Hi Carl-Erik, thanks for the comment! I did think about a trip on the Megastar but the times weren’t quite right I seem to remember. It did look a rather large ship so that two-storey shop doesn’t surprise me! Cheers 😊👍
What, no Terminal Sea? ;) And did you see plenty of Finns with multiple crates of cheap beers?!
Haha, the mysterious missing terminal (I’m sure there’s a reason)! Yes the shop was very popular, as were the fruit machines. Me on the other hand, really tired after virtually no sleep the night before. Just coffee required!
Oh wow, my navy ship pulled into Helsinki around the end of October too. We were at the opposite side of the terminal. Heck it could have been the same day cause it was foggy when we went in.
And it cleared later on in the day as I went back on Viking Line (see other video) and the views were much better 👍
Nice one! Just stubled accross this video. Terminal C is now Harbour Market (Sadama turg).
Hi Two Estonian Beards! Thanks for the comment (and the info - very useful). I’m hoping to get back up there sometime - a beautiful place with great people 😊👍
@@LetsMakeaTrip Terminal C was used for Tallink's catamaran ferry service. When Tallink scrapped the service, they gave up the terminal too that was then converted into a shopping area.
Terminal-C was for fast hydroplane-type boats that for some time operated between Tallinn and Helsinki. They did the trip in 1,5 hours and could be used only with calm seas. Now, since 2010 i think, there is a market in terminal-C.
Cheers for the info. Steve Marsh did an interesting video on this area (amongst others) a couple of weeks back. Lots of places I never managed to get to unfortunately. And that’s the problem with those types of boats I guess. I remember being stranded on Mykonos one year as the ‘flying dolphins’ couldn’t run!
Thank you! I went and watched both of Steve's videos about Estonia. Paldiski is a sad little town. There used to be a soviet submarine harbour and training facility. Soviet times this area was off limits for locals, so after collapse only ethnic russians lived there. To this day Paldiski looks a bit rough.
Now, if it happens that in one good day you will return to this beautiful country, i suggest to check out the islands. Saaremaa particularly. it takes about 4 hours via couch, incl. a half an hour with a ferry. In kuressaare, the only town in Saaremaa, there is the best preserved convent-house type of castle ib all baltics. In there is a very interestin museum, that could take a whole day itself to look through, but one will get tired and leaves some "for the next time".
@@RodneyEnt cheers John, hopefully I’ll get back one day - maybe take a longer ferry into Helsinki? It’s always about trying to fit everything in tbh. Ido enjoy watching Steve’s channel though and get plenty of ideas from it - he’s a nice guy too. All the best, Mark 😊👍
When is the video from Viking XPRS coming out? Would love to hear your thoughts about it since Viking Line is one of my favorite ferry operators on the Baltic Sea.
Hi Markus, thanks for the question. Yes it’s probably going to be after Xmas tbh, it’s just where it is on my list. I will be comparing it with this ferry and, although I don’t want to give too much away atm, let’s just say I really liked it 👍 All the best, Mark
I love how you introduce this a cruise ship. For us Finns its simply the cheapest way to Tallinn, a glorified bus service at best!
I’ve been on a lot of UK ferries! 🤣
@@LetsMakeaTrip Then you should try out Viking Grace, Viking Glory (when she gets delivered in a few months) and Silja Serenade/Symphony. Great ships that truly feels like cruiseships.
@@Markmeister1989 I’ll keep an eye on these. Do you know which routes they’re going to be on?
@@LetsMakeaTrip Silja Serenade and Symphony is on the Stockholm-Åland Islands-Helsinki route and Viking Grace and the coming Viking Glory is on the Stockholm-Åland Islands-Turku route. :)
@@Markmeister1989 thanks Markus - sounds like an awesome adventure incorporating any of those routes! 👍
0:50 Estonian alphabet does not have letter C, it is only used for loan words. Hence, the terminals are named A, B, and D ;-)
Nice one Al Ex, I’ll try and remember that 😊👍
What happened to the coach week uploads?
Hi CC, thanks for the question. As I normally do Friday uploads, the Lux Express trip was the one for ‘bus week’ and I also took a trip on Flixbus that day too. Unfortunately as I work full time during the week I don’t really have time to film then upload with such a short turnaround but it will be published at some point. Things have been somewhat delayed the last couple of weeks too as I’ve been hospitalised but rest assured, I will endeavour to get things back to normal ASAP. It’s been a bit hectic last few weeks tbh. Hope that helps explain though. Best wishes, Mark