Cruise routes, island hopping and the world's largest outdoor bar

This summer, the cruise offer in the Baltic Sea increases again, both Viking Line and Silja Line announce. Other news is about test centres, beer festivals and local drinks. It's Monday and thus time for travel news here at FREEDOMtravel.

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Finland eases entry restrictions - Viking Line opens Helsinki service

Finland is easing entry restrictions from 21 June 2021, allowing all Schengen and EU citizens, including travellers from Sweden, to enter the country if they are fully vaccinated and/or have had a documented COVID-19 infection within the last six months. Viking Line announces that it is opening the service between Stockholm and Helsinki with the first departure from Stockholm on 7 July. It is the traveller's responsibility to be aware of current entry requirements, necessary documents and certificates for the trip.

Tallink Silja opens routes to Turku, Tallinn and Helsinki

Tallink Silja will open several routes during the summer:

• 23-hour cruise Stockholm-Åbowith the vessel Galaxy, will resume on 1 July. This is after almost a year of only commercial freight and commuter traffic on the route.
• Stockholm-Tallinn will reopen on 9 July 2021, after almost 16 months of standstill due to entry restrictions between Estonia and Sweden. The route will initially be operated by Baltic Queen, with departures from Tallinn and Stockholm every other day.
• Stockholm-Helsinki will resume on 1 August.

New COVID-19 test centre at Arlanda Airport

Swedavia has signed an agreement with ExpressCare to establish a test centre at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. ExpressCare performs PCR and antigen tests between 02.00-23.00 every day. The samples are analysed by Life Genomics. In the event of a negative test, a travel certificate signed by a specialist doctor will be issued. The traveller is responsible for checking with his/her airline what applies to the individual trip before sampling takes place. The ExpressCare test centre will open on 21 June in SkyCity, level 2, Pillar A entrance.

Visit Sweden invites you to the world's largest outdoor bar

Sweden's marketing agency Visit Sweden has opened bookings for the world's largest outdoor bar: The Drinkable Country. Both foreign and Swedish tourists can now enjoy unique Swedish drinking experiences at 16 tables in some of Sweden's most scenic locations around the country. These range from half-day experiences where you can learn how to use nature's raw materials to create drinks to tasting menus and locally produced juices, musts, beers, etc.

Kristinehamn offers island tour with new ticket

22 June marks the premiere of the summer tour boats in the Kristinehamn archipelago. A new island excursion ticket is now being presented that combines journeys with Båtbuss 95 and the tour boat Stöten and makes it possible to visit several of the islands in the Lake Vänern archipelago on the same day. During the day trip, the traveller can experience Alvön or Långön and Kristinehamn's largest island Vålön, from where you can continue on to Kalvön and Sibberön via hiking trails and footbridges.

Reflection of the week

The pandemic is not over and you should still be careful, but now it always feels like things are moving in the right direction. In addition, we have had fantastic weather in Sweden, and then you do not have to travel so far for wonderful summer experiences!

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