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A NEW bus journey has launched in Europe, connecting five countries along the way.
The 39-hour bus journey will link Rovaniemi in northern Finland to Krakow in Poland, removing the need for holidaymakers to fly.
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Flixbus, a German bus and coach company, is launching the new route in August, following on from the success of its service from Vaasa to Warsaw.
Founded in 2011 in Munich, the coach company has expanded in the last decade to provide services across the UK, Europe, North America, and Brazil.
After transporting more than 83million passengers in 2023, the low-cost German coach company has earnt its moniker as the "Ryanair of the Roads".
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According to the Finnish Newspaper , Michal Leman, who is the boss of FlixBus Finland, Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic countries, the idea from the new route came from the popularity of the Vaasa-Warsaw service.
The new route is slated to launch in August, starting in Rovaniemi before calling at destinations in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
Journeys will last 39-hours, with stops expected to last around 3-15 minutes.
It is hoped that the new service will run seven times a week, with tickets starting from €148 (£125), including the price of the ferry ride from Helsinki to Tallinn.
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Passengers do not have to travel the entire route but can instead board the service at any of its calling points.
Leman hopes that the lengthy new route will be popular with customers, with other services also potentially launching in Finland in the future.
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Sun Online Travel have found tickets to Krakow from Rovaniemi for £82 per person.
Buses are set to depart Rovaniemi at 8.30am before arriving in the former Polish capital at 10.35pm the following day.
THE ROUTE
The service will depart from Rovaniemi - a popular winter holiday destination for Brits.
Other stops in Finland are set to include Kemi, Oulu, Jyväskylä, Heinola, Lahti, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and Helsinki.
The bus will then board a ferry before arriving in Tallinn, the Estonian capital.
Pärnu will be the only other stop in Estonia.
The service will then make its way into Latvia where it will call at Riga - the country's capital.
There will be four stops in Lithuania, these will include: Panevezys, Ukmerge, Vilnius and Alytus.
The five remaining stops will call at five destinations in Poland, including Augustów, Białystok, Warsaw, Kielce and Krakow.
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Last year, the bus company launched several new routes from UK cities like Bristol, Sheffield, and Leeds to Belgium and The Netherlands.
Brit holidaymakers will be able to board direct buses to Antwerp, Utrecht, and Amsterdam from Leeds, Sheffield, Nottingham, Leicester, Cambridge, Stratford, and North Greenwich.
The new routes will offer direct services between the UK and Europe - meaning holidaymakers won't need to change buses in London.
Sun Online Travel have found tickets to Amsterdam from Nottingham for £29.99, to Antwerp from Cambridge for £23.99, and from Leeds to Utrecht for £31.99.
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All the stops along the 39-hour bus journey
THE new bus route will run from August 31, operating in both directions.
Rovaniemi to Krakow
- Rovaniemi
- Kemi
- Oulu
- Jyväskylä
- Heinola
- Lahti
- Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
- Helsinki
- Tallinn,
- Pärnu,
- Riga,
- Panevezys,
- Ukmerge,
- Vilnius,
- Alytus,
- Augustów,
- Białystok,
- Warsaw,
- Kielce
- Krakow
Meanwhile, the world's longest bus journey lasts two months, with tickets costs £20,000 a pop.
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