[TheNomad]

I have done a fair bit of travelling in my life, but hardly ever touched Europe, despite living in the UK!

Anyway, it sounds a lot, but from the start of August 2008, I am going to travel for 3 weeks across Norway, Sweden and Finland and then over to Moscow for the final part of the trip. A lot to get through, but i like to keep on the move.

I want to know if it's really easy top travel between these 4 countries by train and bus? Not really wanting to fly lots as it will be more costly and train is more fun.

My ideal plan is Oslo - Tromso - Stockholm - Helsinki - St Petersberg - Moscow. Obvsiously stopping in between, but I want to know is it easy to travel by anything other that plane?

[Serdy]

I only have experience travelling through Sweden, but that was no problem at all. I know people who have travelled between the countries and have had no problems that I know of.

I really want to go back to Stockholm, what a great and beautiful place!

[Penny5]

I've only been in Sweden and their train system is excellent. Check out scanrail for more information.

[iivu]

From Stockholm you can take the boat, Viking Line (www.vikingline.fi) or Silja Line (www.siljaline.fi), to Helsinki. The cheapest tickets with the smallest cabin are a bit more than 20 euro (Viking Line is normally a bit cheaper than Silja line), but it also depends on when you´re travelling, etc. The trip takes the whole evening and night (you´ll be in Helsinki the next morning), ´cause usually the purpose is to have a party on boat ( = to drink and eat well, listen to the (also live) music, dance, sing karaoke, etc.)...

From Helsinki you can take the train to St. Petersburg: www.vr.fi. The cheapest tickets cost about 50 euro, but by bus it´s of course cheaper (then it´s maybe better to google for the cheapest prices).

Hopefully this helped at least a bit. (=

[lost]

If you live in europe you can go by interrail.
It's what i'm going to do when i go travelling, if you are under 25 a months unlimited travel is £300 if you are over 25 it's a bit more than that, £500, but thats unlimited train travel around europe on the train
Look at the website, you can also get time periods less than a montht