We are planning a trip to Finland for this year's wrc rally. Al tips and tricks welcome! Traveling from Belgium. Which airport should we fly from and to?
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We are planning a trip to Finland for this year's wrc rally. Al tips and tricks welcome! Traveling from Belgium. Which airport should we fly from and to?
Route is published 20th of February. It's the 70th anniversary event and we should expect "legendary" stages on the route!
Jyväskylä (Tikkakoski) airport is closed that time. (new tarmac for runways)
Helsinki airport. (or if there are directs flights to Tampere then it´s also good choice)
Directly from Helsinki airport you can jump to train which takes you next to service park (2min walk to service park)
It's a long drive from Helsinki airport, but at least you really don't have to worry about traffic, whatever time you arrive.
Any tips on booking a ferry from Talinn to Helsinki? What is better, booking via the company's website (tallink, viking line, eckeroline) or using some sort of search portal for ferries? What about booking one way with one company and return with some other, could that be bad idea for some reason?
Book through the ferry company's website. Easier.
Usually the price doesn't change, if you opt to book one way only with one company.
It doesn't matter which ferry company you use. I often use different companies and just because of which suits better with my time schedule. Tallink is usually a bit more expensive but also depends on when you buy the tickets. Price difference might be about 10€ one way. So it is nothing big. If you are sure that you want to go from Tallinn, then don't buy tickets too late, especially when you want to go with a car, because a lot of Estonians will go by car and there is no room.
Yeah agree with above. Also to take in consideration is how fast the ferry will be. Have a nice trip and rally! It is gonna be a big one!
Tallink - fast, better ferryboats, expensive
Viking - uses a very old ferryboat, slower, cheaper
Eckerö - never used it, don't know much about it really
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Thanks everyone for your input. One more question regarding the tickets to the rally - any point in ordering them via the eshop, or shall I just buy them from the gas station when in Finland? I seem to remember there may have been some discount for valentines day in previous years?
Flights will be ok for me, but we are thinking of renting a 4x4 car for our stay there. Anyone ho can help me for that.
I'm thinking of a solid 4x4, not a standard rental car from the airport.
Also looking for info on camingsite's/places.
Thanks, contact via pm is also good.
Yeah I know it is no problem to buy them on the petrol stations. I was thinking if there is any chance to buy them cheaper via the Internet. Right now they are offering "Rally Pass Gift Voucher 2020" for 80 EUR. They make it sound that it should be cheaper to order it now rather than buy it from the petrol stations...?
We will go there whit the whole family 5 persons, arriving a few days before the rally, and leaving a week after. So we where thinking of travelling around.
No 4x4 needed over there? I mean if you want to see the wild nature at its best? I know nothing about Finland, so thats why i ask.
You just need a car with groundclearence then.
Most of the gravel roads are easily drivable with normal cars and you can access forest paths even from tarmac parking lots. Just find out in advance where to go or ask for recommendations.
The route comes out tomorrow morning!
Those of you who haven't yet noticed it on Twitter, Rally Finland route is out: https://www.nesterallyfinland.fi/rei...ittiaikataulu/
https://twitter.com/HartusvuoriWRC/s...64787336470528
https://twitter.com/HartusvuoriWRC/s...66650693771265
The highly anticipated return of the mighty Humalamäki stage is as rally-romantic as it can get. But as noted in the tweet linked above, it's hardly the same as in mid-80s, when the stage was last seen in 1000 Lakes itinerary.
Thursday 6th
09.01 Shakedown Vesala (4,04 km)
18.37 Start Paviljonki
19.00 Harju 1 SS 1 (2,31 km)
Friday 7th
06.55 Service (15 min)
08.08 Laukaa 1 SS 2 (11,75 km)
09.08 Ruuhimäki 1 SS 3 (11,12 km)
10.18 Laukaa 2 SS 4 (11,75 km)
11.18 Ruuhimäki 2 SS 5 (11,12 km)
12.23 Service (40 min)
13.46 Humalamäki 1 SS 6 (5,85 km)
14.39 Ässämäki 1 SS 7 (12,28 km)
15.42 Sahloinen-Moksi 1 SS 8 (22,40 km)
16.48 Humalamäki 2 SS 9 (5,85 km)
17.41 Ässämäki 2 SS 10 (12,28 km)
18.44 Sahloinen-Moksi 2 SS 11 (22,40 km)
20.00 Harju 2 SS 12 (2,31 km)
20.30 Service (45 min)
Saturday 8th
06.25 Service (15 min)
08.08 Pihlajakoski 1 SS 13 (14,42 km)
09.11 Päijälä 1 SS 14 (22,87 km)
10.14 Kakaristo 1 SS 15 (18,70 km)
10.52 Arvaja 1 SS 16 (13,46 km)
12.40 Service (40 min)
14.43 Pihlajakoski 2 SS 17 (14,42 km)
15.46 Päijälä 2 SS 18 (22,87 km)
16.46 Kakaristo 2 SS 19 (18,70 km)
17.24 Arvaja 2 SS 20 (13,46 km)
19.08 Laajavuori 1 SS 21 (4,19 km)
19.48 Service (45 min)
Sunday 9th
09.08 Oittila 1 SS 22 (19,34 km)
11.21 Oittila 2 SS 23 (19,34 km)
13.18 Laajavuori 2 SS 24 (8,56 km)
14.15 Podium Laajavuori
Quick thoughts:
+ I didn't believe they could get Humalamäki back! It will be a fast stage.
+ Also great to have Arvaja, it will be a great technical stage, Ogier tested on it last year and Hyundai in 2015-2016
+ Double loops on Friday ensure good spectator experience
+ Double Oittila on Sunday ensures it's not just a Sunday drive, it's a demanding stage.
- Sad to have only Laajavuori and Humalamäki as "classics" for the anniversary year
- No single-run stages
- Laukaa, Ruuhimäki, Pihlajakoski, Päijälä and Kakaristo are exactly like last year. Ässämäki and Vesala shakedown are reversed.
- Sahloinen-Moksi is essentially Surkee from 2010 just extended a bit from the start, this direction was last used in 2011 so new for many drivers.
- Laajavuori is questionable as a power stage. It's also run as a double loop to make it 8 km long. Good for spectators though.
Well, I´d prefere some more classics west of Jyväskyla, however this is good anyway. Demanding for drivers, spectatorfriendly, but it could become some trafficjam here and there. More possibiltites jumping from stages to stages...
Will Lajavuori stage be strong enough for so many runs...?
In 2014 they used Laajavuori as shakedown. At the end of shakedown it looked like this:
https://scontent.fbru2-1.fna.fbcdn.n...a6&oe=5EBDDDDF
If it's dry, I wouldn't expect any issues. If it's wet however, could be a different story.
Anyway, great itinerary!
If you read the description of the route, it says that Laajavuori should go twice on Sunday but in the time schedule it goes as the last stage on Saturday. Does anyone know which one is right?
https://www.nesterallyfinland.fi/en/...tage-by-stage/
https://www.nesterallyfinland.fi/en/route/
It's driven once on Saturday, and repeated on Sunday, but the Sunday power stage version is two laps of the stage.
https://www.rally-maps.com/Rally-Fin...aajavuori-Long
Further thoughts on the route here https://itgetsfasternow.com/2020/02/...oute-revealed/
Pity that Finland will elude me again, but that Friday leg looks very spectator friendly, nice to see
for me this is how an itinerary should be – a lot of proper stages (not like mexico), very spectator friendly on friday and also on saturday it’s easy possible to see more than two stages. I don’t like this boring 2 x 3stage format when the starting times are too tight to see more than two stages a day.
Any expert here that can see if the saturday traffic jam is also now potential thing? Last year we had a standstill in a way to Jyväskyla for 3 hours. In a main big road.
It's a good idea to avoid the Road 9 during Saturday. You can access Jyväskylä through the roads 23 and 604, for example. Might a bit longer, but could be a lot faster.
Another possible traffic jam is in the middle of Friday, when all spectators are moving from East to West of Jyväskylä. You might want to try the Kärkinen bridge near the Oittila stage or then use a route on the North side of Jyväskylä.
+1 Spectators from Ruuhimäki 2 to the afternoon loop (Humalamäki etc.) should create the biggest traffic jam of the championship. :D
Saturday during the day traffic to Jyväskylä should be quite ok but in the 2nd loop it will be a mess with many spectators going to Laajavuori. Also the road from Jämsä to Kuhmoinen will be very busy, with many spectators combining Pihlajakoski and Arvaja.
On sunday between Oittila and Laajavuori there could be a lot of traffic too. There's 2 hours between the stages and a theoretical drive of 50 minutes, so a lot of people will try, nearly all through the same road.
Looking at this years route you will definitely need a plan b maybe even c if you plan on moving around , a good recce will be required, as Anttil states sometimes the longer route is the faster option.
Looking at the passes for this event. Rally pass €85 and City pass €65?? Does both these passes have to be purchased or do the rally pass (€85) cover all?
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Indeed, the price goes up every year, but even now it's still OK. With all the €5 parking tickets, it's well over 100 euros for the entry. But - if you compare, music festivals (2-3 days) are well over 150 euros nowadays, single artist shows close to 100 euros, theater and opera tickets 60-80 euros, even movies are 15 euros or more at most cinemas.