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Finland and Sweden Train Now Finally Have a Cross-Border Rail Link, Canada Reviews

It’s one of Europe’s most baffling transport riddles: how did two neighbouring countries manage to run train tracks directly to the border, but never to each other? For nearly four decades, travellers moving between Finland and Sweden had to rely on cars, buses, or a 1.2-mile walk to bridge the gap. Happily, that missing link has just been fixed. A brand-new rail service launched on Monday between Tornio, a town in Finnish Lapland, and Haparanda in Sweden. RECOMMENDED: I rode the fastest train in Africa – and found Morocco’s most underrated city So why the decades-long hold-up? It comes down to a…

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