Linda Line Gears up for Summer with Service to Saarenmaa

[The Ripper]

Estonian ferry company Linda Line is launching a new route between Helsinki and Kuivastu, the port of Estonia's Muhu Island, reports Estonian newspaper Meie Maa. Kuivastu serves as the main access point to the popular vacation islands of Muhu and Saarenmaa.

The catamaran will accommodate up to 400 passengers and will make the journey on Wednesdays during the summer period as of mid-May.

The service is the first direct route between Finland and Saarenmaa, Estonia's largest island and a well-known resort area.

Preliminary timetables suggest that the catamaran would depart from Helsinki at 2 pm and arrive at Kuivastu at 6 pm. Following a stopover of one hour, it would embark on the return trip at 7 pm and arrive in the Finnish capital at 11 pm.

A one-way ticket from Helsinki to Kuivastu would run between 40 and 50 euros, according to Linda Line manager Enn Rohula.

YLE, BNS

Awesome! :thumb001:

http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2011/01/linda_line_gears_up_for_summer_with_service_to_saa renmaa_2264624.html

Btw, interesting that YLE chooses to use the Finnish spelling of Saaremaa [Saarenmaa in Finnish] even in English. Is that proper etiquette? :D

[Eldritch]

Well, the English name of the island is Saaremaa, not Saarenmaa.

Just like the Finnish word for the language spoken in Estonia is viro, not eesti. ;)

Anyway this is awesome news. I've always wanted to visit Saaremaa and this summer I will. :thumbs up

[The Ripper]

Anyway this is awesome news. I've always wanted to visit Saaremaa and this summer I will. :thumbs up

Exactly what I was thinking. ;)

[Äike]

Btw, interesting that YLE chooses to use the Finnish spelling of Saaremaa [Saarenmaa in Finnish] even in English. Is that proper etiquette? :D

I have also noticed this, even when I speak English with Finns and Finn-Swedes, they use Saarenmaa, not Saaremaa. I think that it would be rather funny if I started using Ojamaa instead of Gotland and Ahvenamaa instead of Åland. :p


Exactly what I was thinking. ;)

I hope that you enjoy your visit to Ultima Thule (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=75107).

[The Ripper]

I have also noticed this, even when I speak English with Finns and Finn-Swedes, they use Saarenmaa, not Saaremaa. I think that it would be rather funny if I started using Ojamaa instead of Gotland and Ahvenamaa instead of Åland. :p

if you said Ahvenamaa instead of Ahvenanmaa, I don't think anyone would bat an eye, or even notice. My point was that YLE, a public broadcasting company, should know better.


I hope that you enjoy your visit to Ultima Thule (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=75107).

Yes, I've read Hõbevalge by Meri.