Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Train lines with services to Copenhagen.
Swebus Express
(
BUS
0200-21 82 18;
www.swebusexpress.se
)
Long-distance buses within Sweden and to Oslo and Copenhagen.
Denmark
BUS
Eurolines runs buses between Göteborg and Copenhagen (Skr370, 4½ hours, daily).
Swebus Express and Nettbuss Express both run regular buses on the same route. All com-
panies offer student, youth (under 26) and senior discounts.
CAR & MOTORCYCLE
You can drive from Copenhagen to Malmö across the Öresund bridge on the E20 motor-
way. Tolls are paid at Lernacken, on the Swedish side, in either Danish or Swedish cur-
rency (single crossing per car/motorcycle Skr435/225), or by credit or debit card.
TRAIN
Öresund trains operated by
Skånetrafiken
(
www.skanetrafiken.se
) run every 20 minutes
from 6am to midnight (and once an hour thereafter) between Copenhagen and Malmö (one
way Skr105, 35 minutes) via the bridge. The trains usually stop at Copenhagen airport.
From Copenhagen, change in Malmö for Stockholm trains.
Frequent services operate between Copenhagen and Göteborg (Skr447, four hours) and
between Copenhagen, Kristianstad and Karlskrona.
Finland
BUS
Frequent bus services run from Haparanda to Tornio (Skr15, 10 minutes).
Tapanis Buss
(
0922-129 55;
www.tapanis.se
)
runs express coaches from Stockholm to Tornio via Ha-
paranda twice a week (Skr675, 15 hours).
Länstrafiken i Norrbotten
( 0771-10 01 10;
www.ltnbd.se
)
operates buses as far as Karesuando, from where it's only a few minutes'
walk across the bridge to Kaaresuvanto (Finland).
There are also regular regional services from Haparanda to Övertorneå (some continue
to Pello, Pajala and Kiruna) - you can walk across the border at Övertorneå or Pello and
pick up a Finnish bus to Muonio, with onward connections from there to Kaaresuvanto and
Tromsø (Norway).
