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  "description": "*Picture: silly remix of [@hoodownr](@YND2Cb9uk3ZdFyzXpaXDH5HZ9udu+qjg4MhNcynK2RE=.ed25519)'s awesome poster*\n\nWe'll be meeting up for [ExtraSolar in Tornio, Finland from the 28th to the 30th of August 2020](%0BzMn1/PM9z/zhOG8JpLEgxeaq7p7kaj2Bje4IU7Tu0=.sha256). \n\nThis Gathering serves as a curated list of how people travel there and make their stay. Feel free to add booked seat numbers in trains as well as your hotel or camping choice in the thread of this gathering!\n\n## Covid information:\n[Finland](https://www.raja.fi/current_issues/guidelines_for_border_traffic) & \n[Sweden](https://www.krisinformation.se/en/hazards-and-risks/disasters-and-incidents/2020/official-information-on-the-new-coronavirus/visiting-sweden-during-the-covid-19-pandemic)\n\nMake sure to take a valid Nordic ID or Passport with you as Tornio is on the Finish-Swedish border and you'll probably end up having to prove your identity when hopping from the Finish side of town to the Swedish side and vice versa.\n\n## Public transport booking links:\n### Sweden: \nhttps://www.sj.se/. \nBook a train to \"Haparanda\", then walk over the border, take a cab or take a local bus (bus times on google maps are up-to-date). Make sure to take a valid Nordic ID or passport along as there will be border control (because of COVID).\n\nIt's adviced to book a seat (should be free on most train trips) for any trip longer than an hour. That way you won't have to give away your seat to other seat-bookers. \nA bunk/bed on the night-train will be a bit more expensive, but absolutely worth it. regular bunks have  6 beds (2 rows with 3 beds on top of each other) Just make sure you don't book  the top beds (the higher beds shake more and are generally a bit warmer).\n\n### Finland: \nhttps://www.vr.fi/cs/vr/en/frontpage\nNever traveled with VR trains, so if you think you know the tips and tricks, just share 'em in the thread.\n\n## Stay\nthe following options are excellent when it comes to a stay in Haparanda/Tornio:\n- Booking.com - For hotel spots\n- Airbnb - For airBnb booking\n- www.campingtornio.com - for camping (yes we have [allmänsrätt](https://visitsweden.com/what-to-do/nature-outdoors/nature/sustainable-and-rural-tourism/about-the-right-of-public-access/) in Sweden, Norway and finland, but the \"outdoors\" away from the city center where you could potentially do that is still a fair stone-throw away)\n\n\n## lists:\n### Traveling people list:\nI'll extract travel information from the thread of this Gathering and update it here, this will allow you to link your travel up with others.\n\nTBD\n\n### Staying people list:\nI'll extract staying information from the thread of this Gathering and update it here, this will allow you to link your stay with others and perhaps even enjoy hotel/camping breakfast together ;)\n\nTBD"
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