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Blue Highway (tourist route)

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Northwest end:
  
Mo i Rana

Length
  
1,800 km

East end:
  
Pudozh

Blue Highway (tourist route)

Countries:
  
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia

Major cities
  
Storuman, Mo i Rana, Lycksele, Petrozavodsk, Vaasa, Umeå, Kuopio, Viitasaari, Joensuu, Lapua, Tohmajärvi

Blue Highway (Norwegian: Blå vegen, Swedish: Blå vägen, Finnish: Sininen tie, Russian: Голубая дорога) is an international tourist route from Norway via Sweden and Finland to Russia.

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Sights

The Blue Highway follows the ancient waterways from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Onega. There are numerous lakes and rivers by the road. Vast areas of taiga forest dominate the landscape, and a section of the Scandinavian Mountains in Norway and western Sweden.

There are rural villages as well as cities and towns by the Blue Highway.

The Development of the Blue Highway

  • The idea of a road across Northern Europe was born in the 1950s
  • The Blue Highway Association was formed in Sweden in 1963
  • Year-round ferry service between Umeå and Vaasa in 1972
  • The Blue Highway becomes a European Highway in 1973
  • Public transport between Umeå and Mo i Rana in 1989
  • Border crossing (Niirala/Vyartsilya) with Russia was opened in 1990
  • The Blue Road Highway extended to Pudozh, Russia, in 2000

    • References

    Blue Highway (tourist route) Wikipedia
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