Road Features

Comparison of European road signs

First impression of the roads of Finland - they are different.
The last impression (when we return home) - they are organized and safe.

Immediately I remember Egypt, where I do not rule on the road. In Finland they are, in Russia there is something in the middle - they are, not not categorical.

Roads are narrow

Roads in Finland already, which can initially strain, but quickly get used to.
The truth is that you can not park anywhere, there's no roadside. But periodically there is an equipped place to stop. Often there are bus stops, very little space. There you can briefly stop to change the driver.

Speed ​​

In Russia, the speed in the city is 60 km/h, outside the city 90 km/h, unless there are other restrictions.
In Finland, I so and did not understand whether there are any such rules, they have the speed indicated everywhere. There are 80 km/h, it means 80, not 100 or 90. Restrictions are reasonable, convenient. Just everyone adheres, rarely overtaking.
Signs stand exactly where they are needed. We get used to the fact that there are no signs, it's not difficult to miss. In Finland, the signs are not yellow background, what is more visible and informative, the speed decreases - the sign, the sign rises. I forgot the speed - a sign (if there were no signs for a long time).
Turns as steep as we have not seen, there is no need to lose speed. They have a turn - just a big bend.

On highways, speed signs are electronic. We drove 120 km/h, when they came back, the rain came and in front of our eyes the sign was already 100 km/h and, before our very eyes, clicked on 80 km/h. Where a lot of traffic, the road is divided into streams, even on the bypass there are traffic lights, and if you do a left turn, there is no collision. That is, almost never intersect with other vehicles, only at the entrance to the ring, in a large parking lot ...
It is always important to choose the right strip and look at the traffic light for your strip.

Navigator

I can not imagine how you can go there without a navigator. Is that if you just want to ride, and not to visit specific addresses. We had an internet connection at the hotel, as usual. In the evening we asked "shop + our city" and received an address, copied it in a smartphone and then it was jammed into a navigator.
You can do this at home. It is good to have addresses of those places that you want to visit.

Parking

Probably the most unusual for us part of the road. We just do not have any parking rules, and there is, which is convenient in principle.

They have paid parking, but not to pay, but not to stay and so that everyone can park.

It is important to find out if there is free parking near the hotel where you want to stay. Maybe it's paid, do not worry. I still paid for the hotel parking or not, I'm interested in how much I will eventually pay for the hotel. If paid parking is cheaper, then I take it.

By the way, be sure to find out about parking at the hotel on arrival, you should give a piece of paper, so you put in the car under the glass. So they know that they park visitors, not rascals.

All stores have free parking for 2 hours, unless otherwise indicated. I met 4 hours and 1 hour.
If you drove into a large hypermarket and 2 hours small, just go out and re-park. Otherwise, a fine of 10-50 euros.

Road repair

We will first dig the entire track, then slowly all summer mold. In Finland, only the part that is being repaired is blocked.