Extra Pass Benefits for Eurail travelers in Sweden

 flag of Sweden In Sweden you can profit from free or reduced boat crossings and other benefits.

The benefits mentioned here are available to:

Discounted or free shipping services

Tallink Silja Oy 50% discount

  • Stockholm to Helsinki and Turku (via Mariehamn)
  • Stockholm to Riga and Tallinn (via Mariehamn)

All discounts granted on the cabin category C-A. Port taxes are extra.

More information: www.tallinksilja.com.

Stena Line 20% discount

  • Frederikshavn - Göteborg
  • Varberg-Grena

More information: www.stenaline.com.

Berlin Night express
If your Eurail Pass is valid in Sweden, you can travel on the night boat from Sassnitz to Trelleborg (Sweden) by taking the night train from Berlin to Malmö (Sweden). A couchette or sleeper reservation is compulsory. Eurail Passes are not valid on day boats.
More information at www.berlin-night-express.com.

Scandlines

  • Helsingør - Helsingborg: free transportation (for Passes valid in Denmark and Sweden)

More information: www.scandlines.dk.

Other Discounts

Veljekset Salmela (bus)
Free transportation:

  • Haparanda – Tornio - Kemi (Finland)

Bus in Norrbotten
Free transportation with Länstrafiken Norrbotten (county buses in Norrbotten), only on route: - Haparanda - Luleå.

Train to Oslo
For holders of a Eurail Sweden Pass: this Pass is valid for travel in border crossing SJ and NSB trains. This means that a holder of a Sweden Pass can travel between Oslo and Gøteborg with NSB as well as between Oslo and Stockholm with SJ's direct trains.

Trains to Copenhagen
A Eurail Sweden Pass is also valid on direct Swedish Rail (SJ) trains to and from Copenhagen and Copenhagen Airport.

Some rules for using Pass benefits

Usually extra Pass benefits can be obtained locally by showing your Eurail Pass. Sometimes you can make reservations in advance through a call centre or website of the company concerned.

Travel days
If a benefit gives you free transportation, it requires the use of a travel day if you have a Eurail Pass with flexible validity. In case of an overnight ferry, you may enter the day of departure or the day of arrival in your travel calendar. If a a benefit only consists of a discount, it is not necessary to use a travel day.

Ferry crossings
For free passage on international ferry routes, your Pass must be valid for the country of departure AND the country of arrival. In case of discounted passage, your Pass must be valid for the country of departure OR the country of departure.