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The only downside is that I will have to spend a few hours getting them fitted on some car park in Helsinki or so.
That need not be as uncomfortable as it sounds. In the very centre of town there is an underground car park below The Forum Centre.

I assume it is heated as when I returned after 3 or 4 hours, apart from the puddles of slush fallen from the underside of my car, the screen washers worked. They had been frozen solid for several weeks, me having failed to change the water to winter liquid when the cold winter weather came!!
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That need not be as uncomfortable as it sounds. In the very centre of town there is an underground car park below The Forum Centre.

I assume it is heated as when I returned after 3 or 4 hours, apart from the puddles of slush fallen from the underside of my car, the screen washers worked. They had been frozen solid for several weeks, me having failed to change the water to winter liquid when the cold winter weather came!!
It's warm car park and there is many of them in down town. Also if you want to go for tyre change in tyre shop that will take time as well.
One problem is you rims they aren't so common here all Lancruisers and Japan's 4x4 are using 139,7 mm bolt partition rims.
You should check if VW Transporter or BMW rims fit to your Landy?
They use 5x120 bolt partition rims but centre opening diameter can be different.
If so I can found set of Winter tyres on rims 250-300€.
Or if you come week later we can do tyre change in my garage..
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Sorry I´m really no expert on car tyres, so cannot add to what´s already been said here (personally I haven´t heard about an option to rent winter tyres here, but on the other hand, I´ve never looked to rent them, either!)... and I´ve got my bike in a shared garage, that´s fully packed with bikes during winter, so probably unable to fit a car there. But anyway, I live about 20 kms from Helsinki, so if you´ll need any help, please just let me know!

(Everything here will probably be closed because of Christmas, until Tuesday 27th Dec – I´ll be elsewhere on holidays, too, but should be back by 27th!)
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First off: thanks to all that replied. It was very helpful.

As I did not succeed in reliably finding a supplier for 'rented' studded tyres I decided to go for the best-grip DIY studs. I recommend the UK supplier for ordering, I used another one but regret it now - but that is not important.

Today I received my shipment of 500 studs, which should be sufficient. I plan on studding my spare tyre at home. That way I only need to stud 3 more tyres upon arrival in Helsinki (I guess they will not let me do it on the ferry) and I already get the feel of mounting these at the comfort of my own garage.

I will post a follow-up on these studs after the trip.

I bought these: [url=http://www.best-grip.se/bestgrip-1350/55-0]BestGrip 1350 - Skruvdubb f
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