Don't miss St. Petersburg
If doing Scandinavia and the Baltics don't miss the chance to go to St. Petersburg... even if without your bike (you wouldn't want it in the city anyway). With my Panama passport I don't need a visa for Russia so I rode from Nordkapp to Murmansk and then south to St. Petersburg.
If you are from a country that requires a visa for Russia, you can still go to St. Petersburg on the ferry from Helsinki and stay in St. Petersburg for 72 hours without a visa. My wife and I did this last year (she has US passport) with no problem. Take the overnight ferry, then spend two nights in SP, and the ferry back. Some agencies will tell you you have to book a "tour" and stay with a group, but that is not true. Booking the ferry and transport to the center of town is enough to qualify. In fact, we then took an Uber from downtown to the boat and it was fine.
St Petersburg is DEFINITELY worth a side trip!
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Steve Barnett
Panama City, Panama
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