Easter traffic has been busy – the destination may be grandma, a hiking trip or a home where the wife is waiting

Easter rush hour 2023 on Maundy Thursday at the Helsinki railway station.
Easter rush hour on Maundy Thursday at the Helsinki railway station.

Helsinki’s main train station was bustling in the afternoon, as domestic travelers headed off to celebrate Easter.

Easter traffic has been at its busiest today on Maundy Thursday.

There were plenty of people with suitcases, trunks and small backpacks at Helsinki’s main railway station.

Fintraffic’s road traffic center estimates that the traffic will slowly start to calm down after about an hour at 19:00. Outbound traffic is mainly northbound.

– I’m going to Kilpisjärvi, says Sorri.

Sorri’s trip first goes to Tampere, from where he leaves tomorrow for a hiking trip in the north. The planned trip takes eight days.

According to VR, train trips have been booked more busily this Easter than last year. Night train parking spaces to the north have been sold out for the Easter period.

People waiting for trains on Maundy Thursday 2023.
Easter travelers filled Helsinki’s main railway station.

– I’ll probably have to pick up a roast from Citymarket for my wife, Väkäva says.

Jokela-Tomperi says that she does not have any particular bravura in Easter dishes.

– Nothing mandatory, other than chocolate eggs, says Jokela-Tomperi.

When Anna-Maaria is asked what is the hardest thing about Easter, she shrugs her shoulders, smiles and looks at her mother.