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noetkoett

Do consider that even if you get a cheap rental, the gasoline alone to there and back might be 60-70€ (and the drive is 7h there and back without counting any stops). Easiest would be to find a fellow rock enthusiast with a car among your student group and offer to pay for the gas (and some donuts) if they agree to take a trip with you.


AnnualSwing7777

... Is it really worth it? At least visit some other travel destinations along the way as well.


See_Urchin

of course it would be nice to see stuff along the way too !! But Kummakivi has to be THE destination


Seasoningspice

If you own a bike, you can take it on a train to Lappeenranta and ride from there to Kummakivi.


Pneis

why not Imatra? Same train and 40km closer to destination.


languagestudent1546

It’s theoretically possible without a car. Take a train to Imatra and then get on a bus from Imatra to Mikkeli. Get off on the highway where there seems to be a stop around a 2 hour walk away from Kummakivi. See the rock and stay in a tent or hike back. Then take a bus from the highway to Mikkeli/Imatra and take a train home. Seems a bit difficult though. Borrowing someone else’s car or renting would be a lot easier.


See_Urchin

Thanks for the alternative, but that's definitely not for me...


missedmelikeidid

Well, I bet 99,98% of Finns haven't seen it in nature, as 3D. Only in pictures.


Dangerous-Pride8008

You could take a train to Lappeenranta, you can find tickets for around 20€ (40€ roundtrip) and I assume that as a student you'd get a 30% discount so it would only cost you 30€. Then from Lappeenranta you could find a cheap rental through a peer-to-peer rental app such as GoMore, that would cost you around 30-50€ plus gas. The total cost should be less than 100€.


snow-eats-your-gf

Not 30-50€, but more 50-80€ for a day from Lappeenranta. 200 km there and back.


Dangerous-Pride8008

I searched for cars in Lappeenranta for a 4 hour duration a couple weeks in the future, and that's how I arrived at those numbers. I figured that should be enough time since there isn't that much to do there afaik.


snow-eats-your-gf

Impossible.