European route E8

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E8
Route information
Length	1,410 km (880 mi)
Major junctions
North end	Tromsø, Norway
South end	Turku, Finland
Location
Countries	Norway  Finland
Highway system
International E-road network A Class B Class

Finnish border sign on the E 8 road at Kilpisjärvi (in Finnish, Swedish and Northern Sami)

Road sign above the E75/E8/road 4 near Oulu

The European route E8 is a European route that goes from Tromsø, Norway to Turku, Finland. The length of the route is 1,410 kilometres (880 mi).

• E8: Tromsø – Nordkjosbotn – Skibotn – Kilpisjärvi – Kaaresuvanto – Muonio – Tornio – Keminmaa – Kemi – Oulu – Liminka – Raahe – Kalajoki – Kokkola – Vaasa – Pori – Rauma – Turku

The road E8 was introduced in 1992 between Tromsø and Tornio. In the older E road system it had been called E78 since 1962. The E8 was extended from Tornio to Turku in 2002. In the older E road system that was used before 1985 (in the Nordic countries 1992), the E8 went London–Harwich–Hook of Holland–Hanover–Berlin–Warsaw–Brest.

Route[]

•  Norway
  • E8: Tromsøya - Nordkjosbotn ( E6) - Skibotn ( E6)
•  Finland
  • : Kilpisjärvi - Karesuvanto ( E45) - Tornio ( E4)
  • Vt 29: Tornio ( E4) - Kemi ( E75)
  • Vt 4: Kemi ( E75) - Oulu ( E75)
  • Vt 8: Oulu ( E75) - Vaasa ( E12) - Pori - Turku ( E18 E63)

External links[]

• UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)
• Media related to E8 at Wikimedia Commons
• E8 through Finland and Norway travel guide from Wikivoyage

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