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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 E 8 is a European route that goes from Tromsø, Norway to Turku, Finland. The length of the route is 1,410 kilometres (880 mi).

E 8: Tromsø – Nordkjosbotn – Skibotn – Kilpisjärvi – Kaaresuvanto – Muonio – Tornio – Keminmaa – Kemi – Oulu – Liminka – Raahe – Kalajoki – Kokkola – Vaasa – Pori – Rauma – Turku

In Finland, the road E 8 follows:

Highway 21, Kilpisjärvi–Tornio
Highway 29, Tornio–Keminmaa
Highway 4, Keminmaa–Liminka
Highway 8, Liminka–Turku

The road E8 was introduced in 1992 between Tromsø–Tornio. In the older E road system it was called E78 since 1962. The E8 was extended Tornio–Turku in year 2002. In the older E road system that was used before 1985 (in the Nordic coutries 1992) the E8 went London–Harwich–Hoek van Holland–Hannover–Berlin–Warszawa–Brest.

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