When Ms Hanna Kayhko, a friend of mine, relocated temporarily from her home in Joensuu, Finland, to Oxford, Britain, in 2023, she packed her husband and two children into the family car, a Volvo XC70 sedan, and drove the 3,200km or so over five days.
Flying would have taken six to eight hours, including a transit in the Finnish capital Helsinki.
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