The Estonian ferry company's Baltic Queen has started sailing between the two capitals, departing every other day.

"When we temporarily suspended the Tallinn-Stockholm ferry route on 14 March 2020, severing the crucial regular maritime connection between our two capitals for the first time in decades, we never thought it would take us nearly a year and a half to restore this connection," Paavo Nõgene, Tallink Grupp's CEO, said.

He furthered, "We have done what we could during this time, enabling passengers with cars to travel to Sweden using our cargo vessels on the Paldiski-Kapellskär route, temporarily operating a Tallinn-Stockholm-Riga triangle route with our cruise ferry Victoria I and giving customers the option to travel to Sweden via Finland, where and when possible."

"But nothing has been as good as a direct ferry connection, so I am very pleased that the improvement of the pandemic situation and the progress with the vaccinations, has now reached a point where quarantine-free travel between Estonia and Sweden is a reality from 1 July and we are able to meet the popular demand at last and re-start operations on this important route," Nõgene underlined.

"Our vessels continue to provide sufficient opportunities for social distancing on board and we will continue with the extremely strict hygiene and disinfecting procedures on board."

"At the same time, we are gearing up to offer our customers the best dining, entertainment, relaxation experiences and unfortgettable moments on the Baltic Sea as always after the extremely challenging winter and spring. For the last few months we have received questions from our customers almost daily, asking us on both sides when will they be able to sail to Stockholm or Tallinn again. I am pleased to say this time has now arrived and you are all most welcome on board Baltic Queen."

At the same time, however, the company has announced it will not reinstall the Stockholm-Riga connection until spring 2022.

Photo: Tallink & Silja Line