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Never noticed the chain of Baltic countries going south for cheaper alcohol (i.postimg.cc)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Also, Swedes go on cruises to Åland (a Swedish-speaking Finnish island with low/no alcohol taxes) and famously bring huge suitcases to fill with booze.

[–] whaleross 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I thought it was tax free because the ferries keep loitering on international waters for enough time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Lol it's both, I've been on the famed swedish booze cruise with family over there and it's a yearly tradition for them to stock up on liquor, but it's also a weekend long party on a boat. One bartender was concerned that 14 year old me didn't want any vodka in my red bull.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

I took one of those booze ferries in college from Oslo to Copenhagen. The drunkest I got that whole semester by far was our trip back. But my favorite was the old ladies with boxes of hard liquor and packs of cigarettes getting off the boat