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I think if you choose the smaller roads rather than the motorway route to Porvoo, that might be slightly more interesting, but probably not significantly more interesting and obviously the smaller roads have lower speed limits which mean the travel time is longer. And yes, the historical centre of Porvoo may not be that interesting for the younger visitors. Traditional point of interest in Porvoo for kids is Brunberg factory outlet, which sells variety of sweets. But that is slightly off from the city centre and I doubt cruise lines offer tours that include stop at that candy store. And if you want to spoil kids with products that can harm ones teeth, there is one alternative closer to Helsinki, Fazer Experience in Vantaa offers also brief exhibition tours with a chance to taste some of the products made there.

These suggestions made me to remember that there is similar museums also in Helsinki region: - There is a toy museum at Suomenlinna, albeit it is quite small and since it is mainly old toys in cabinets it may not interest all kids. - Museum of Technology is located in quite interesting location on a island between two branches of river Vantaa little further away from Helsinki city centre. And the exhibits there can be quite interesting too and include some interactivity (eg. you could test using old phone centre). And near by there is also some interesting nature at Vanhankaupunginlahti area. - The Finnish science centre Heureka is further away from Helsinki at Tikkurila in Vantaa, but fairly easily reached by train as it is near the Tikkurila railway station and the train ride from Helsinki Central Railway Station takes roughly 20-30 minutes depending on which train you take (some skip some minor stations on the route). The main attraction there is various interactive demonstrations of scientific phenomena.

Note that transatlantic flights to/from Bergen are quite limited, for non-stops there is just United Airlines flights from Newark three times a week and alternatively one-stop approach on Icelandair, although Keflavik<->Bergen flights are not daily either and on some days the equipment seems to be small Dash 8 turboprop.

I don't know what would be the best action, but at least you probably can't change anything regarding your existing ticket until the flight(s) are cancelled. SAS pilots' strike obviously affects only SAS flights (and not necessarily even all of those, since some flights are operated by separate subsidiaries and partner airlines and their pilots are not on strike), so if you fly other airlines then the strike should not be a problem. However, many other airlines have had various other problems lately that has lead into significant delays and cancellations, which may lead into misconnects if your itinerary includes changing planes somewhere.

Actually I think nearly all of the larger airports especially in Europe have recently had this sort of trouble. The main reason being staff shortage: during the worst days of pandemic when travel was more or less halted, the airport operators (and related companies) dismissed significant portion of their work force and now they are struggling to recruit enough people.

Actually, I think the charge is based on kilometres. 😉 In most of Europe (British isles might be the exception), you rarely encounter anything measured in miles.

Found an article describing the best places to see puffins in Iceland and I think that Akurey in front of Reykjavík might be the only spot that might be near any cruise ship route, although still at least few hundred meters away.