European route E8

E8
E8
Route information
Length	1,410 km (880 mi)
Major junctions
North end	Tromsø, Norway
South end	Turku, Finland
Location
Countries	Norway; Finland
Highway system
	International E-road network; A Class; B Class;

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 E8 is a European route that runs between Tromsø, Norway and Turku, Finland. The length of the route is 1,410 kilometres (880 mi).

E8: Tromsø – Nordkjosbotn – Skibotn – Kilpisjärvi – Kaaresuvanto – Muonio – Tornio – Keminmaa – Kemi – Oulu – Liminka – Raahe – Kalajoki – Kokkola – Vaasa – Pori – Rauma – Turku

History

In the older E-road system that was used from 1950 to 1985 (in the Nordic countries until 1992), the E8 went London – Colchester – Harwich – ferry connection – Hook of Holland – The Hague – Utrecht – Oeynhausen – Hanover – Berlin – Poznań – Krośniewice – Łowicz – Warsaw – USSR border^[1] (Brest). It connected with E1, E2, E5, E31, E107, E108 and E113 routes.^[2]

The current E8 route was introduced in early 1990s between Tromsø and Tornio^[3] and extended from Tornio to Turku in 2001.^[3] In the older E road system it had been called E78 since 1962.