<p class="ingestion featured-caption">I sailed from Stockholm to Helsinki on the Viking Cinderella. Louise Slyth</p><ul class="summary-list"><li><strong>My husband and I traveled from Stockholm to Helsinki on the Viking Cinderella overnight ferry.</strong></li><li><strong>We paid about $239 to upgrade to a seaside premium cabin, which had a bed, couch, and window. </strong></li></ul><p>To visit Finland — named the <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-finland-is-the-happiest-country-former-international-student-2024-3">happiest country</a> for many years in a row — my husband and I traveled by ferry.</p><p>We boarded the Viking Cinderella in Stockholm, which departed at 4:30 p.m. and arrived in Helsinki at 10 a.m. the next day.</p><p>We could've booked a nonstop flight for around $100 a person, which would've taken way less time (about an hour), but we wanted to <a target="_blank" class href="https://www.businessinsider.com/shell-island-ferry-review-florida-day-trip-2024">enjoy sea views</a> and experience something new.</p><p>For our trip, we reserved a seaside premium cabin, the second-most luxurious cabin available, for about $333.</p><p>Here's how it went.</p>