A chronological list of trips abroad
| 1 | September 1889 – June 1890 | |
| A study trip to Berlin | ||
| 2 | October 1890 – June 1891 | |
| A study trip to Vienna | ||
| 3 | July-September 1894 | |
| A journey to the Wagner Festival, Bayreuth | ||
| 4 | May–June 1896 | |
| Aino’s first trip abroad to Berlin | ||
| 5 | June–July 1897 | |
| A tourist trip to Italy with Walter von Konow | ||
| 6 | February–May 1898 | |
| Aino’s interrupted journey to Berlin | ||
| 7 | July–August 1900 | |
| Travelling with Kajanus’s orchestra | ||
| 8 | October 1900–May 1901 | |
| The family’s journey to Germany and Italy | ||
| 9 | May–June 1901 | |
| The first concert in Heidelberg, Germany | ||
| 10 | June 1902 | |
| A trip to Berlin, taken on impulse | ||
| 11 | November 1902 | |
| First concerts in Berlin | ||
| 12 | May 1903 | |
| First concerts in Estonia | ||
| 13 | June 1904 | |
| Last concerts in Estonia | ||
| 14 | August 1904 | |
| A tour in Latvia | ||
| 15 | January-March 1905 | |
| A concert, composition and business trip to Berlin | ||
| 16 | November 1905 – January 1906 | |
| The first concerts in England and the trip to Paris | ||
| 17 | December 1906 | |
| The first concert in St Petersburg, Russia | ||
| 18 | August 1907 | |
| Journey with Aino to Berlin, with a view to composing | ||
| 19 | November 1907 | |
| The second concert in Russia, in St Petersburg | ||
| 20 | November 1907 | |
| His only journey to Moscow | ||
| 21 | February-March 1908 | |
| The second journey to England | ||
| 22 | May-June 1908 | |
| Throat operation in Berlin | ||
| 23 | February-May 1909 | |
| Journey London-Paris-Berlin, with a view to composing | ||
| 24 | September-October 1910 | |
| A journey via a concert in Kristiania (Oslo) to Berlin, with a view to composing | ||
| 25 | February 1911 | |
| Concert tour to Gothenburg and Riga | ||
| 26 | October-December 1911 | |
| A trip to Paris with a view to composing | ||
| 27 | September-October 1912 | |
| A concert trip to England | ||
| 28 | November-December 1912 | |
| A concert trip to Copenhagen | ||
| 29 | January-February 1914 | |
| Journey to Berlin with a view to composing | ||
| 30 | May-July 1914 | |
| Journey to the United States | ||
| 31 | March 1915 | |
| Concert tour to Gothenburg | ||
| 32 | June 1919 | |
| The Nordic Music Days in Copenhagen | ||
| 33 | January-April 1921 | |
| Concert tour to England and Norway | ||
| 34 | February-April 1923 | |
| A concert tour with Aino to Sweden and Italy | ||
| 35 | March-April 1924 | |
| A concert trip to Stockholm | ||
| 36 | September-October 1924 | |
| A concert series in Copenhagen and a short visit to Malmö | ||
| 37 | March-May 1926 | |
| A composition and tourist trip Italy | ||
| 38 | September-October 1926 | |
| His last concert abroad, in Copenhagen | ||
| 39 | January-April 1927 | |
| Jean and Aino’s tourist trip to Paris | ||
| 40 | February-March 1928 | |
| Writing the eighth symphony in Berlin | ||
| 41 | April-June 1931 | |
| Writing the eighth symphony in Berlin. His last journey abroad |