Tours for accompanying persons
Tentative programThe program is tentative, and will be decided at the initial get-together. The cost of the trips are on the participants, but no additional charges are added.
Monday 28.6.
o Get-together at 10 o'clock in room D413
o at 14 Helsinki City Sightseeing Tour (ca 1.5 hours)/
Walking tour in the City Center
o 18.30-20.00 University Reception in the University Main
Building, Aleksanterinkatu 7
Tuesday 29.6
o Trip to Porvoo (10-16.20)
the boat leaves at 10, arrives to Porvoo at 13.20,
sightseeing by walking at Porvoo,
departure from Porvoo 15.20, arrive in Helsinki at 16.20
or both ways by bus (Helsinki 11.15, Porvoo 12.15) and
return trip same time
o 18.00- 19.00 City of Helsinki Reception, Old Court House
Aleksanterinkatu 20
Wednesday 30.6
o Trip to Seurasaari or Suomenlinna (10-14)
o 18.00-24.00 Cruise and Conference Dinner
Thursday 1.7
o Trip to Hvitträsk (10-14)
o 15.00 Close of the Conference
If heavy raining then shopping (Kiseleff, Stockmann, Forum)
or art (Ateneum, Kiasma; not open on mondays)
Below is more information and also more tours, museums etc. which might
interest you.
Sightseeing Tours
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Helsinki City Sightseeing Tour (ca 1.5 hours),
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daily at 10.45 and 14.00 in English, at 12.00 in German. Departure from
Esplanade Park, Fabianinkatu, ticket 95 FIM.
Walking tours in Helsinki
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Some brochures may be available from Tourist Information.
Tram 3T
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By tramline 3T you will see the most important sights of the Helsinki
in the convenient way.
(Routemap of trams http://www.hel.fi/hkl/RVKART3.GIF)
Museums, churches and sights in Helsinki
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Temppeliaukio Church
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The church is build inside the rocks. Bold modern construction by Timo and
Tuomo Suomalainen (1969). Lutherinkatu 3. Tram 3T from Posthouse.
Cathedral(Lutheran)
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Original plans by C.L. Engel (1778-1840), completed 1852. Senate Square.
Open Mon-Sat 9-18, Sun 12-20. Get there: trams 1,2,3T,3B,4,7A,7B
Uspenski Cathedral (Orthodox)
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A brick building in Byzantine-Slavonic style (1868). Kanavakatu 1.
Open Mon, Wed-Sat 9.30-16, Tue 9.30-18, Sun 12-15. Get there: trams 2
and 4.
Ateneum, The Museum of Finnish Art
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Finnish art from the 18th century to the 1960's. Foreign art from the
19th century paintings and sculpture. Kaivokatu 2. Open Tue, Fri 9-18,
Wed-Thu 9-20, Fri-Sun 11-16, tickets 45 FIM.
http://www.fng.fi/fng/html4/en/ateneum/default.htm
Kiasma, The Museum of Contemporary Art
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Finnish and international contemporary art since 1960's in the new
museum building. Mannerheiminaukio 2. Open Tue 9-17, Wed-Sun 10-22,
admission 25 FIM.
http://www.kiasma.fng.fi/english/entry.html
Arabia Museum and Gallery
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Arabia porcalain factory design and history and factory's retail shop.
Hämeentie 135. Open Mon 10-20, Tue-Fri 10-18, Sat-Sun 9-15, admission 10
FIM. Get there: tram 6.
Sederholm House
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The oldest stone building in downtown Helsinki, the house reflects the life of
the merchant Johan Sederholm in 18th century Helsinki. Aleksanterinkatu 16-18.
Open Mon -Sun 11-17, ticket 20 FIM.
http://www.hel.fi/kaumuseo/english/sederholmintalo.html
Burgher's house "Ruiskumestarin talo"
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The oldest wooden house in its original location furnished as a lower
middle-class home in 1860s Finland. Kristianinkatu 12. Open Wed -sun 11-17,
ticket 20 FIM.
http://www.hel.fi/kaumuseo/english/ruiskumestari.html
Museum of Worker Housing
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The museum exhibits the housing and life of the blue-collar workers in Helsinki
between 1909-1980. Kirstinkuja 4. Open Wed -Sun 11-17, ticket 20 FIM
http://www.hel.fi/kaumuseo/english/tyovaennayttely.html
Seurasaari Outdoor Museum
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Old Finnish dwelling milieus. Folk buildings and farmsteads from different
parts of Finland. Guided tours at 11.30 and 15.30. The buildings are open daily
11-17. Tickets 20 FIM. Bus 24 from Erottaja. A bus leaves from Erotttaja
Mon-Fri 9.35, 9.55 and 10.20 and from Seurasaari 13.40, 14.00 and 14.25.
(The whole timetable can be found from
http://www.hel.fi/HKL/aikataulut/bussit/24.html)
http://www.nba.fi/MUSEUMS/SEURAS/Seurseng.htm
Helsinki City Art Museum
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Situated near Seurasaari in Tamminiementie 6, the museum has an interesting
exhibition of the Finnish painter Tyko Sallinen (1879-1955).
Open Wed.- Sun. 11-18.30, Tickets 15-25 FIM
http://www.hel.fi/artmuseum/english/sivu1.html
Sibelius monument
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This monumet is one of the most popular tourist attractions of the
Helsinki. Sibelius Park. Bus 24 from Erottaja.
http://www.hel.fi/artmuseum/english/sivu2.html
Suomenlinna
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The biggest sea fortress in Scandinavia, founded in 1748 on the islands off the
coast of Helsinki. Included in the list of UNESCO's World Heritage sites. The
Island has many museums e.g. Suomenlinna Museum, Ehrensvärd Museum, Submarine
'Vesikko', Doll and Toy Museum & Old Russian samovars.
Guided tours of Suomenlinna at 11, 13 and 15. Tickets 20 FIM. Ferry from the
Market Square. One-way ticket 10 FIM by ferry-boat. The normal tickets of
the City Trafic are valid on ferry-boat. Ferry boat from Market Square
9:00, 9:40, 10:20 and from Suomenlinna 13:00, 13:40, 14:20.
(The whole timetable http://www.hel.fi/HKL/aikataulut/lautat/kesa.html).
Motor-boat to the museum area from the Market Square. Return ticket 25 FIM.
Motor-boat from Market Square 10-17 00 and 30 and from Suomenlinna museum
area 11-18 00 and 30. (The whole timetable is in the booklet Helsinki
this week)
http://www.hel.fi/suomenlinna/english/index.htm
Time Capsule 1747 in Suomenlinna Museum
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An exhibition about the shipwreck of the St. Mikael, a treasure ship bound to
czarist St. Petersburg. St. Mikael was shipwrecked in 1747 on its way from
Amsterdam to St. Petersburg. The ship sank in the Nauvo Archipelago and took
pieces of the era with it. The exhibition shows navigation and crew equipment
along with golden and porcelain treasures meant for the czarist aristocracy in
St. Petersburg. Open daily 10-18. Ticket 30 FIM.
Korkeasaari Zoo
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One of the most northerly zoos in the world with several rare species.
Open 10-20. Waterbus and admission 40 FIM. Waterbus from Market Square
and Hakaniemi. Admission 25 FIM when you take a bus 11 from Herttoniemi
metro station to Mustikkamaa.
Linnanmäki, Amusement Park
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Tivolitie-Helsinginkatu. Open in June 13-22, in July 12-22, ticket 15 FIM.
Trams 3B, 3T and bus 23 stop right near the north gate and tram 8 close
to the south gate.
http://www.linnanmaki.fi/
Something very special
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FeStadi
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Thursday 1.7: world's largest tango dance floor to celebrate Helsinki's
European Union Presidency at Senate Square 18-22
Kotiharju Sauna
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the only wood-heated public sauna in Helsinki has just reopened after major
renovation. Harjutorinkatu 1, open Tue. - Fri. 12-20, Entrance 35 FIM
Smoke sauna of the Finnish Sauna Society
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in Vaskiniemi, Lauttasaari, phone 678 677.
Outside Helsinki
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Porvoo
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The idyllic wooden town of Porvoo, a medieval village and the second oldest
town in Finland, has retained its original charm. Porvoo has delightful little
shops and craftsmen's workshops by the river. Sights: Porvoo Medieval Church,
Town Hall Square and home of the Finnish national poet J.L. Runeberg
(1804-1877).
Half-day tour with sightseeing bus (ca. 4 hours) either 28.6 or 29.6 from
13-17. English Guidance. Ticket 210 FIM.
It is also possible to cruise to Porvoo by the boat J.L Runeberg through the
enchanting eastern archipelago. The boat leaves, on Mon, Tue, Wed and Fri at 10
from Market Place (Linnanlaituri) and arrives at Porvoo at 13.20. Return trip
can be taken by regular express bus. It takes about an hour by bus from Porvoo
to the main bus station at Kamppi. One-way trip by boat to Porvoo is 100 FIM
and one-way bus trip is about 54 FIM. You can also return by the same boat,
which
leaves 16.00 arrives in Helsinki at 19.20. The cost of the return ticket is
150 FIM. Boat tickets can be obtained an hour before the departure from
the ticket boot near the boat.
http://www.porvoo.fi/
http://www.porvoo.fi/en/enmatkailijanporvoo/enmatlaivaliik.html
Hvitträsk, Kirkkonummi
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The studio home of architects Eliel Saarinen, Herman Gesellius and Armas
Lindgren, designed by them and build of logs and natural stone in 1902-04. The
studio is on a beautiful location by lake Vitträsk about 30 kilometres from the
city of Helsinki. Open Mon-Fri 10-19, Admission 20 FIM.
Hvitträsk can be reached either by bus 166 from the main bus station,
platform 60 or by taking the train from Helsinki Railway Station to Masala
and then taking a short taxi ride or by taking train From Helsinki to
Luoma and then walking 2 kilometres. The bus trip takes about half an hour and
ticket price is 15 FIM.
Half-day tour with sightseeing bus (ca. 4 hours) is only on Saturdays from
13-17. English Guidance. Departure Esplanade Park, Fabianinkatu. The tour
continues to Ainola, home of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, at Järvenpää.
Tour ticket costs 210 FIM.
http://www.nba.fi/MUSEUMS/HVITTR/englanti.htm
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/ainola.html
Gallen-Kallela Museum at Tarvaspää
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The national artist of Finland, Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931), had his
unique studio at Tarvaspää built between 1911 and 1913. Open Mon-Thu 10-20,
Fri-Sun 10-17. Gallen-Kallelan tie 27, Espoo. Tram 4 to Munkkiniemi, whence
it is a 2-km walk.
In this summer the museum houses the 150th anniversary exhibition of
Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. Admission 35 FIM.
http://www.gallen-kallela.fi/english.html
Heureka, Finnish Science Centre, Tikkurila, Vantaa
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Hands-on exhibitions of various fields of science. Tiedepuisto 1, centre
of Tikkurila. Open 10-18, Thu 10-20, tickets to exhibitions 65 FIM.
The short-distance trains K, P, H, R and bus 611 from Central Railway
Station stop in Tikkurila.
http://www.heureka.fi/en/x/index.html
Shopping
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Stockmann
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Leading deparment store in Finland. Aleksanterinkatu 52. Open Mon-Fri 9-21,
Sat 9-18, Sun June/July 12-18 (Fri 25.6 9-13 and Sat 26.6 closed)
Forum
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Shopping centre in the city centre, with 120 shops. Mannerheimintie 20.
Itäkeskus
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Largest shopping center in the Nordic countries. It takes 10 minutes
by the metro from the city center to Itäkeskus.
The Kiseleff Bazaar
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Finnish handicrafts, giftware, fashions, Christmas ware and toys.
Aleksanterinkatu 28. Mon-Fri 10-18, Sat 10-16, Summer Sun 12-16,
Midsummer Eve 25.6 9-13, Midsummer Day 26.6 11-16.
Kämp Galleria
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Finnish and international design, design products and gift articles.
Entrances: Kluuvikatu 4, Pohjoisesplanadi 33, Mikonkatu 1 and
Aleksanterinkatu 42.
Tourist Information on Finland
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Eteläesplanadi 4
Helsinki
Tel. +358 (0)9 4176 9300 (4176 9300 when calling from Helsinki)
Fax. +358 (0)9 4176 9301 (4176 9301 when sending a fax from Helsinki)
Open Mon-Fri 9-17, Sat-Sun 10-14. http://www.mek.fi/