Social programme

We shall organise the conference dinner on Thursday June 28, 2012, at 6:00pm.

Conference dinner menu.

Please let us know if you have a special diet, by sending e-mail to the conference organiser.

The conference excursion will be on Saturday June 30, 2012, starting at 10:00am next to the "Havis Amanda" statue nearby the central market place in Helsinki. At Hostel Academica and Toolo Towers, there will be organisers guiding participants to "Havis Amanda", starting from the hotels at 9:00am. We are going to a guided 3-hour boat-and-walking tour to Suomenlinna island fortress:

Suomenlinna visitors information

Please notice that you will need a valid public transport ticket in the tram to "Havis Amanda" and on the boat to Suomenlinna! The conference trip is scheduled to end at 1pm nearby the central market place, but the participants will have an option to stay longer in Suomenlinna, enjoying e.g. a picnic in historic settings or local microbrewery beers. For more information about the excursion, please check pages 3 and 4 on the conference talk abstract booklet.

visitor information, i.e. survival/culture/curiosity guide to the Helsinki area (this print-out is also in the conference folder for the participants).

In Finnish language, "ravintola" means "a restaurant". With the city almost fully packed with turists, the restaurant reservations are recommended for larger groups! Here an A-to-Z selection of restaurant links: Restaurant Aino, Restaurant Atelje Finne, Restaurant Elite, Restaurant Helka, Restaurant Juuri, Restaurant Kaarna, Restaurant Kappeli, Ravintola Konstan Molja, Restaurant Kosmos, Restaurant Lasipalatsi, Restaurant Nokka, Restaurant Salve, Restaurant Saslik, Restaurant Savotta, Restaurant Sea Horse, Restaurant Troikka, Restaurant Zetor ;)

In Finnish language, "kahvila" means "a cafe". A selection of related links: Aschan Cafe Jugend, Cafe Ekberg, Cafe Engel, Cafe Kappeli, Karl Fazer Cafe, Cafe Lasipalatsi, Cafe Strindberg.

A selection of pub links --- try sahti e.g. at St. Urho's or at Zetor! Pub Restaurant Bruuveri, St. Urho's Pub (and some history of the namesake at wikipedia ;), Gastropub Stone's, Suomenlinnan panimo, Pub Teerenpeli, Restaurant Zetor ;)

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We will collect some useful information about accommodation and social programme here on this site. The information will be updated frequently.

It might be interesting for participants to combine their visit to Helsinki with (day-) trips to other interesting cities. One particularly interesting option is to make an overnight boat trip to St. Petersburg. A stay for one day and returning with an overnight boat that evening is possible without visa for Russia. Another interesting option are trips by ferry to Tallinn. They can be done on one day and give a unique opportunity to visit the medieval centre of the capital of Estonia. We will give further information on day trips to other Finnish cities later on.