| Solar event | Astro-nomical dawn | Nautical dawn | Civil dawn | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Civil dusk | Nautical dusk | Astro-nomical dusk |
| Sun vs. horizon | –18° | –12° | –6° | 0° | +6.6° | 0° | –6° | –12° | –18° |
| 14.12. | 6:31 | 7:22 | 8:19 | 9:17 | 12:14 | 15:11 | 16:09 | 17:06 | 17:58 |
| 17.12. | 6:33 | 7:25 | 8:22 | 9:20 | 12:16 | 15:11 | 16:09 | 17:06 | 17:58 |
Helsinki metropolitan area has a good public transportation network. You can plan your route using the travel planner. Some details below
Public transportation: Combine the sections below: e.g., “From Helsinki Airport to City Centre” and “From Helsinki City Centre to Otaniemi Campus by metro”.
Taxi: By Taxi it takes approximately 30 minutes to arrive from Helsinki Airport to Otaniemi Campus and the price is approximately 60 €.
Metro: The most efficient method to reach the university is by metro. There is, e.g., a metro station underneath the central railway station and also under the Kamppi shopping centre. One should take a metro west (end stop Matinkylä or Tapiola). After a 12-minute ride one exits at the Aalto University (Aalto-yliopisto) stop. There, one should take Exit A (Otaniementie). Once getting up to the ground level, continue straight ahead and exit the building. The main conference venue, Otakaari 1, is on the other side of a small square. For further information on public transport, see www.hsl.fi
Taxi: A cost for a taxi from Helsinki center to Otaniemi is approximately 40 €.
Airport train: The airport train station is underneath the airport and can be accessed directly from both terminals 1 and 2. The connection between Helsinki city center and Helsinki Airport takes about 30 minutes. There are two services: train I and train P. Schedules, ticket prices and routes are available at HSL website. At the airport you can buy a train ticket from the HSL ticket machines (arrivals hall and train platform), Alepa Grocery Store (arrivals hall 2B), R-kioski (arrivals hall 2A), or by using HSL mobile ticket app. You can not buy a ticket on the train.
Taxi: Taxis can be found in front of terminals 1 and 2. For the following three agencies, price information can be found in front of the terminals, on the information screens next to the taxi stands:
Ticket price depends on the number of travel zones that are being crossed. Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is located in zone C, Aalto University campus is in zone B and Helsinki city centre is in zone A. The price of a single tickets for zones AB or BC is 2.8 EUR and for zones ABC 4.10 EUR.
The easiest way to get a ticket is buy installing the HSL app from App Store, Google Play and AppGallery. You can plan your journey and buy the tickets directly from the app. It has English language user interface. Alternatively, you can purchase a top-up card or a single ticket from a sales point. Aiport sales points are listed above.
Step 1: Park in the short term visitor parking (https://goo.gl/maps/kZSXWcxok3URskBz9) in front of the conference building, Otakaari 1.
Step 2: Walk inside to the info desk on the left-hand side of the lobby and ask for a parking permit.
Step 3: Move you car to this parking lot (https://goo.gl/maps/Hxk6GWx6WbuYw98G7) or others nearby. Please don't leave your car for long on the short term parking to free space for others.
Note: There is a lot of contruction going on around campus so be aware that your phone may give incorrect routing.
No special rates have been organized with any hotels. We suggest the following.
Walking Distance
By metro or bus
Aalto campus has "eduroam" as well as "aalto open" which can be accessed without any authentication.
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