Practical information


Practical information

Accommodation

Participants have to make the hotel reservation themselves on 16.7.2010 at the latest. The organizers have made preliminary reservations of rooms to the following hotels on the name “WIS 2010”. The payment of the room has to be made directly to the hotel. Recommended hotels are situated in the centre of Turku, close to the conference venue.

Sokos Hotel Hamburger Börs & City Börs
Kauppiaskatu 6
20100 Turku
Tel.+358 (0)2 337 381
Fax. +358 (0)2 337 3120
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www.sokoshotels.fi

Sokos Hotel Hamburger Börs
99 EUR / double room (standard)
89 EUR / single room (standard)

Sokos Hotel City Börs
83 EUR / double room (standard)
75 EUR / single room (standard)

Sokos Hotel Seurahuone
Eerikinkatu 23
20100 Turku
Tel. +358 (0)2 337301
Fax. +358 (0)2 3372200
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www.sokoshotels.fi

Sokos Hotel Seurahuone
82 EUR / double room (standard)
71 EUR / single room (standard)

Price includes breakfast, sauna and swimming pool.
For residents of Sokos Hotel City Börs breakfast is served at Sokos Hotel Hamburger Börs.

Remember to mention “WIS 2010” when making the reservation.

Participants wishing to make their own accommodation arrangements to any other hotels will find details of hotel accommodation at the Turku Tourism website: www.turkutouring.fi

Transport connections to the Centre of Turku and Turku School of Economics

Arriving to Turku Airport (Turku Airport)
From the airport you can easily reach the city centre by taking a bus. Bus number 1 departs from the airport to the Market Place 3 times per hour and costs 2,50 euro / single fare (route Lentoasema / Flygstationen – Kauppatori / Salutorget). See timetables for local buses from here

Airport taxi has a fixed fare of 10 € /person between the airport and Turku hotels. Tel. +358 (0)400 919 940

Call-taxi fares are approximately 17 € from the airport to the city centre. Tel. +358 (0)2 10041

Arriving to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
The easiest way to arrive from Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Turku is by bus. Buses leave from the airport every hour. The trip takes 2,5 hours and cost 32 euro. See timetables for buses from here

The closest bus stop to the WIS2010-conference place is at the Turku Cathedral, which is at walk-ing distance from the venue. It is also easy to catch a taxi from the bus station.

Coming by Train from Helsinki
Kupittaa / Kuppis station is the closest railway station to the WIS2010-conference place. It takes 10 minutes to walk to the school (less than 1 km).

Coming by Car from Helsinki
The WIS2010-conference place is situated by the Helsinki motorway (E18). Driving from Helsinki, you should take the exit signing the hospital (TYKS) and the city centre. After crossing the Hämeensilta bridge, the school falls on your right hand side, and the hospital on your left hand side. Parking lots can be found behind the venue building

Coming from the City Centre
Coming from the city centre, you can easily walk (1,5 km) to the WIS2010-conferenceplace. Alternatively, you can take a bus (No. 4, 40, 50, 51, 53 or 54) leaving from the market place. See timetables for local buses from here

Working languages and documentation

The working language of the WIS2010-conference is English and all documentation will be produced in English.

Banks and currency

The monetary unit used in Finland is Euro (EUR). Most Finnish businesses accept the major credit cards. Banks are open from 9.30 to 16.00 on weekdays. Banks are closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

Time Difference

The time in Finland is GMT+2

Facts about Finland

Finland (Finnish name Suomi) is a republic which became a member of the European Union in 1995. Its population is 5.3 million. The capital Helsinki has 561 000 residents. Finland is an advanced industrial economy: the metal, engineering and electronics industries account for about 60 % of export revenues, the forest products industry for about 20 %. Finland is one of the leading countries in Internet use. Today, there are more mobile phone than fixed network subscriptions.

Forests cover three quarters of the country's surface area of 338 000 sq. km. Other outstanding features of Finland's scenery are some 190 000 lakes and approximately as many islands. The principal archipelago and the self-governing province of the Åland Islands lie off the south-west coast while the main lake district, centred on Lake Saimaa, is in the east.