The Conference Venue:
Map of Helsinki City Centre, including Helsinki Central Railway station (Helsingin Rautatieasema) and The University of Helsinki (Helsingin yliopisto):
https://www.google.fi/maps/@60.1720125,24.9480834,16z
The conference participants are requested to make their own travel arrangements. There are no travel grants for the conference.
Accommodation
Participants are requested to make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation and cover the costs related to participation.
We have selected two hotels that we recommend for our conference guests. Both hotels are situated close to the university where the conference is held, and they both offer special rates for our guests.
Hotel Arthur
Vuorikatu 19
Email reception@hotelarthur.fi Telephone +358-9-173 441
Rates: single room 99€/night, double room 119€/night
Rooms are available at this rate until 7 April 2015.
Please quote the allotment code “Food in Society and Culture” when making a booking.
You can reserve your hotel room through the hotel’s own website. Please note that you need to pay your bill before leaving the hotel. The hotel declines to send invoices to addresses outside of Finland.
Original Sokos Hotel Helsinki
Kluuvikatu 8
Tel.+358 20 1234 601 hotelhelsinki.helsinki@sokoshotels.fi
www.sokoshotels.fi/en/helsinki/sokos-hotel-helsinki
Rates: single room 128€/night, double room 143€/night
Rooms are available at this rate until 20 April 2015.
Please quote the allotment code “University of Helsinki” when making a booking.
You can reserve your hotel room by calling or e-mailing the hotel. Please note that you need to pay your bill before leaving the hotel. The hotel declines to send invoices to addresses outside of Finland.
Transport connections
Helsinki is served by Helsinki Airport which is situated 19 kilometres from the Helsinki city centre and can be reached by car in approximately 25 minutes. You can also take a taxi, the Finnair airport bus or Bus 615 to the Central Railway station.
For more info about transportation to and from Helsinki airport:
http://www.finnair.com/INT/GB/information-services/at-the-airport/transportation
Tourist Information
City of Helsinki’s official website for tourism and travel information:
http://www.visithelsinki.fi/en
Helsinki Tourist Information centre
Opening times: Mon-Fri 9-20, Sat-Sun 9-18
Tel. +358 (0)9 3101 3300
Address: Pohjoisesplanadi 19
E-mail: tourist.info(at)hel.fi