Travel and accommodation
Please notice that conference delegates are asked to make their own accommodation reservations.
Tampere Hotel Guide
We have made preliminary reservations in the following hotels:
Holiday Inn Tampere
Sokos Hotel Villa
When booking a room, please remember to mention that you are going to participate in the conference "Power".
Useful information
Travel to the conference site by air
There are excellent flight connections to Finland from all parts of the world. Over 20 international airlines offer regular flights to Helsinki. There are over 130 direct flights daily from over 30 European cities to Helsinki.
From Helsinki, there are 7 daily connecting flights on week-days to Tampere. See also below mentioned long-distance bus connections from Helsinki Airport to Tampere.
The most flexible way of travelling to Tampere is by SAS/Blue1,
the Scandinavian Airlines System (Star Alliance). SAS has regular flights directly to Tampere through the main hubs of Copenhagen and Stockholm.
Finnair (One World Alliance) has regular flights to Helsinki from all major cities in Europe, as well as from New York, Miami, Hongkong, Bangkok, Singapore, Beijing, Tokyo, Osaka and Shanghai.
Ryanair offers direct flights to Tampere from London, Stansted airport, Frankfurt, Hahn airport and Riga at very competitive rates.
Tampere-Pirkkala International Airport is 20 minutes from Tampere centre. We will make sure there are taxis available on Thuesday evening and night at the airport.
Train connections within Finland
Bus connections in Finland and Tampere
Long-distance buses
Local bus connections
Timetable Helsinki airport-Tampere-Helsinki airport
Maps
Facts & Figures
Weather and climate
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Events
Please note that Saturday, June 23 is Midsummer, a national holiday in Finland. This affects business and opening hours from Friday 22 to Sunday 24, nearly everything being closed on Saturday.