Venue

Conference venue

The conference will be held on the University of Turku campus, in the Publicum building, Assistentinkatu 7, Turku, Finland. The campus area and Publicum are located close to the medieval Turku Cathedral (“old town Turku”) by the river Aura within walking distance from most of the accommodation options in the city center (1 km walk from the Turku Cathedral square). See map here.

Information about Turku

Turku is a coastal city of 192,000 inhabitants, located in South-Western Finland, about 170km to the west of Helsinki. Founded around 1300, it is the oldest town in the country and also Finland’s most important city throughout the period of Swedish rule (c.1150–1809), after which the capital was moved to Helsinki.

Information on travelling to Turku:
https://en.visitturku.fi/travelling-to–around-turku-3938

The center of Turku is divided in two by the Aurajoki River, which also provides a scenic setting for the old town. There are two medieval buildings still standing, Turku Cathedral and Turku Castle, the latter being the most significant individual tourist location in Turku. In addition to the castle, there are several other museums in Turku, including Forum Marinum for maritime heritage, Turku Art Museum, and the Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, which hosts both contemporary art and medieval ruins in situ.

Maps of Turku:
https://travel.sygic.com/en/map/turku-printable-tourist-map-city:190
https://www.visit-plus.com/node/1123

Turku is a bilangual city where both Finnish and Swedish are spoken. There are also two universities, the Finnish-speaking University of Turku, and the Swedish-speaking Åbo Akademi University. The former was founded in 1920, and the latter in 1918.

Accommodation

We recommend two hotels:

Original Sokos Hotel Kupittaa
https://www.sokoshotels.fi/en/turku/original-sokos-hotel-kupittaa

Scandic Hamburger Börs
https://www.scandichotels.com/hotels/finland/turku/scandic-hamburger-bors

For details about special conference prices and booking, see the email send to the registered participants.

The conference venue

The Artefacta Conference will be held at Publicum which is part of the University of Turku campus.

Street address: Publicum, Assistentinkatu 7, Turku, Finland

The campus map can be found here:
https://helppopas.fi/map/publicum

The Turku campus (including weather information):
https://www.utu.fi/en/university/turku-campus

The COVID-19 situation

The University of Turku has online instructions on the coronavirus situation (https://www.utu.fi/en/information-on-coronavirus), but there are no coronavirus restrictions on the University’s activities at the moment.