Travel and accommodation

Here you can find a list of recommended hotels. There are no conference discounts, but we encourage the participants to use their home universities Hansel agreements when booking.

By bus

The national long distance bus service Matkahuolto departs from local bus stations all throughout Finland and also from Helsinki-Vantaa airport. The final stop in Turku for long distance buses is at the Turku Bus Station (linja-autoasema) which is located at the city centre.

Another possibility is to use the bus service Onnibus.

Both bus services have online offers on tickets. Usually you get the tickets cheaper if purchased in advance.

By train

The national train company VR departs from the local railway stations all throughout Finland. There are two railway stations in Turku: The main railway station (rautatieasema) which is at the city centre at Logomonsilta 1.

Kupittaa railway station locates about 1.5 kilometres from the city centre and it is right next to conference location (Visitor centre Joki). Only the trains coming from the direction of Helsinki stop at Kupittaa, and Kupittaa Railway station will be the final station from Helsinki starting on August 15 2022 onwards.

Usually you get the tickets cheaper if purchased in advance.

Vistor and Innovation Centre Joki’s address is Lemminkäisenkatu 12b.

The parking spaces are located in the BioCity parking garage. The entrance to the parking garages is located in Joukahaisenkatu. There are two outdoor parking areas along Lemminkäisenkatu, Tahkonaukio parking area (Lemminkäisenkatu 9) and EduCity parking area (Lemminkäisenkatu 22-24). In addition, there are some individual parking spaces along Lemminkäisenkatu.

The nearest public transport stops are located on Lemminkäisenkatu (DataCity) and Tykistökatu (Tykistökatu). You can see the schedules at: https://www.foli.fi/en

Map pdf: MTP_kartta