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Miscellaneous useful information

10th European Fusion Theory Conference
8-10 September 2003, Unitas Congress Centre, Helsinki, Finland
HUT / Department of Engineering Physics and Mathematics / Advanced Energy Systems / 10th EFTC / Miscellaneous useful information


Weather In the capital region, average temperatures in mid-September are around +15 degrees C in daytime and below +10 degrees C during the night. The average rainfall in September is 73 mm.
Language Finnish and Swedish are the official languages. In the capital region, English is usually well understood.
Conference site
 The phone number of Unitas Congress Centre is +358 9 31911. The address is Ramsinniementie 14, 00980 Helsinki. The web page of the conference site is here.
Currency Finland is a Member State of the European Monetary Union and the local currency is the Euro.

Currency exchange and cash withdrawals using credit cards / traveller's cheques are available e.g. at Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport and Helsinki Railway Station. The Forex currency exchange office at Helsinki Railway Station is open until 21:00 from Monday to Saturday. Please note that currency exchange and cash withdrawals using credit cards or traveller's cheques are not available at the conference site.

There are ATM's for cash withdrawals, accepting VISA, Eurocard, Mastercard, Cirrus, and Eurocheque Card (marked with the appropriate logos) all over Helsinki city centre, the Airport and Railway Station. Please note that ATM's in Finland do not accept American Express or Diners Club cards.
Tap water Tap water is drinkable and quite good. If there's one thing Finland has a lot of, that's fresh water...
Tipping Tipping is not necessary. The service charge is included in the bill in hotels, restaurants and taxis. It is OK to give a personal tip of about 10% for exceptionally good service, but this is not expected.
Public
transports		 Local buses, metro, trams and local trains all accept the same ticket. Please note that only single tickets (2 Euro) are available from the driver. Tickets are valid for one hour with unlimited changes. Information about purchasing other, less expensive kinds of tickets is available from Helsinki City Transport web page.

The simplest and fastest way to get from the conference site to Helsinki city centre ("Rautatientori / Järnvägstorget" station) is the metro. The nearest metro station "Rastila / Rastböle" is about 1500 m from the conference site, and the nearest bus stop ("Ramsinniementie") is about 600 m from the conference site. Buses are frequent and stop at the metro station, shown in the map below.

How to get to Helsinki
Shopping The big department stores and bookstores in Helsinki city centre are open 9-21 from Monday to Friday, and 9-18 on Saturdays. For everyday shopping, there is a "Spar" shop near the local metro station, open 9-21 on weekdays and 9-18 on Saturdays. In general, shops are closed on Sundays.

URL: http://www.hut.fi/Units/AES/eftc10/info.html

Updated 25.08.2003.