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Summary

Program

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Tampere
Travel Information

Technical Excursions

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Tampere - a big town with a small-town atmosphere

Tampere is large enough to provide all the services that a major conference may require, yet small enough to make delegates and their families feel at home during their stay. Hotels, shops and restaurants are all within a walking distance of the conference hall. Tampere is the second largest regional centre in Finland after the Greater Helsinki Area, and the thriving centre of an economic region with about 440 000 people.

Located between two large lakes on the banks of the Tammerkoski rapids, Tampere is a beautiful town 170 kilometres north of Helsinki with a population of 195 000. High technology has replaced heavy industry. Buildings that once housed factories on the banks of the rapids are now busy centres of commerce, culture, arts and science.

The University of Tampere, the Tampere University of Technology, the Tampere Centre of Technology, the Technical Research Centre of Finland among other institutions make Tampere the leading centre of higher education and research in the country.

Finland is easily accessible from any part of the world. Finnair and many other international airlines offer regular flights to Helsinki and Tampere. By air, Tampere is only 30 minutes from Helsinki and 50 minutes from Stockholm.

Finland is also easy to reach by sea from Stockholm, Travemünde and Tallinn.

There are excellent road and rail connections between Tampere and Helsinki; the distance between these two cities is only 175 km. Trains to and from Helsinki leave every hour, the journey lasts two hours.

How to reach Tampere from airports?
If possible book your flight all the way to Tampere. If not possible, then the most convenient and fastest way to travel from Helsinki airport to Tampere is to use the Paunu express bus service which operates directly from Helsinki-Vantaa airport (platform no. 1); the journey takes about two and a half hours. There is a bus almost at every hour. A return ticket costs FIM 190 (EUR 32).

Tampere-Pirkkala airport is situated 15 kms from Tampere city centre. The easiest and fastest way to Tampere city centre is to take an Airport taxi, which will take travellers to all city hotels in Tampere. The one-way fare is FIM 50. Buses from the airport run very seldom.

Finnair has been appointed Official Airline for the APCOM 2001 and ICAMC 2001 conferences.

More Information
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