Practical Information

Registration and information desk
Hotels and Accommodation
Transportation to and from Sibeliushall during the Conference
How to Get There?
Conference Site, Sibeliushall
Medical services
Shopping Hours
More practical info

Registration and information desk

Opening hours during the Conference:
Sunday, August 9,                       18.00-21.00 Sokos Hotel Seurahuone
Monday, August 10                      8.00-17.30 Sibelius Hall
Tuesday, August 11                    8.30-16.00 Sibelius Hall

Hotels and Accommodation

TAVI Congress Bureau will take care of the hotel reservation for the delegates. To guarantee your hotel reservation, a deposit of one night's room rate is required to be paid in advance together with the registration fee. The deposit will be forwarded to the hotel and it will be deducted from your final hotel invoice when checking out. All prices are per room per night, including breakfast and VAT. Please note that there is transportation from all the hotels to the Sibelius Hall.

Sokos Hotel Lahden Seurahuone

Sokos Hotel Lahden Seurahuone is a traditional and cosy hotel in the very centre of Lahti. The last step of refurbishing of the hotel rooms was completed in September 2006. Now the hotel boasts both warmly cosy and Scandinavian styled rooms.

Next Hotel Salpaus

Address: Vesijärvenkatu 1, Lahti

The warm and intimate Hotel Salpaus is situated within walking distance from the centre of town, along the best travel routes. Hotel has refreshing Pool Department and small but spicy gym for work out.

Hotel Cumulus Lahti

Address: Vapaudenkatu 24, Lahti

The Cumulus Lahti is a cosy and comfortable hotel adjacent to the city's most popular shopping mall, right next to the best shops in town.

Accommodation should be reserved with registration from Tavicon, registration and hotels here.
We recommend reserving your accommodation before 31 May 2009 to ensure lower conference accommodation prices.

Transportation to and from Sibeliushall during the Conference

Bus Timetable to and from Sibeliushall

Monday, August 10th

8.00
departing from Next Hotel Salpaus - Cumulus Lahti - Sokos Hotel Seurahuone - Sibeliushall
17.15
departing from Sibeliushall - Sokos Hotel Seurahuone - Cumulus Lahti - Next Hotel Salpaus

From hotels to Conference Dinner, Sibeliushall
18.30
departing from Next Hotel Salpaus - Cumulus Lahti - Sokos Hotel Seurahuone - Sibeliushall
22.15
departing from Sibeliushall - Sokos Hotel Seurahuone - Cumulus Lahti - Next Hotel Salpaus

Tuesday, August 11th

8.15
departing from Next Hotel Salpaus - Cumulus Lahti - Sokos Hotel Seurahuone - Sibeliushall
16.15
departing from Sibeliushall - Sokos Hotel Seurahuone - Cumulus Lahti - Next Hotel Salpaus - Lahti railway station

How to Get There? 

By plane

Most of airlines fly direct flights to Helsinki Vantaa Airport. Helsinki - Vantaa Airport: http://www.helsinki-vantaa.fi/

By car

You can get to Lahti via the Helsinki - Lahti highway in about one hour (100 km). Map Helsinki-Lahti 


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By train

The Central Railway Station of Helsinki is located to Helsinki city centre (Asema-aukio, 00100 Helsinki).
Lahti railway station is located at Mannerheiminkatu 15, Lahti. Lahti ticket Sales, tel. 0307 20900, international and special tickets tel. 0307 29246, railway station services and services for the disabled tel. 0307 29217.
Trains from Helsinki to Lahti and back run daily from around 5 am to around 22 pm, once or twice in an hour. Several connections between Helsinki and Lahti daily. See detailed timetables, information and prices from http://www.vr.fi/heo/eng/index.html . Also purchasing the ticket with credit card from internet is possible.

By bus

From Helsinki Vantaa airport international terminal you can reach Lahti bus station with express bus Helsinki - Lahti daily from 00 am to 11 pm daily with several connections. From Lahti bus station you can reach Helsinki Vantaa airport international terminal with express bus Lahti - Helsinki daily from 2.45 am to 11 pm daily with several connections.
Timetables and additional information: http://www.matkahuolto.fi/en / (search Helsinki-Vantaa Airport International terminal to Lahti bus station or visa versa). Schedule information, tel. 0200 4000 (€ 1.15 / call + local call charge, available in Finland only).

Conference Site, Sibeliushall 

The conference will be hels at Sibeliushall, Lahti, Finland. Sibelius Hall is a Concert Hall world famous for its acoustics, and top quality Conference Venue. It is the biggest wooden public building built in Finland in the last 100 years. It is architectually unique congress centre and its design was inspired by Finnish forests. Sibeliushall is situated in the passenger harbour within walking distance from the city centre with magnificent views over Lake Vesijärvi.

Experienced organiser of top international conferences: venue of the EU heads of State in Oct. 2006. One of the leading conference centres in Finland, ranked as fifth among congress halls in the world (Gramophone Awards 2006). 10 conference facilities for up to 1 250 persons with latest high-tech equipment and superb catering and support services 4 banquet facilities for up to 600 persons (dinner) and up to 1 500 persons (coctail events).
More information about Sibeliushall.

Medical services

Medicines are sold at pharmacies (Apteekki). Some pharmacies have late opening hours. In Lahti, the pharmacy Yliopiston Apteekki at Aleksanterink. 13, is open daily 7-23, phone (fi) 020 320 200 (ask your hotel if needed). All hospitals have doctors on duty round the clock. In emergencies patients should be directed to a health centre or hospital emergency unit.

Shopping Hours

Shops
Weekdays from 07.00 - 09.00 to 20.00 - 21.00
Saturdays from 09.00 to 15.00 - 18.00
Sundays mostly closed

More practical info for travelling in Finland, http://www.visitfinland.com/W5/index.nsf/(Pages)/Practical_Information