Practicalities

Venues

1 National Archives of Finland

2 Allas Sea Pool

3 URBAN 3 @ Maria01

4 Katajanokka terminal

5 Test

National Archives of Finland

Old Reading Room

Rauhankatu 17, 00170 Helsinki

National Archives Reading Room is located at Rauhankatu 17. See above for instructions on getting there from different directions.

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Allas Sea Pool

Katajanokanlaituri 2a

Allas Sea Pool is located next to the Market Square and Suomenlinna ferry.

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Maria 01 is a former hospital (Maria Hospital) that has been converted into a startup center. Open Knowledge Finland and Wikimedia Finland have hot desks in the URBAN 3 space, which is reserved for the event on Tuesday. Here's how to get there by foot, bike, public transport or by car from the Central Railway Station and Suomenlinna ferry.

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Arriving

Visa to visit Finland

A Schengen visa is an entry permit for a short, temporary visit of less than 90 days in any 180-day period. See A visa to visit Finland and visa requirement and travel documents accepted by Finland.

Arriving from Tallinn

We recommend taking the Viking Line ferry line from Tallinn, as the terminal is more conveniently located in the city center at a walking distance from the National Archives.

If you arrive with Viking Line through the Katajanokka Terminal, you can easily walk, or take the tram number 4 or 5. If there is queue to the tram and/or wait time, it is faster to walk. Walking takes 25 minutes.

If you choose to arrive with Eckerö Line or Tallink, the ferries arrive at Helsinki West Terminal. Here's a link to the Journey Planner to arrive from that direction. Public transport takes 30 minutes while walking will take 55 minutes.

Arriving by plane

Helsinki Airport is connected to the city centre by train. The train can be taken to either directions from the Airport station, and takes around half an hour. It arrives at the Central Railway Station. The National Archives can be reached by foot from the Central Railway Station.

Local transportation

Helsinki is a walkable city, and our venues are concentrated in a small area on the first day. The second day location is not that far either.

If you wish to use public transport, download the HSL application that has both the journey planner and ticket purchase. You can use the same public transport ticket to travel by tram, bus, metro, commuter train, light rail and the Suomenlinna ferry.

You can use the application to rent citybikes as well.

Accommodation

We have not made arrangements for accommodation, but here you can some tips we have collected.

Aikatalo Hostel Helsinki City Center is in the very center of the city. They have shared rooms for 2 (99€/night), 3 (119€/night), 4 (129€/night), 5 (139€/night) and 6 (169€/night) people.

Hostel Suomenlinna on Suomenlinna Island is a perfect addition to the Market Square experience. The ferries to the island leave from right in front of Allas Sea Pool and take 15 minutes.

There is a wide variety of hotels and AirBnBs to choose from.

Money

The currency in Finland is Euro. Contactless credit and debit cards can be used everywhere, also in the markeplace. Some places will not accept cash at all.

Electricity

In Finland, power plugs and sockets of type F are used. The standard voltage is 230 V at a frequency of 50 Hz. Type C and type E plugs can also be used due to their compatibility with type F sockets.

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