Getting There

• How to get to Helsinki
• Visa information
• Additional information

How to get to Helsinki

By plane

Around 120 international flights a day arrive at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, which is located 20 km north of downtown Helsinki. The easiest way from the Airport to the city centre - or to the hotel - is by taxi. The fare is ~30-35 EUR and duration 20-30 minutes. Taxis are trustworthy and take payments by cash or credit cards.

There is also a Finnair airport bus from the airport to the city centre, which departs every 20 minutes, at 5,90 EUR.

Likewise the public transport (bus number 615) runs between the airport and Helsinki main railway station. Fare 4 EUR, duration 50 min; departure every 10-20 min.

Finnair and its daughter company Finland Travel Bureau (SMT) are the official carrier partnering for the INSME Annual Meeting.

Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

By ferry

There are daily ferry services to Helsinki from Estonia, Sweden and Germany. All the ferry companies offer also possibility to take a car with you.

• Port of Helsinki
• Eckerö Line
• Linda Line
• Tallink Silja
• Viking Line

By train

There are excellent train connections from Helsinki to all major towns in Finland as well as to Lapland. There is also a daily train service to St. Petersburg and Moscow. The Central Railway Station is a landmark unto itself in Helsinki.

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Visa information

The European Schengen member states - Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland - have jointly agreed about the rules concerning the movement of third-country nationals in their territories and decided which countries' citizens are required to present a visa. Furthermore, each Schengen State has decided which travel documents citizens of different third countries have to present upon entering the country.

Further questions concerning travel documents accepted by Finland shall be addressed to the Finnish diplomatic or consular missions or the Passport and Visa Unit of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

Additional information:

Internet:

http://www.formin.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeId=15717&contentlan=2&culture=en-US