{"id":427,"date":"2015-04-07T15:40:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T12:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2015.finland.wordcamp.org\/?p=427"},"modified":"2023-09-13T16:31:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T13:31:45","slug":"wordcamp-finland-how-to-get-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finland.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wordcamp-finland-how-to-get-there\/","title":{"rendered":"WordCamp Finland: How to Get There"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first WordCamp Finland will be held in the Hullu Poro restaurant, located in the Koskikeskus shopping centre in the centre\u00a0of Tampere, so arrival via bus or train gets within a short walking distance of the venue.<\/p>\n<h2>Arrival by plane<\/h2>\n<h3>Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport<\/h3>\n<p>Easiest way of getting to Tampere from Helsinki-Vantaa is by train. You can get to Tikkurila train station via local bus that goes from Helsinki-Vantaa airport in every ten minutes. In daytime, there are trains at least every hour to Tampere (see about trains later in this post).<\/p>\n<p>There is also a direct\u00a0bus connection from Helsinki-Vantaa to Tampere every hour, which is also a good option, especially late in the evening or by night, when there are no trains.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><strong>Bus to Tikkurila station<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>Price: 3 euros \/ adult<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>Line:<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>61\/61V<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>(Tikkurila train station is the last stop)<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>Schedule:<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aikataulut.reittiopas.fi\/linjat\/en\/v61.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/aikataulut.reittiopas.fi\/linjat\/en\/v61.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Tampere-Pirkkala Airport<\/h3>\n<p>Tampere-Pirkkala airport is near Tampere, so the best way of arriving is to either come with a local bus that leaves from the airport once \/ twice an hour depending on the time of day, or by arranging an AirPort Taxi beforehand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><strong>Bus<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>Price: 2,60 euros \/ adult<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>Line: 1 (leave the bus at stop Koskipuisto H (0517))<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>Schedule:<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aikataulut.tampere.fi\/?line=1&amp;lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/aikataulut.tampere.fi\/?line=1&amp;lang=en<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0\"><strong>Taxi<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>Price: 19 euros<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>Information:<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taksitampere.fi\/tat\/en\/services\/airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.taksitampere.fi\/tat\/en\/services\/airport<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Arrival by train<\/h2>\n<p>You can buy tickets to the train from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vr.fi\/cs\/vr\/en\/frontpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VR (Finnish State Railway)<\/a>. The train station is in a close walking distance from Koskikeskus shopping centre, see this <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/RdJu8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Maps<\/a> for directions.<\/p>\n<h2>Arrival by car<\/h2>\n<p>There is a lot of parking places near the venue. There&#8217;s a parking hall beneath Koskikeskus, and other nearby parking halls can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.finnpark.fi\/parking\/parking-locations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Finding the venue &amp; Location in Koskikeskus<\/h2>\n<p>Instructions on how to get to the venue from the railway station are in a separate post: <a href=\"https:\/\/2015.finland.wordcamp.org\/finding-the-wcfi-venue\/\">Finding the WCFI Venue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first WordCamp Finland will be held in the Hullu Poro restaurant, located in the Koskikeskus shopping centre in the centre\u00a0of Tampere, so arrival via bus or train gets within a short walking distance of the venue. Arrival by plane Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport Easiest way of getting to Tampere from Helsinki-Vantaa is by train. You &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/finland.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wordcamp-finland-how-to-get-there\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WordCamp Finland: How to Get There<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21084391,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sSjD-6T","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/finland.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/finland.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/finland.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finland.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21084391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finland.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/finland.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2231,"href":"https:\/\/finland.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions\/2231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/finland.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finland.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/finland.wordcamp.org\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}