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Nearest big city
Helsinki
How to get to the city
Fly in from anywhere, or take ferries from
Stockholm or Tallinn.
From Airport the best way is to take the bus. Bus number 615 is the
best and cheapest, 3,60€. It takes about 35 min from airport to the city by
bus. There's also Finnair busses to the city, but it will cost a
couple of euros more
Taxi will cost about 25-30€. You'll find bus and taxi stops just
outside of the main doors of the airport
From Sweden and Estonia you can take a ferry.
Links: Airport http://www.finavia.fi/home?
Harbour info: http://www.portofhelsinki.fi/default.asp?docId=12583
The olympic stadium is close to the city center.
About 10-15 minutes walk.
Easiest way is to get there is to follow the Main Street
"Mannerheimintie".
Many buses
and trams (for example trams number 4 and 10) take you there.
Travel information
Venue maps
Recommended hotels
Scandic Hotel Continental Helsinki Mannerheimintie 46
FI-00260 Helsinki
Tel: +358 9 405 51
Fax: +358 9 4055 3255
E-mail: continentalhelsinki@scandic-hotels.com
This nice hotel is 5 minutes walking to the stadium.
And if you oversleep in your hotel on show day,
making sure your windows is open,
you will probably get your wakup call as the show start,
because you can hear the Stones playing from the hotel...
William K. Mannerheimintie, Mannerheimintie 72, 00250 Helsinki,
Puhelin:409 484.
This place is just one minute walking from the Olympiastadium,
see the
map.
Helsinki City Tourist & Convention Bureau Pohjoisesplanadi 19, FIN-00100 Helsinki
P.O.Box 1, 00099 CITY OF HELSINKI
Tel. (+358-9) 169 3757, fax. (+358-9) 169 3839
Open: 2.5 - 30.9 Mon-Fri 9-20, Sat and Sun 9-18;
