Helsinki
The IORR Travel Guide
The Rolling Stones European Tour 2003
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Introduction
These pages will supply information
about the cities the Stones will be visiting this summer.
To read about each individual city please select the
actual city link in the
IORR travel guide pages.
If you have information for these pages please send e-mail to
[email protected].
Nearest big city
Helsinki
How to get to the city
Fly in from anywhere, or take ferries from
Stockholm or Tallinn.
How to get to the venue
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: [email protected]
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...
See also
hotels-helsinki.com
for hotels.
Recommended bars/restaurants
Rock bar:
www.barloose.com
Rock bar where Mick T. played:
www.ontherocks.fi
Jazz:
www.storyville.fi
Rock, live music:
www.tavastiaklubi.fi
Meeting place for fans
William K. Mannerheimintie, Mannerheimintie 72, 00250 Helsinki,
Puhelin:409 484.
This place is just one minute walking from the Olympiastadium,
see the
map.
City map
Map of the stadium area
Tourist links
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;
Other local events
Try this link at any time:
Ticketservice Finland
General
Newspaper links:
Thanks
Thanks to
Juha Kakkuri
for information!
For more Stones news see
IORR 47
of May 2003!
It's Only Rock'n Roll 2003 -
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