Location and Accommodation
The conference is organised in Tampere, Finland, at the Scandic Rosendahl hotel. Bulk reservations have been made to the hotel.
Accommodation at hotel Rosendahl is organised jointly by the Mindtrek conference. See Mindtrek conference accommodation for more information.
OPAALS 2008 conference and hotel registration will open in April 2008. Note: Delegates from the OPAALS partner universities should contact the OPAALS 2008 conference secretary (tiina.savilahti@tut.fi) for significant discount rates for the OPAALS 2008 and of the Mindtrek Conference.
Tampere is the third largest city in Finland and the largest inland centre in the Nordic countries. Currently there are over 200,000 inhabitants in Tampere, and almost 300,000 inhabitants in Tampere Sub-Region, which comprises Tampere and its neighbouring municipalities. Tampere’s city centre is surrounded by lake and ridge scenery, sited on an isthmus between lakes Pyhäjärvi and Näsijärvi. The Tammerkoski rapids run through the city. Pyynikki, which was formed by the action of ice and sea more than 10,000 years ago, is the world’s highest gravel ridge. At its highest it rises 80 metres above Lake Pyhäjärvi and 160 metres above sea level. (See Tampere in brief.)
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Travelling
Some 170 km north of Helsinki, Tampere has direct flight connections with Stockholm, Copenhagen, Riga, London, Dublin, Frankfurt, Bremen and Milan through the Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (http://www.finavia.fi/airport_tampere-pirkkala).
Alternatively, you can fly to Helsinki and travel to Tampere either by coach or by train.
Please find the locations of the main airports, train stations and the conference site from the following map.