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Other links related to:

• UH Faculty of Medicine
• Research at the University
• Biomedicum Helsinki
• Biocentrum Helsinki
• Haartman Institute
• Institute of Biomedicine
• Institute of Clinical Medicine
• Institute of Dentistry
• Department of Public Health
• Dept. of Forensic Medicine
• Nat. Lib. of Health Services

Events, seminars

• Biomedicum Helsinki Seminars
• Cancerbio Progress Reports
• Seminar Series of RPU
• Neurochat Seminars

Intranets, entries

• University Webmail
• Biomedicum Intranet
• University's intranet Alma

Contact info

How to Find Us in Helsinki, Meilahti Campus

• E-mail Directory - University of Helsinki
• Telephone Directory  - University of Helsinki
• Campus maps - University of Helsinki (requires Java support or eg. Mozilla etc.)
• Tourist map of Helsinki and the Metropolitan Area (find exact location by clicking or feeding street names)

Traveling in Finland
Finland, a member of the European Union since 1995, has about 5.2 million inhabitants and is one of the largest countries in Europe by area. Finland is a northern country of great beauty with a distinctive cultural life. Approximately two-thirds of the country’s surface area is forest, and there are nearly 200 000 lakes. Finland’s coast – with more than 95 000 islands – is one of the most beautiful archipelagos in the world. The miraculous brightness of the northern summer night is a well-known fact, and snow during the winter, but it is impossible to imagine and comprehend without experiencing it. Currency in Finland is EUR (Euro, €).

How to get to Helsinki

By plane

For more details, please see:

• Finnair
• Flight arrivals - Finnair City Bus information and other traffic info from the Airport
• Taxi airport - Helsinki city center costs upwards 20 euros depending on the route chosen, time of the day and the address in the city of Helsinki
• Finnish airports - Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
• VR - Rail services within Finland
• Matkahuolto - Bus Travel services within Finland
• Travel Agencies in Finland - in Finnish
• Finnish Tourist Board's travel guide Visit Finland
• Virtual Finland
• Travel in Finland
• City of Helsinki Tourist Office
• Finnish Road Administration
• Weather in Finland, Finnish Meteorological Institute
• Shipping Companies Tallink-Silja, Viking LIne, Linda Line, Eckerö Line and the port of Helsinki
• Helsinki and metropolitan area, island traffic (in Finnish): Merihelsinki.net, Vesitaksi.fi, the city of Helsinki and its islans

Helsinki and Metropolitan area and other services in Finland

The town of Helsinki was founded in 1550 by King Gustav Vasa of Sweden and has been the capital of Finland since 1812. The architecture and the culture of the city were both influenced by the East and the West. Helsinki is today the centre of Finland’s cultural and business life.

More than one-fifth of the country's population lives in the Helsinki area. It is easy and safe to get around the capital. Public transport is good. Nature is near, even in the middle of Helsinki, as over thirty per cent of the city is devoted to landscaped parks. Helsinki is located by the sea and the sea is an essential part of the personality of the city.

• YTV door-to-door Journey Planner within Helsinki and the metropolitan area
  • YTV - > Timetables > Tickets and Fares > Passenger Guide
  • HKL (Helsinki City Transport)
  Amadeus - Travel tools
• Hotels, meetings, restaurants in Finland (in Finnish)
• Helsinki Expert
• Helsinki This Week
• Car rental Helsinki - Vantaa Airport: Avis -  Budget - Europcar - Hertz
• Search restaurants
• Finnish Tourist Board
• OANDA - Currency site
• Map for outdoor activities at the Metropolitan area (measuring miles etc.)
• Oikotie - Go in Finland, find restaurants, map to Finland etc. (in Finnish, publishers some Finnish newspapers)
• Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
• See the pages of the tourism offices in the Metropolitan area: Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa

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