Tips 4 Travellers

Accommodation:

Reasonably priced hotels and hostels in Helsinki:

• Satakuntatalo
• Hotelli Helka
• Hostel Academica
• Hostel Erottajanpuisto
• Eurohostel
• Hotel Anna
• Hotel Arthur
• Hotel Carlton
• Omena Hotelli (Eerikinkatu)
• Omena Hotelli (Lönnrotinkatu)
• Stadion Hostel (need to use public transportation)
• Hotelli Ava (need to use public transportation)

Sometimes you get a better price if you do your booking using one of these:

• eBookers
• Hotels.com
• Hotelliweb.fi

Traveling:

Earlier you get your ticket the cheaper it is likely to be. Here's some links to reliable travel-agencies:

• eBookers
• Air Berlin
• Seat24
• Matkapörssi
• Travellink.fi

Internet:

Most of the pubs and cafes in city-centre have a wlan. Bar Mendocino and Cafe Aula Bar both offer a free wlan-service to all festival guests.

Eating out:

Most of the restaurants in the city center offer special lunchtime-offers in a range of 7-10,- €, including a starter salad or soup, water and a coffee or tea.

Drinkig:

Alcohol is expensive and Finnish beer is almost as bad as Swedish beer. Most pubs serve a decent German beer at a daylight robbery price... Water is usually free...

Speaking in tongues:

Almost everybody speaks English in Helsinki. Also Swedish and German are widely spoken.