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Hotel Information:
A block of hotel rooms has been reserved for May 20 to May 25, 2003 for the ESA Workshop participants at six different hotels:

• RADISSON SAS HOTEL, in Otaniemi, Espoo. The hotel is just 2 minutes' walk from the conference site.
  Address: Otaranta 2 02150 Espoo, phone: + 358-9-43580, fax: +358-9-466693
  Email: room.reservations.helsinki@radissonsas.com
  Hotel information: http://www.radisson.com/espoofi
  Reference: "VTT/ESA"
  Room rate/night: EUR 120 / standard single room
  Rates include breakfast and morning Sauna.
  
  
• SOKOS HOTEL TAPIOLA GARDEN, a quality hotel in Tapiola, Espoo, about 2 kilometers from the conference site. Also public bus connections available.
  Address: Tapionaukio 3, 02100 Espoo, phone: +358-9-435711, fax: +358-9-462332
  Email: tapiola.garden@sok.fi
  Hotel information: http://www.sokoshotels.fi/english/index.cfm
  Reference: "VTT ESA G030520"
  Room rate/night: single room EUR 100 and double room EUR 145
  Rates include breakfast
  
  
• HOTELLI PRIVATEL APARTMENTS, in Leppävaara, Espoo, about 15 minutes by bus from Otaniemi. There is a public bus connection (bus no. 512) from Leppävaara to Otaniemi.
  Address: Porarinkatu 3, 02600 Espoo, phone: +358-9-511 051, fax: + 358-9-5110 5566
  Email: privatel@espoon-privatel.fi
  Hotel information: http://www.espoon-privatel.fi/indexen.htm
  Reference: "8245"
  Room rate/night: room/B2 (max 2 pers.) EUR 76 and room/C2 (max 4 pers.) EUR 97
  Rates include breakfast
  
  
• SCANDIC HOTEL MARSKI, a higher quality hotel in downtown Helsinki.
  Address: Mannerheimintie 10, 00100 Helsinki, phone: +358-9-68061, fax: +358-9-642377
  Email: marski@scandic-hotels.com
  Hotel information: http://www.scandic-hotels.com
  Reference: "VTT200503"
  Room rate/night: single room EUR 117 and double room EUR 177
  Rates include breakfast
  
  
• SOKOS HOTEL VAAKUNA, a higher quality hotel in downtown Helsinki.
  Address: Asema-aukio 2, 00100 Helsinki, phone: + 358-9-43370, fax: +358-9-43377100
  Email: reception.vaakunahelsinki@sok.fi
  Hotel information: http://www.sokoshotels.fi/english/index.cfm
  Reference: "VTT ESA Workshop"
  Room rate/night: single room: EUR 134, weekend EUR 88 and
  double room EUR 167, weekend EUR 108
  Rates include breakfast
  
  
• HOTELLI HELKA, near the downtown bus station in Helsinki. There are several buses (no. 102, 103, 194 and 195), which go from the bus station to Otaniemi. The trip takes about 20 min.
  Address: Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 23 A, 00100 HELSINKI, phone: +358-9-613580, fax: +358-9-441087
  Email: reservations@helka.fi
  Hotel information: http://www.helka.fi
  Reference: "VTT Y3 02"
  Room rate/night: double room EUR 107
  Rates include buffet-breakfast

ESA Workshop participants are responsible for making their own reservations with the hotel of their choice. The hotels will hold and continue to fill in the room blocks until the end of April 2003. Please use the given references when making your reservations. It is recommended that the participants should make their reservations as early as possible.

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Airport and Local Transportation:
FINNAIR operates a bus service between Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and downtown Helsinki, see http://www.finnair.com/filecontent/com/citybus_com.txt The bus trip takes about 30 minutes. The taxi fare from the airport to downtown Helsinki or to Otaniemi is about EUR 30. There is also a possibility of using a group taxi. There are also regional shuttlebuses available from the airport to downtown Helsinki, consult in the web http://www.ytv.fi/english/transport/index.html.

Public transportation in Espoo and between the cities of Espoo and Helsinki is provided by frequent buses. Single trip tickets can be bought on the buses for EUR 2-3, the fee depending on whether you have a trip inside a city or a trip crossing city boundaries (requiring a regional ticket). For more details, consult http://www.ytv.fi/english/transport/index.html in the web.

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Weather:
The weather in the end of May is usually quite pleasent. The typical day time high is 15°C - 20°C and it rains rarely. However, nights are usually cool.

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