CARPA2
"Artistic Resarch in Action"



The Colloquium Venue

The colloquium will be held at the Theatre Academy in Helsinki: Haapaniemenkatu 6

Theatre Academy on the map or Googlemap 



Payment of Colloquium Fee

Colloquium Fee: 60€, to be paid in parallel with enroling to CARPA
(Please indicate the reference number mentioned below)

Bank references:
Payee: Theatre Academy
BIC: NDEAFIHH
IBAN: FI55 1745 3000 1004 30
REF: 26026589



Weather in Helsinki

The weather in Helsinki in January can be rather cold. Please consider warm clothes and footwear while packing. You can find a tenday-forecast from: http://www.foreca.com/Finland/Helsinki?tenday

Public transportation

The public transportation in Helsinki City area is quite fluent and the distances are reasonable. The HSL (Helsinki City Transportation) Tourist Ticket allows for unlimited travel on all buses, trams, metro and local trains within Helsinki. One-, three- and five-day tickets are available. The tickets are even available at the airport. For more information: http://www.worldtravelguide.net/city/54/getting_around/Europe/Helsinki.html

Link to HSL Journey Planner: http://aikataulut.hsl.fi/reittiopas/en/ .
You can also use this link to find your way from the airport to your hotel.
Add the addresses as follows:
From:  Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Vantaa
To: Siltasaarenkatu 14 (Cumulus) / Vuorikatu 19 (Arthur) / Karstulantie 6 (AVA)
Add time and date and submit through "Search".
The Journey planner gives you the alternatives as well as the schedules for the route.

Accommodation

Two hotels located near to the Theatre Academy have agreed to offer special price for CARPA participants. Please reserve your room directly from the hotel with the reference CARPA (for Cumulus) or CARPA 20.12.2010 (for Arthur). Please note that the hotels have only a limited number of rooms available.

Cumulus Hotel Hakaniemi
http://www.cumulus.fi/hotellit/hakaniemi/en_GB/hakaniemi/
Special price between Jan 11th and Jan 17th 2011: 99 € per night for single room.
30 rooms reserved for CARPA participants until Dec 23rd 2010.
Reference: CARPA
Reservations: tel. +358 9 5466 0100 or e-mail hakaniemi.cumulus@restel.fi

Hotel Arhur
http://www.hotelarthur.fi/eng/
Special price between Jan 11th and Jan 17th 2011: 78 € per night for single room, 94 € per night for double room .
30 rooms reserved for CARPA participants until Dec 20th 2010, after that the special price will still be valid as long as there are rooms available.
Reference: CARPA 20.12.2010
Reservations: tel. +358 9 173 441 or e-mail myyntipalvelu@hotelarthur.fi

Other affordable options:

Hotel AVA
http://www.ava.fi/frontpage_AVA

Omena Hotel
http://www.omenahotels.com/en/

Helsinki Bed and Breakfast
http://www.hbb.fi/eng/index.htm

Eurohostel
http://www.eurohostel.eu/

Stadion Hostel
http://www.stadionhostel.fi/cms/?ca=tervetuloa&lang=2