Practical Guide NCP Academy Meet & Exchange on “NCP Systems
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Practical Guide NCP Academy Meet & Exchange on “NCP Systems – Benchmarking on Macro and Micro Level & Gathering Future Needs” 30th – 31st May, 2017 Helsinki Venue: Scandic Marina Congress Center Address: Katajanokanlaituri 6, Helsinki The M&E workshop will take place in the room „Nautica” in the ground floor. Follow the signs when you enter the building. How to get there? Marina Congress Center is located in Helsinki city centre by the sea in Katajanokka, just a couple of minutes walk from Kauppatori market square and a short walk from Helsinki railway station. From Helsinki central railway station By tram Walk across to Stockmann department store and take tram no 4. Get off at the 4th stop (Kauppiaankatu). Walk a bit backwards and turn left to Kauppiaankatu. Walk one block down towards the sea and Marina Congress Center and Scandic Grand Marina hotel are on your left hand side. You may use Journey Planner https://www.hsl.fi/en of Helsinki Regional Transport to get more details about timetables and a map. Insert “From” Central railway station (or your other location) and “To” Marina Congress Center. By taxi The fare will be about 15€ from city center to Katajanokka. Taxis can be found by the central railway station or close to your hotel. From Helsinki-Vantaa Airport By bus From Helsinki-Vantaa Airport take either - bus number 615 (fare á 5,50€ and timetable https://aikataulut.reittiopas.fi/linjat/en/b615.html ) or - Finnair City Bus (fare á 6,60€ and timetable https://www.pohjolanliikenne.fi/cs/pl/en/fcb_timetable ) to downtown Helsinki (Helsinki railway station is the final stop). From Helsinki railway station to Scandic Marina Congress Center, please see the instructions above. By train From Helsinki-Vantaa Airport take train I or P. Both trains (I and P) run to Helsinki railway station, and train I is few minutes faster. From Helsinki railway station to Scandic Marina Congress Center, please see the instructions above. Hotel recommendations These hotels are on a walking distance from the Meet & Exchange venue or easily accessible by public transport. Of course, there are other hotels as well. Please see the websites below to check the availability of rooms. Scandic Grand Marina Katajanokanlaituri 7, 00160 Helsinki www.scandichotels.com/hotels/finland/helsinki/scandic-grand-marina Hotel Katajanokka Merikasarminkatu 1 a, 00160 Helsinki www.hotelkatajanokka.fi/en/ GLO Hotel Kluuvi Kluuvikatu 4, 00100 Helsinki www.glohotels.fi/en/hotels/glo-kluuvi GLO Hotel Art Lönnrotinkatu 29, 00180 Helsinki www.glohotels.fi/en/hotels/glo-art Best Western Carlton Kaisaniemenkatu 3, 00100 Helsinki www.carlton.fi/carlton.asp Cumulus City Kaisaniemi Kaisaniemenkatu 7, 00100 Helsinki city.cumulus.fi/en/hotels/cumulus-kaisaniemi-helsinki Hotel Arthur Vuorikatu 19, 00100 Helsinki www.hotelarthur.fi/en/ Sokos Hotel President Eteläinen Rautatiekatu 4, 00100 Helsinki www.sokoshotels.fi/en/helsinki/sokos-hotel-presidentti Crowne Plaza Helsinki Mannerheimintie 50, 00260 Helsinki helsinki.crowneplaza.com/en/hotel Get-to-together and Group Dinner Tuesday 30th of May, you are kindly invited to attend working dinner and a glass of wine at the Allas Sea Pool restaurant. Address: Katajanokanlaituri 2. We will start there at about 20.00 (8pm). Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements. Also, let us also know if you cannot participate in the dinner. Some nice activity just before Before dinner, right after our day 1 workshop, you are welcome to join us to experience Finnish sauna and three pools (two warm water pools year-round and one pool with water of authentic temperature) at Allas Sea Pool’s floating deck right at the Helsinki city center. The large fresh water pool and the sea water pool are in use also in winter time. www.allasseapool.fi/en/ .