Finding your way to ECITE

The festival takes place at Karjaan Kisakeskus which is in the countryside near Fiskars, Raasepori, midway between Helsinki and Turku. In other words, the middle of nowhere.

The nearest town with a railway station is Karjaa. There are no public buses from Karjaa to Karjaan Kisakeskus so we will rent one or two buses from Karjaa railway station to Kisakeskus for the price of €5 direction.

Pick-up times will be announced later. Please let us know when you are coming, so we can arrange the buses in the way that most people will have the chance to catch either one of them (one going at noon, one later towards the evening). There is a cafe at Karjaa railway station if you have to wait a while.

If you are coming later, or for some reason cannot catch the bus, you can take a taxi. This will cost around €30-35. To order a taxi, call 019 1069 1169.

Below you'll find info on how to get to Karjaa from Helsinki, Turku, Tampere. There are also directions for getting to Karjaan Kisakeskus by car.

ARRIVING THROUGH HELSINKI

From Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to the Helsinki railway station

Arriving at Helsinki-Vantaa airport you get a bus to the central railway station and from there you can get a train to Karjaa.

There are two busses that go from the airport to the central railway station. There's the direct Finnair City Bus which takes about 30 minutes and costs €5.70 - runs every 20mins - tickets from the driver - timetable is here.

There's also the normal 615 (also 615N, 615NK,615T,615TK) bus which takes 40mins and stops more places along the way - it costs €3.80 - tickets from the driver - timetable is here. (In Finnish: Rautatientori = railway station square - Lentoasema = airport)

By ferry to Helsinki

From Germany, you can take a ferry from Rostock to Helsinki with Tallink Silja. Ferries go also from Travemünde, but are more expensive.

From Stockholm to Helsinki there are ferries with Tallink Silja and Viking Line.

From Helsinki railway station to Karjaa railway station

From the central railway station you need to get a train to Karjaa - there are three possibilities which all take more or less 60 minutes

The cheapest is a commuter train "Y" which costs €9.80 - you can buy a ticket on the train if you get into one of the carriages with a ticket sign on it.

Next is an Intercity which costs €16.10 - and then a Pendolino which costs €21.20. You can check train times and prices here - it is better better to buy ticket at the station - you can buy a ticket also on the train but it costs a little more.

NOTE: there are no reduced prices for non-finnish students on the finnish transport system and it is no cheaper to buy a return ticket than a single ticket

ARRIVING THROUGH TURKU

From Turku Airport to Turku railway station

Bus number 1 departs from airport every 20 min. Change for railway station at Kauppatori in town centre. Single adult fare €2,50 and single night fare (from 23.00-04.00 hrs) €3,50. Timeable can be downloaded here

By Ferry to Turku

There are two companies offering ferries from Stockholm to Turku - Tallink Silja and Viking Line.

From Turku to Karjaa railway station

From the Turku railway station there's about one train an hour that stops at Karjaa (in the direction of Helsinki) - there are two possibilities which both take about 60 minutes - cheapest is an Intercity which costs €19.00 - and next is a Pendolino which costs €24.10.

You can check train times and prices here - it is better better to buy ticket at the station - you can buy a ticket also on the train but it costs a little more.

NOTE: there are no reduced prices for non-finnish students on the finnish transport system and it is no cheaper to buy a return ticket than a single ticket.

ARRIVING THROUGH TAMPERE

From Tampere-Pirkkala Aiport to Helsinki

RyanAir and SAS Blue 1 fly to Tampere Airport - however you'll need to pass though Helsinki to get to Karjaa.

The easiest is to take the direct bus connection from Tampere airport to Helsinki. It is operated by Mobus. The journey time is 2 hours and 15 minutes and tickets cost €25.00. Timetable is here.

You could also take a bus to Tampere city centre and then get a train from there to Helsinki - trains take 1.5 to 2 hours - Commuter train "R" is €21.00 - Intercity is €26.00 - Pendolino is €32 - train times and prices here - better to buy ticket from station - it is better better to buy ticket at the station - you can buy a ticket also on the train but it costs a little more.

NOTE: there are no reduced prices for non-finnish students on the finnish transport system and it is no cheaper to buy a return ticket than a single ticket.

ARRIVING BY CAR

You can get driving instuctions on the net at google maps - type in
"Kullaanniemi 230, 10420 Pohja, Finland"

From Helsinki:

• Take road number 51 to Hanko Direction 75 km to Karjaa and
  turn right (sign: Pohja) to road number 1018.
• Drive ~0.5 km and turn right (road number 111, Karjaantie)
• Drive 2.2 km, and take a turn right (road number 111)
• Drive 8.7 km and turn right (there should be a sign "Kisakeskus", road name
  Ramskullankuja.
• Drive 11 km and you're there.

NOTE: it's not uncommon to see animals during the dark and light hours and the roads can be slippery so drive safely!