Transportation
Kulttuuritalo, or Helsinki Hall of Culture, address is Sturenkatu 4. It is situated next to Linnanmäki amusement park.
We recommend you to enjoy Helsinki by walking and cycling – try the city bikes or ask for a bike from your hotel.
For public transport, use the Journey Planner to see your route and fare. Please note, commuter trains or trams do NOT sell tickets, but buses do. Single tickets are available from HSL ticket machines, parking ticket machines, R-kiosks and other HSL sales points, or via the HSL app. Use the sales points search to find the closest sales points.
Getting to and from the conference venue
By train
The venue is about 2,5 km North from the Main railway station, and about 1,5 km south from the Pasila railway station. All trains arriving in Helsinki stop first at Pasila and then (in 5 min) at the Main railway station that is the end stop of all trains. A taxi from Pasila will cost approx 13-15€ and from the Main Railway Station 17-20€.
By Bus
Bus 23 from the Main Railway station and Pasila station runs to and from the facilities. To and from Kamppi shopping centre, the bus 70.
Bus 23 towards Main Railway Station, Kulttuuritalo, when exiting the venue doors, 50 m left
Bus 70 towards Kamppi, Linnanmäki (etelä) when exiting the venue doors, 300m right
By Tram
Tram lines 1, 3, 8, and 9 pass the Helsinki Hall of Culture.
Closest stop for tram 1 and 8, Urheilutalo, 350 m forward and right when exiting the venue.
Closest stop for tram 3, Alppila, 400 m left and left when exiting the venue.
Closest stop for tram 9, Sturenkatu, 400 m left when exiting the venue.
Getting to and from the airport
By Bus or Train
You can use the Finnair’s airport bus (passing the venue, hop off at Porvoonkatu stop and continue walking after the bus 200m)
The ring rail train from airport to the city is like the name suggest, a ring. It doesn’t matter which way you go from the airport, I train is eastbound and P train is westbound, I being 10 minutes faster to come to city.
Please note, the Helsinki airport is located in a neighbouring city, Vantaa, hence you will need a regional ticket. The ticket machine is located close to the entrance to the train at the airport.
By Taxi or Uber
It takes about 20 minutes to get to the venue from airport (17 km) and will cost approx. 35-40€
To order taxi in Helsinki, please call 0100 0700 (or 0100 0600 for pre-bookings)
or use the Taxi app (iOS, Android, Win)
Uber is also operational in Finland
Driving and parking
We recommend using public transport due to limited parking space.
Very next to the conference venue (the north-east side), there is a public off-street parking lot with 16 spaces (plus one for invalid drivers). Maximum parking time is 4 hours. There are also on-street spaces on the Sturenkatu and on its side streets (zone 3 = 1€/h (Mon-Fri 9-21, max 1 or 4 h).
The nearest parking ticket machines are in Sturenkatu 6 (next lot to North-East, left from the entrance (your back toward doors) and 11 (opposite side of the street). If you prefer the mobile parking payments (zone 3 = 1€/h + c.20c/transaction), it is operated by the international Easypark and the Finland-based Parkman.