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Helsinki city tour Time 10:0013:00 Place Departure from Marina Congress Center Price 30 Departure by private bus from Marina Congress Center with your local English speaking guide. During the tour you will see all the main sights in Helsinki city center: sights in the Mannerheim Street, Railway Station, the Presidential Palace, the Uspenski Cathedral. At Senate Square we will see the University Main Building and Lutheran Cathedral all displaying neo-classical architecture of the 1840s.We will continue walking from Senates Square to the colourful Market Square by the sea in the South Harbour, we will also visit indoor Market Hall. The tour continues by bus to Kaivopuisto Park and diplomatic residences and to the magnificent Temppeliaukio Church, carved into solid rock. After visiting Sibelius Monument transfer back to the conference venue. Old town of Porvoo (CANCELLED) Time 10:0016:00 Place Departure from Marina Congress Center Price 85 Departure from Marina Congress Center to Porvoo by bus with your local English speaking guide. Porvoo is the second oldest town of Finland.The medieval plan of the town site with its narrow cobblestone lanes and wooden houses has been preserved and protected with great care. Upon arrival walking tour with your guide in the old town. After that you may wander into the small handicraft shops scattered along the lanes and offering pottery, rugs, handmade shawls or just candy. Depart Porvoo for Haikko Manor for lunch. After lunch return to Helsinki to the conference venue. Architecture tour (CANCELLED) Time 14:0017:00 Place Departure from Marina Congress Center Price 55 Helsinki is growing rapidly. This bus tour will show the old and new urban strategies of the city, public buildings and housing developments. Ruoholahti, an area by the sea, provides a good example of how an area that was once a harbour has become an active centre of culture, information technology and pleasant urban housing. During the tour we will get to know the different architectural time layers from neo-classical to art-noveau buildings and to present day glass cubes. The tour will depart from Marina Congress Center and it will end in the city centre. Design tour (CANCELLED) Time 14:0017:00 Place Departure from Marina Congress Center Price 60 Finnish design is world famous for its elegant simplicity, functionality and closeness to nature. Departure from Marina Congress Center with your local English speaking guide by private bus. First we head towards Arabia factory famous for its ceramic and glassware design and products. Local guide takes us around Arabia museum, gallery and factory and there will be possibility do shopping at Arabia shop. We continue to Design Forum Finland, which is an information centre of design presenting a wide range of information and material on the achievements and strengths of Finnish design.We visit the current design exhibitions and the Design Forum shop. We also have a look at what Finland has to offer in textiles and visit Marimekko design shop at Esplanade before returning back to the conference venue.
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