Make the most of your conference and join the social events – meet & network with old and new colleagues!
Welcome reception on July 10, 2024, at 18:00 – 21:00 Finnish Sauna evening at Löyly (Hernesaarenranta 4, Helsinki)
We welcome all ADA 2024 participants to the get-together & networking event on Wednesday, 10 July .
Our setting is the iconic Löyly Sauna, Bar & Restaurant on the southern tip of Helsinki. During the informal evening, you will get to enjoy refreshments and the famous Löyly salmon soup. The entire sauna department and its adjacent terrace are reserved for ADA 18:00-21:00. Why not try the gentle steam of the smoke sauna and take a refreshing swim in the sea! We warmly recommend it and remind you to bring your swimsuit as the saunas are mixed.
You can naturally join the party without going to the sauna; the terrace towards the sea will be our outdoor venue.
AGENDA
17:30 our private buses to Löyly will depart in front of Otakaari 1 venue.
17:40 bus pickup stop at the nearby Radisson Blu Hotel Espoo
18:00 to 21:00 The entire Löyly sauna department and adjacent terraces are reserved for ADA.
18:00-19:30 Sauna Experience I
19:30- 21:00 Sauna Experience II
During the evening, we will enjoy refreshments and the famous Löyly salmon soup. We remind you to bring (or rent) your swimsuit as the saunas are mixed. Towels and lockers are included.
Please note
During the first conference day we will ask you to sign up for Sauna Experience I (18:00-19:30) or Sauna Experience II (19:30-21:00) as the sauna space is limited.
Accompanying persons are welcome to join.
From Löyly it is a 20-30 min walk back to the city centre or our staff will guide you to hop on the nearby tram nr 6 towards the railway station. Our student volunteers will guide you.
How to join the Get-together?
If you arrive on your own, meet up at 18:00 at the Löyly restaurant in Helsinki, Hernesaarenranta 4 (tram number 6 very convenient from city centre).
LÖYLY BAR, RESTAURANT, AND SAUNA
Löyly is one of the most popular things to see and do in Helsinki and the perfect setting for ADA 2024 participants to relax and wrap up their first day at the conference. In 2018, Löyly was among Time Magazine’s 100 Best Places in the World.
Sauna is an essential part of Finnish culture and the national identity. There are only 5.4 million Finns, but the country has 3.3 million saunas. Löyly is without a doubt one of the most popular public saunas in Helsinki – now you have the opportunity find out why.
Cruise & Conference Dinner on July 11, 2024
Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre Hanaholmen (Hanaholmsstranden 5, Espoo)
After the second conference day, we will take you out for a tour at sea! A private boat will cruise along the shore and offer a small treat of seaside Espoo. We will pass the nearby Keilaniemi business park – a hub of high tech, innovations and business life, as well as the beautiful Espoo archipelago.
Unplugged from the buzz of the city, our elegant yet charming Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre Hanaholmen welcomes us. It is located on its own island on the border between Espoo and Helsinki, about 4 km from the Aalto University campus and conference venue. Its Restaurant PLATS will serve us locally sourced, organic Finnish delicacies with hand-picked wines!
AGENDA
18:15 Our staff will guide you to the pier Otaranta, 10 min walk from venue, Otakaari 1
18:20 Our staff will guide guests from Hotel Radisson Espoo to the pier Otaranta (5 min walk)
18:30 Our private water bus departs from the pier Otaranta, we reach Hanasaari island at 19:00
22:00 Private buses will transport you to Helsinki city centre (Kamppi) and/or to Aalto University campus Otaniemi (Radisson Blu Hotel Espoo & Heymo Hotel).
>If you come directly to the pier, check out the location on the map below.
>If you come directly to Hanaholmen, you can reach Hanaholmsstranden 5 by public transport (Metro stop Koivusaari station + 1,2 km walk).
You will get a feel of the Nordic White Nights as midsummer has been celebrated only a couple of weeks earlier!
The mission of Hanaholmen is to convey the benefits of Finnish–Swedish cooperation and to strengthen the Finns’ belonging to the Nordic family. Echoing the conference theme, the values and mission of Hanaholmen are peace, security and inclusion; culture, knowledge and education; and sustainable welfare. The attractive building features many Nordic design details.
