9th International Conference of

Finland Futures Research Centre and Finland Futures Academy

in Collaboration with Turku 2011 – Finland’s Candidate for the European Capital of Culture 2011

Connections to Finland and Turku

Flights are operated to Finland by about 20 international airlines from all parts of Europe and from many overseas destinations.

A direct service to Turku is run by SAS, Scandinavian Airline System. SAS/Blue1 has three daily flights from Copenhagen and six from Stockholm to Turku. The flight time to Turku is 1 hour 35 minutes from Copenhagen and 45 minutes from Stockholm. Turku Airport is located only eight kilometres from the centre of Turku.

There are also several daily flights from Helsinki to Turku as well as a frequent express shuttle bus connection from the Helsinki Vantaa Airport to Turku city centre.

There are also train departures from Helsinki to Turku every hour during the daytime. The trip takes less than two hours.

You can also reach Turku by boat from Stockholm. There are four daily connections both ways.