Travel

From Finland

The convention organizes a group trip to Åcon on ferry from Turku (Silja Line). The per-person price includes a deck place on the ferry; you can also purchase a cabin via us (up to four persons in a cabin). The convention will book one cabin for storing luggage, so you don’t have to keep your bags with you on the ferry.

The ferry from Turku (Silja Galaxy) leaves 8.15 on Thursday May 17. The ferry will arrive in Mariehamn at 13.35. On Sunday May 20 the ferry (Silja Europa) leaves 13.45 from Mariehamn and arrives in Turku at 19.15.

You can also book meals with us, or arrange your own if you prefer.

The prices for the return trip are:

• 12 €/person (deck place) or
• 62 €/cabin (1–4 persons)

There is a group breakfast on Thursday (10 €) and a lunch buffet on both Thursday and Sunday (24 € each) for those who want to book meals together with the trip.

If you want, you can bring a car (46 €) or a bicycle (20 €) with you – please specify when booking the trip.

More Details

• Please be at the terminal half an hour before departure at the latest (7:45 in Turku on Thursday, 13:15 in Mariehamn on Sunday)
• The morning train from Helsinki to Turku arrives at 7:50; please hurry to the terminal as soon as you arrive
• We have a cabin to store the luggage; you’ll get the number when picking up the boarding pass from Hanna Hakkarainen at the terminal
• If you’ve reserved the breakfast buffet, you get a voucher with your boarding pass. The buffet is open immediately after boarding on deck 7
• The lunch buffet is at 12:00. There are no separate vouchers for this; the meetup is in front of the buffet restaurant (7th deck) at 11:50
• Those who choose not to have the breakfast buffet have traditionally gathered at Joe’s place, also on deck 7
• The ferry arrives at the Mariehamn terminal at 13:35, and stops there for only ten minutes before continuing to Sweden; please remember to get off the ferry immediately
• You get the boarding passes for the return trip at the Mariehamn terminal on Sunday (be there by 13:15); lunch buffet meetup is in front of the restaurant at 15:50
• ferry information

How to reserve a trip

You can reserve a trip with us by filling the reservation form and paying the fee to the following account:

Hanna Hakkarainen, IBAN: FI79 1391 5000 0259 02 , BIC: NDEAFIHH. Include the text “Åcon travel” and your name in the message when paying.

To participate in the group trip you need reserve and pay before Wednesday, April 11.

If you have questions, feel free to leave a comment or contact us at <acon@sci.fi>.

From Sweden

There hasn’t been much interest in group travel from Stockholm in the previous years. We’re looking into this, so if you’d like to have us organize a trip from Stockholm let us know either by leaving a comment or contacting <acon@sci.fi>.