Venue/Turku/Finland

The conference takes place in the heart of the city of Turku. Through the following links you can get more information on the hosting city and venue itself.

The main venue for the conference is The Turku City Theatre that is located in the city centre. Turku City Theatre is Finland's oldest municipal theatre being founded in 1946. It has always been working as a traditional repertory theatre. The address of the city theatre is: Itäinen Rantakatu 14.

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Turku is a fascinating combination of both old and new. Turku has everything for the modern urbanite, but also for people interested in the treasures of history, as Turku is the oldest town and a former capital of Finland. Turku has skilled and educated workforce, modern municipal engineering, good international connections and flexible services for companies and businesses.
Turku is nationally remarkable harbor, trade and fair city. The city has a well known location by the sea, surrounded by the beautiful archipelago. For more information on Turku and the surrounding area, please visit Turku Touring (tourist information) website and the city's website www.turku.fi/.

As the most famous cultural city in Finland, Turku offers many different types of events round the year. For example, the oldest rock festival in Europe, Ruisrock, and the bit younger city festival, Down by the Laituri, are held in Turku in the summertime. In addition, the Medieval Market, Music Festival Aurajoki Virtaa, the Turku Music Festival and numerous summer theatres are also part of the summer in Turku.

In the wintertime, the official Christmas City of Finland is filled with numerous performances, events and Christmas markets. The Christmas time culminates in the Ecumenical Christmas, and in the proclamation of Christmas peace on Christmas Eve from the balcony of the Brinkkala building, which is televised nationally. During the year 2011 Turku is the Capital of Cultureand this will be shown in the Solutions2011 conference.

See Foreca weather service website for updated news on weather in Finland. See also the local weather forecast for Turku and get a 5-day forecast. 

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