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SoftSimu2002 will be organized in Otaniemi (Espoo), in the Helsinki University of Technology (HUT) campus. It is located about 10 km to the west from downtown Helsinki. Detailed instructions to get there are given below. Please note: Summer school lectures and computer exercises will be held in Sähkötalo (Dept. Electrical Engineering). The street address is Otakaari 5 A, Espoo. Click here for a detailed map of the campus area showing the location (Dept. of Electrical Engineering) and the nearest hotel (SAS Radisson).   How to arrive at Helsinki University of Technology: From the Helsinki-Vantaa airport There are two different kinds of taxis at the airport: regular and airport taxis. Regular taxis are rather expensive (approximately 150 FIM to Otaniemi) but fast. Taxis to downtown Helsinki from the airport are almost as expensive as a ride from the airport to Otaniemi. Airport taxi usually takes several persons at a time (with different destinations) and is therefore slower but also less expensive (50-80 FIM per person). If you wish to use public transport, there is an express bus (Finnair) from the airport to the main railway station in downtown Helsinki. Ticket costs about 30 FIM (one-way) and schedules are also available. Regular bus lines from the airport to downtown Helsinki are the cheapest way to travel (bus number 615 whose schedules are here). Ticket costs about 17 FIM. From Helsinki to Otaniemi (Espoo) by bus Busses from downtown Helsinki to Otaniemi leave from the Kamppi bus station, which is about 400 meters to the west from the main railway station. Lines 102 and 103 go directly to Otaniemi in about 15 minutes. You can also use lines 194 and 195, which are a bit slower. Busses leave from the platforms number 50 and 51. To travel by bus from downtown Helsinki to Otaniemi, you need a regional ticket ("seutulippu"). Single ticket costs 17 FIM and a 10 trip ticket 125 FIM. Single tickets can be bought from the bus driver. To read more about the fare and the public transport system, see the Helsinki City Transport homepage. If you come to Otaniemi by bus, the bus stop closest to the Summer School site is in front of the university library on the street "Otaniementie", right after the little shopping center on the right hand side. Further instructions on how to get to HUT can be found from HUT pages. Maps from the Helsinki capital region are provided by the city of Helsinki.   How to find the conference sites in Otaniemi SoftSimu will be organized in the building of the Electrical and Communications Engineering. The street address is Otakaari 5, Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland The site is pinpointed on the map of the Otaniemi area. On this map, the Summer School site (Electrical and Communications Engineering) is marked by "6".   Hotels: SAS Radisson is located on the HUT campus and within a walking distance (about 500 meters) from the Summer School site. Tel. +358-(0)9-6958 6000 Hostel Academica, Hietaniemenkatu 14/Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 29, Helsinki. Tel: +358-(0)9-13114 334 Hotel Helka in dowtown Helsinki. Helka has its own web site http://www.helka.fi/. The address is Pohjoinen Rautatiekatu 23 00100 Helsinki, Finland. tel. +358-(0)9-613 580 For locations of other hotels, please contact your hotel directly.