VENUE

The conference will take place on the main campus of the University of Jyväskylä, world famous for its unique architecture. The milieu consists of the late 19th century college buildings, Alvar Aalto's works, and more recent Finnish architecture comprising the modern university. Too see the map of the main campus, please click http://www.jyu.fi/tiedotus/wwwkartat/indexeng.php?page=seminaarinmaki

TOWN

The town of Jyväskylä is located in Central Finland, 270 kilometres north of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Jyväskylä is a lively university and school town with some 110,000 inhabitants in the city and nearby area. The town lies in the midst of the Päijänne Lake District. The map of Jyväskylä can be found at http://kartta.jkl.fi/ .

ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation with a reasonable price range is available in hotels . The hotels below are located within walking distance from the conference site.

Special price for accommodation will be offered by the hotels below.  Please make your room reservation yourself by email (Cumulus, Scandic, Jyväshovi) or on-line. To get the special price, please mention ‘The XII International Bakhtin Conference’.

Hotel   Single room  Double room

Milton   55 €         70 €     http://www.hotellimilton.com/etusivu-eng.html

Cumulus  68 €          72 €   Bookings: jyvaskyla.cumulus@restel.fi

Scandic  69 €         74 €    Bookings: jyvaskyla@scandic-hotels.com

Alba     61 €       78 €   http://www.hotellialba.fi/index.php?lang=englanti&

Jyväshovi 82-87 €     106-111 €  Bookings: sales.jyvaskyla@sokoshotels.fi .

Inexpensive accommodation will be available at Summer Hotel Rentukka (appr. 2 km from the conference site, regular bus connection). The price includes breakfast.

http://www.co.jyu.fi/hotelrentukka/en/home.php

Single room    39 €

Double room   52 €

Three persons in a flat  60 €

Four persons in a flat  76 €

For other hotels and additional information, please check the City of Jyväskylä Tourism site at 

http://www.jyvaskylanseutu.fi/sivu.php/travel

MEALS

Lunches and snacks are available on the campus area in student restaurants and coffee shops. The are restaurants in the city centre within walking distance.

HOW TO GET TO JYVÄSKYLÄ

Jyväskylä is located in Central Finland, 270 kilometres north of Helsinki. The destination of most international flights is Helsinki from which there are frequent flight connections to Jyväskylä (50 min.). You can also take a train from Helsinki to Jyväskylä (3 h 30 min). There is also a regular bus service from the airport to Helsinki railway station. Railway timetables can be found at http://www.vr.fi/heo/eng/index.html. A third option from Helsinki to Jyväskylä is a coach service from Helsinki airport to Jyväskylä. For bus timetables, please visit http://www.expressbus.com/aikataul_eng_fs.html.

There also are international flights (by Ryan Air) to Tampere, 150 km south-west from Jyväskylä. If you arrive at Tampere airport, take a bus to Tampere railway station (timetables at  http://www.airpro.fi/bustimetable ) and a train from Tampere to Jyväskylä (1 h.30 min).

Jyväskylä Airport is located in Tikkakoski, 15 kilometres from Jyväskylä. There is a bus service to the city centre at 5,50 €. If you take a taxi, the cost is approximately 25 €.

Other options: There are frequent ferry lines to Finland from Sweden (Stockholm), Estonia (Tallinn) and Germany (Travemünde, Rostock) to the coastal cities Turku and Helsinki with a connection (coach/train) to Jyväskylä. Daily train connections are available from Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vyborg). There is a direct coach service from Russia (St. Petersburg, Vyborg) to Jyväskylä.

MAP

A    The conference site (L-building)

B    University Main Building (C-building)

2    Hotel Alba

3    Hotel Cumulus, Alko off licence

4    Hotel Milton

8    Hotel Scandic

10   Hotel Jyväshovi

WEATHER

The average temperature in July is 21 C, but bring a sweater and a raincoat for rain and chilly nights. At midsummer, the sun does not set at all, but also in late July it the summer nights are still white. For more information, please visit http://www.foreca.com/eng/weather

CONTACT INFORMATION

Conference secretary:

Ms. Marjut Hiironen

Department of languages

P.O. Box 35         

40014University of Jyväskylä                                           

FINLAND                                                                          

tel.+358142601219                                                         

fax +358 14 2602501

e-mail: marjut.hiironen@campus.jyu.fi

Or you can send your questions by e-mail to

XIIINTERNATIONALBAKHTINCONFERENCE@campus.jyu.fi