There are direct flights to Helsinki, Finland from most European cities, the USA, Middle East, Central Asia and Asia-Pacific region. The national carrier Finnair is a member of the One World Alliance. One can reach the Congress site using a number of European, US, African, Middle Eastern and Asian airlines which offer their air services directly to Helsinki Vantaa Airport. The city of Helsinki has very good ferry connections to Sweden, Estonia, Germany, Poland and Russian Federation. There are also excellent railroad connections from Finland to Russian Federation.

Transportation options from Helsinki Vantaa Airport to Helsinki town center and to Jyvaskyla are train and bus. Delegates can buy their train tickets for Helsinki Vantaa Airport to Jyvaskyla at the airport. The first train starts straight from the airport. The train station is within walking distance from the airport and guided by signs. There will be one or two changes of trains on the way to Jyvaskyla. The first change will be at the Tikkurila train station. Depending on the schedule, the second train may come directly to Jyvaskyla, or delegates may need to change again at the Tampere train station. Additional information about time schedules available at https://www.vr.fi/en. One can also reach Jyvaskyla by Finnair flights  from Helsinki Vantaa Airport.. Information about flight time schedules are available at https://www.finnair.com/fi-en  There are also frequent busses from both Vantaa Airport and Helsinki to Jyvaskyla. For more information about bus service schedules, please visit https://www.matkahuolto.fi/en/

VISA REQUIREMENTS

Visitors from the European Union member states, Nordic Countries, Liechtenstein and Switzerland do not need to have a visa nor residence permit to enter Finland. Visa is a permit to enter the country for short-term and temporary visits, for three months stay at the most. For a stay over three months, residence permit is required. Detailed information regarding the requirements and the application forms for Finnish visa and the application forms are available at https://um.fi/visa-to-visit-finland  For a visa application, you will need an invitation letter from JAMK University of Applied Sciences. If this is the case, please contact Ms. Anastasiia Mikhlina from JAMK at anastasiia.mikhlina@jamk.fi

COVID-19 REQUIREMENTS FOR FINLAND

The Covid-19 requirements for entering to Finland are updated on a bi-weekly basis. According to the latest update on January 17, 2022, you are expected to have a Covid-19 passport with complete and valid vaccinations (or recovered from Covid-19 within 6 months) and a negative Covid-19 test result of less than 48 hours. Please check out the updated status before your travel according to your country of origin at Guidelines for border traffic during pandemic | The Finnish Border Guard (raja.fi)

Information on required vaccines and tests can be found on the THL website

Please note that passengers arriving in Finland are subject to obligations under the Communicable Diseases Act. You must read the instructions of the health authorities, regardless of the country from which you are coming to Finland. Check out the health and safety guidelines on THL's website.