TRAVELLING TO JOENSUU, FINLAND - and Corfu sessions
City of Joensuu locates about 450 kilometers to North-East from Helsinki and it is a capital city of North Karelia region with more than 75 000 inhabitants. City website:
In Corfu (greek Κέρκυρα), Greece, courses (Healthy teachers - healthy school and Modern school leadership, both courses starting in Corfu 2023) will take place in Corfu city, not far from Corfu international airport. Corfu airport code CFU. Courses will take place in old town of Courfu city, cultural center METROPOL, street address Akadimias 2.
ACCOMODATION SUGGESTIONS IN JOENSUU
In Joensuu everything is near if you live in city center. Good hotels near course place are example Sokos hotels Kimmel and Vaakuna, Scandic hotel Joensuu, hotel Lietsu and hotel Green star, www.greenstar.fi. You can settle also to ISLO finhostel, rooms are also with small kitchen. In Joensuu there are also very good airbnb apartments.ACCOMODATIONS IN GREECE
You can find the suitable accomodation near the course place. Hotel, hostel or airbnb are good choices.
TRAVELLING TO JOENSUU, FINLAND
From Helsinki you can reach city of Joensuu normally by three different ways:
Ask your travel agency, if you can fly to Joensuu example by Air France tickets etc. Helsinki airport locates in city of Vantaa, so airport name is Helsinki-Vantaa. 2021 they have flights mainly in summer time.
- To Lappeenranta (city 230 km from Joensuu by train). Check the cities from Ryanair website. From Lappeenranta it is easy to take a train to Joensuu (two hours).
2. by train
Finnish trains are very comfortable and not very expensive if you buy your ticket in time. Finnish national railway company, VR, website is www.vr.fi (they serve also in English). Cheaper "saver" train tickets are sold earliest 60 days before trip and I think latest about two weeks before your trip, if discount tickets are still available. In trains you can find restaurants and free wifi.
Cheapest "Saver" tickets are about 25 €/one way. (Basic tickets are about from 41 euros to 56 euros /one way.)
You can take local train from Helsinki-Vantaa airport to Tikkurila or Helsinki railway station and jump to Joensuu train (it is in same ticket if you want). Local train from airport is included into you train ticket to Joensuu. Or if you use example Ryanair to Lappeenranta, there is 230 km from Lappeenranta to Joensuu by train, bus or rented car.
3. by bus or rent a car
Also low fare bus company, Onnibus, operates between Helsinki-Joensuu-Helsinki.