IUFR0 XX World Congress, Post-Congress Excursion Number 1

Saturday, August 12

14:00 Departure from Tampere Hall by bus

Visit to Nuutajärvi estate and arboretum. Possibility to visit Nuutajärvi glass factory and museum.

Travel to Turku.

Dinner in the castle of Turku.

Accommodation: Hotel Marina Palace, Turku

Travel distance 165 km by bus

Travel to Dragsfjärd.

Visit to Rosala island and information about the ecology of the south-western archipelago.

Lunch on the island.

Visit to the Archipelago National Park information centre.

Accommodation: Labbnäs cottage village.

Travel distance 70 km by bus and 40 km by boat.

Private forestry, multiple use and care of biodiversity in small-scale private forestry.

Visit to a private forest owner.

Taking biodiversity into consideration in forest management planning.

Preserving biodiversity in logging operations.

Travel by bus to the airport of Turku.

Flight to Mariehamn, Åland

Travel distance 80 km by bus and 180 km by airplane.

Accommodation: Hotel Eckerö, Eckerö

Sightseeing in Mariehamn.

Information about the autonomy of the Åland Islands. Old-growth forest. Forestry on the Åland Islands. Broad-leaved tree species in south-western Finland. Thinning operations.

Lunch in Kastelholm Castle.

Travel distance 80 km by bus.

16:35 Flight to Helsinki

19:00 Arrival in Helsinki, End of the excursion

Trainers or rubber boots and raincoats recommended for field excursions. Delegates are advised to take out their own travel insurance policies.

Organizers
Excursion arrangements:           Professional programme:
Congrex                           Henry Schneider, Excursion coordinator
P.O.Box 35                        Forestry Center Skogskultur
FIN-00621 Helsinki                Simonkatu 12 B, FIN-00100 Helsinki
tel: +358-0-752 3611              tel: +358-0-694 5587
fax: +358-0-752 0899              fax: +358-0-694 8046
e-mail: saarijl@ajk.tele.fi

Hotels:

Hotel Marina Palace               Eckerö Hotel

Linnankatu 32                     P.O. Box 175

FIN-2OlOO Turku                   FIN-22270 Eckerö

tel: +358-21-651 2102             tel: +358-28-384 47

fax: +358-21-516 750              fax: +358-28-382 47


Labbnas Semesterhem

Labbnäsvägen 66

FIN-2587O Dragsfjärd

tel: +358-25-424 637


Options for the return arrangements:
Hotel   Extra night August 15 - August 16, 1995

	Holiday Inn Garden Court
	Rälssitie 2
	FIN-01510 Vantaa
	tel: +358-0-870 900
	fax: +358-0-870 90101
	price approx. double room FIM 280/person
	single supplement  FIM 140

Bookings for the return travel arrangements, if necessary:
Atlas matkat/Long Tours Ltd.
tel: +358-0-496066
fax: +358-0-496301