Social Programme

Industrial Visit at Polar Electro Oy - 10.00 - 12.00

• departure by bus. Eden: 9.00 - Radisson SAS 9.25 -  Holiday Inn/Cumulus 9.35
• FREE, registration via web page (sponsored by Polar Electro Ltd)

ISPQR Party 19.30 - 22.00 (Restaurant Vänmanni, Oulu City Theatre)

• FREE for conference participants, registration via web page

Oulu city Sightseeing - and visit in Päivi's home village Haukipudas-Ii

10.00 - 15.00

• Price: 60 € (registration via web page or directly:pirjo.jaukkuri@oulu.fi)
• Departure by bus at 10.00 (front of hotel Radisson SAS)
• Oulu sighteesing guided by Markus H Korhonen
• Lunch in the Restaurant Navetta, Haukipudas (Restaurant Cowhouse)
• Visit in the art village Ii and KulttuuriKauppila Art Culture House (guided by Leena Vuotovesi, Marianne Kerkelä)

Reception in Oulu City Hall - 19.30 - 21.00

• FREE, registration via web page (and there we will be prompt)

Hailuoto Isle Visit - 10.00 - 17.00

• Price: 60 € (registration via web page or directly: pirjo.jaukkuri@oulu.fi)
• Departure by bus at 10.00 (front of hotel Radisson SAS)
• Hailuoto Isle tour guided by Susanna Paulamäki
• Visit at the Marjaniemi lighthouse
• Lunch at Luotokeskus
• Visit at fishing village, handicraft shop Puikkari, etc.

Turkansaari Open-air Museum Visit 10.00 - 14.00

• Price: 60 € (registration via web page or directly:pirjo.jaukkuri@oulu.fi)
• Departure by bus at 10.00 (front of the hotel Radisson SAS)
• Turkansaari Open-air Museum Tour guided by Leena Kontiokari
• Lunch at cafe Turkansaari (salmon soup)

Arctic Circle Tour 

Post Conference Day: Arctic Circle Tour

• From Oulu to Rovaniemi by bus takes about 3 hours
• 100 € /person

Oulu at 8.00

• The Arctic Circle Tour starts in the front of the hotel Radisson SAS

Rovaniemi at 12.00 (coffee break at the Cafe Tervakuksa)

• Meet with the guide at Santa Claus Village, magic line of Artic Circle, where Santa Claus has his office. First you enjoy the buffet lunch at the Christmas House Restaurant. After lunch you have time to go shopping and see many wonderful handicrafts of Lapland. You can send letter and postcards from the Santa Claus Post Office and meet Santa Claus in his office. Afterwards, you are transferred to safari house to pick up the life jackets. Then you will cruise by traditional riverboat to the local reindeer farm, where you will learn about reindeer herding and participate in the ceremony of crossing the Arctic Circle. at the end of the journey, you receive an Arctic Circle Crossing Certificate.

Rovaniemi 16.30 - 18.00

• Back to city of Rovaniemi, it is time to say goodbye to Santa's town.     
• Possibility to shopping in Rovaniemi (if our guests like)

Oulu about 23.00

• The tour is long - but we are sure you will have a wondeful experience in Lapland's mystery.