Arrival to the City of Lahti
Lahti
The city of Lahti is located about an hour drive (90km) from the Helsinki – Vantaa airport. There is a convenient bus service between the airport and centre of Lahti. Buses depart from platform 14 to Lahti every hour or more often (night time less frequently). Athletes and guests are offered the help of Lahti Attachées at the Airport and later on in Lahti. They are able to help you with any concerns you may have in many different languages. The attachées will have a WMA2009 Lahti Information Desk at the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport Arrivals Lounge, where all the teams are able to receive information, for example about transportations between the airport and your accommodation location.
Note! The WMA2009 Lahti Information Desk is open as follows:
26.7. – 29.7.2009 : 07:00h – 23:00h
30.7. – 31.1.2009 : 12:00h – 20:00h
The transportation between Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and the City of Lahti will continue normally throughout the Championships, eventhough there is no Information Desk at the Airport! We have prepared for extra operating busses on most important arrival days, because there will be big amounts of atheletes and guests arriving on the first days. It is also recommended that guests are aware of this situation and are prepared for it.
There may be special additional busses available for larger teams, who have informed the need in connection with entry.
Helsinki
The city centre of Helsinki is located about 20 min drive (19km) from the Helsinki-Vantaa airport. There are several public busses operating between Helsinki city centre and the airport.
