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The event will take in two close-situated places: hotel Gelios and pansion Northern Riviera in Zelenogorsk. Zelenogorsk is a former famous Finnish resort Terioki, 30 minutes from St. Petersburg by bus or train (suburb train to Vyborg direction from "Finlyandsky" railway station of St.Petersburg (underground station "Lenin's Square") .

The simplest way to reach Saint-Petersburg by plane:
International air port Pulkovo-2 is 15 minutes by bus from the nearest subway station and 40 min. from the city center. Web site: www.pulkovo.ru

The biggest Russian flight company is Aeroflot , www.aeroflot.ru. There you can find the schedules and approximate ticket prices.

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Getting St. Petersburg from Finland

By Land:
Russian Rail provide extensive and reasonably priced transport to Vyborg from St.Petersburg, Moscow and Helsinki.
Check out Russian Rail's fares page for information on tickets and passes.

Also, we can use a bus from Lappenranta or St.Petersburg. See the timetable on www.kenga.ru
Or call to Saimaan Liikenne OY (Lappeenranta, Finland):
(05) 6209223, fax (05) 451 7602

By Sea:
Lappeenrannan Matkailu OY (Lappeenranta, Finland) provide service between Lappeenranta & and Vyborg.
See more: http://www.travel.fi/Lappeenranta



Transport instruction

If you arrive by air you can take the airport bus or the minivan which costs you 15 Rubl. from Pulkovo Airport to the City. It takes about 20 minutes to the end stop which is at the bus station called Moskovskaja metro station.

From the Moskovskaja metro station you can go by metro towards the station called Tekhnologicheskij Institut where you should make a change towards Ploschad Lenina (the Finlyandsky Railway Station) (see the metro scheme). You can buy a metro card which allows you minimum 10 trips. One trip costs 7 Rubl.

From the Finlyandsky Railway Station you should take the train or the minivan towards Zelenogorsk.
Train schedule
There will be signs for the hotel "Severnaja Rivjera" (Northern Riviera).

If you go from Helsinki it is recommended to take Repin train which arrives at the Finnish Railway Station. There you take the train towards Zelenogorsk.

The timetable Helsinki - Saint Petersburg

The timetable Saint Petersburg - Zelenogorsk: