trip to finland, rent a bus ...

[Dédale]

Hello, We are a group of 35 architecture students, accompanied by their teachers and will make a visit to Finland in September 2012. We would hire coach (then bus + driver) September 4 to September 7. We have already prepared a circuit and detailed (in the footsteps of the architect Alvar Aalto, the great master of architecture). The bus would be responsible to take us on different site ranging from Helsinki (the southernmost) Jyvaskyla (the northernmost). We find it hard to find contacts ... Does anyone on this forum has already done this kind of stay or could tell us who to contact? Which Finnish tourist agencies could deliver us what kind of services? We prenneur any info! : D thank you very much

[sinikala]

Instead of a tourism company, you might have more success if you contact the architecture department at Aalto University

Doesn't sound like there is any formal relationship between Aalto University and your university, but they might be willing to point you in the right direction.

http://arkkitehtuuri.tkk.fi/engl/contact.htm

[raskarhu]

It would make it more easy for us to answer your questions if you'd tell us where you are coming from. But even then, I wonder: how are you going to go from "whereveryou comefromcountry" to Helsinki to Tampere (or was it Jyväskylä) and back to your "whereveryoucomefromcountry"? Are you planning on not sleeping at all?

[raskarhu]

I mean, in relation to the previous post: you are only staying for 3 days ...

[j.juuppeli]

To Jyväskylä it takes only 4 hours to drive. So you could basicly make it a daytrip as well.
Have a nice trip!

[Rosamunda]

Il y a eu plusieurs réponses à cette question sur www.salutfinlande.net , au cas où vous ne les avez pas encore vu.

They are coming from France.

[Dédale]

@sinikala : Thank you for the idea, we wrote an email to the service of international coordination

@raskarhu : We had come in on Saturday 1 September 2012, two sleep at night Heslinki and so we want a bus + driver from September 3 to September 6 included.
We would go to Jyvaskyla, Tampere and then go back down and finally Helsinki Turku.
We will spend the weekend in Helsinki!

et oui, Rosamunda, nous venons de Toulouse
on se croise sur plusieurs forum on dirait,
on essaye d'avoir un maximum d'infos, c'est pas tjrs evident ...

[raquelmorcillo]

Bonjour Dédale,

Je t'ai conseillé de contacter par email ou telephone l'organization Global Passenger Network. C'est une organization uniquement d'autobus de grande qualité. Ils ont une compagnie membre en Finland et aussitôt que tu les envoie ta demande avec l'itineraire, le nombre de personnes, etc, ils te répondent dans le 24 heures avec un devis. Comme c'est une organization global, ils négocient enormement les prix et les devis sont très interessant normalment avec une énorme garantie. Nous on a utilisé les services l'année dernière pour un groupe en Suède, et je suis super contente de leur services.
Je te conseille vraiement de leur contacter au info@gpn.travel . J'espère que cette information soit utile pour toi.

[Jukka Aho]

We would go to Jyvaskyla, Tampere and then go back down and finally Helsinki Turku.

You might want to consider adding Seinäjoki to your itinerary. The civic center — and most prominently, the main church, whose bell tower is a distinct landmark in the area with Seinäjoki otherwise being quite a flat, low-rise city — was designed by Aalto. See here for more information.