Is there football field in Finland's university?(Helsinki)

jon_l80 · Post by **jon_l80** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:21 am

I would like to ask local citizens whether there are football field in or around the campus of Helsinki's univeristy( School of Economics).I am from Asia. China, Macau.

I don't know much of the Finlish, so I would like to ask here.

THanks a lot!

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sinikettu · Post by **sinikettu** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:39 am

Helsinki has two Univeristies that have Departments of Economics..
There is one in the city.
http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/katal/english/

THe other is about 15 kilometers to the west of Helsinki.
http://www.tkk.fi/English/
Although this University is a University of Technology..some of the courses are linked to management course that include economics.

Although I dont know if either has it's own "football pitch/team"...I am sure that there is access to plenty of local sports facilities.

ajdias · Post by **ajdias** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:45 am

by school of economics you mean HSE? http://www.hse.fi

There's a field some 200 meters away from the school and a few others around town if by football field you mean fields with enough space to play football.

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:06 pm

If you mean grass, no. If you mean people playing football, no. Right now there is a meter of snow and by all probabilities an ice rink

jon_l80 · Post by **jon_l80** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 5:14 am

http://www.mli.hkkk.fi

is there any users here studying in that school?
Are there sports activites available in school of economics?

sinikettu · Post by **sinikettu** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 9:26 am

jon_l80 wrote:www.mli.hkkk.fi

is there any users here studying in that school?
Are there sports activites available in school of economics?

In Finnish Universities the student use the local community facilities.
To the best of my knowledge they do not have their own "Sports Complexs". They have their own clubs and teams for most sports, but they make use of local public facilities.

e.g.
http://www.mikkeli.fi/fi/english/02services/004leisure

Argan · Post by **Argan** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:06 am

Do you mean real football or american "football"?

ajdias · Post by **ajdias** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:07 am

Hank W. wrote:If you mean grass, no. If you mean people playing football, no. Right now there is a meter of snow and by all probabilities an ice rink

There's a field in Töölö next to finnair stadium that has been kept clean of snow - or almost, yesterday there were a few centimeters there.
I noticed some matchs being played this winter but mostly, from what I see, is for practicising purposes. Of course that won't be of much use for Jon in Mikkeli's hse branch.

sinikala · Post by **sinikala** » Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:26 am

AFAIK TKK doesn't have it's own sports fields.

We used to make use of the two pitches on the Tapiola side of Kehä 1, go past the water tower, over the bridge & down the other side to your right sort of behind Inoppoli and further on towards Tapiola by about 3/400m.

Even those were on a bad slope a la Yeovil Town.

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