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Accompanying person´s registration fee is 300 €. You can register
by using the registration form. The 300 € fee includes the evening program
(Cocktail reception, Welcome reception, City reception, Finnish evening and
Midnight sun experience at Koli) and the accompanying person´s program
listed below (lunches are included).
If you wish to participate in the First ISTMA Golf Tournament, register by
using the registration form. The fee is 100 €.
Sightseeing tour in Joensuu, Monday 11 June 2007
Joensuu is a university town and the lively capital of the North Karelia region
in Finland. The city was established in 1848 by the Czar Nikolai I of Russia
in the estuary of a notable waterway. Historical traits of the Finnish Karelianism
and the Orthodox religion still survive in the region.
On the guided tour you will visit Carelicum, a cultural centre and museum of
local history, and Joensuu art museum, where you can take a closer look at the
history of Joensuu and the way of traditional Finnish life. Later you can admire
the Orthodox and Lutheran churches of the town which represent the border of
eastern and western culture. Furthermore, our tour will stop to visit the Botanic
Garden, the Finnish Forest Research Institute and the Joensuu Areena, a multipurpose
hall, the largest wooden building in Finland. At the end of the tour you visit
the handicraft centre and enjoy the lunch from the buffet table in the Restaurant
Teatteri-ravintola.
Excursion to the Valamo monastery and Lintula convent, Tuesday 12 June
2007
Valamo is the only monastery of the Finnish Orthodox Church and it is located
in the district of Heinävesi, in the midst of the immensely beautiful lake
region of eastern Finland. The monastery maintains close connections with the
society around it and supports itself chiefly through tourism. It receives more
than 100,000 visitors a year. The group will have a guided tour of the monastery
and learn about its history and present. Lunch will be served at the monastery's
restaurant.
After the lunch the group will continue to Lintula convent by the ferry named
Sergei. Lintula is the only convent in Finland. In the summer it offers cafe
and restaurant services to visitors and runs a souvenir shop. Lintula convent
is located in the middle of a beautiful and peaceful spruce forest by a tranquil
lake.
You need to dress respecting the tradition of the monastery and convent. Kindly
cover your shoulders and knees.
Excursion to Karelian Kitchen, Wednesday 13 June 2007
You have a possibility to take part in an excursion to Karelian Kitchen and
learn how to prepare the traditional Karelian pasties and enjoy delicious lunch.
Our tour will take you to a traditional Finnish courtyard, where the guide will
tell you how the Finns lived before. As a part of this introduction you can
visit a "tsasouna", a small orthodox chapel, too.
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