Ypäjä is a rural town of 2400 inhabitants in Southwestern Finland. It is located some 140 kilometers
from the capital city Helsinki (Helsingfors) and 75 kilometers from the regional capital Turku (Åbo).


TRAVEL BY AIR Helsinki–Vantaa
Helsinki–Vantaa Airport in Metropolitan Helsinki is served by direct connections from most major European cities by Finland’s national airline Finnair and several other carriers. If you arrive and depart by plane, you can book and pay for transportation to Ypäjä and back when you fill out the registration form. The conference organizers will then you pick you up from, and take you back to, the airport for you flights.

TRAVEL BY FERRY Turku and Helsinki
can be reached from Stockholm, Sweden, by two ferry companies, Viking Line and Tallink Silja Line. You can take your car with you. Please contact the ferry companies for details.

TRAVEL BY CAR from Helsinki

Take Freeway 2 westward (toward Turku / Pori) and follow Route 2 to Forssa. In Forssa exit to Road 10 (westward to Turku). Then drive about 15 kilometers and turn to Road 213 (Forssantie, blue exit sign says Ypäjä / Loimaa). Turn right to Downtown Ypäjä (Road 2805, Kurjenmäentie) after driving 5.5 kilometers. From the roundabout in the middle of the village, take right (white sign says Hevosopisto). You will soon see some of the Equine College’s historical buildings to your right.

BY CAR from Turku
Take Road 10 westward (Turku–Forssa–Hämeenlinna). Turn left after some 70 kilometers to Road 213 (Forssantie, blue exit sign says Ypäjä / Loimaa). Turn right to Downtown Ypäjä (Road 2805, Kurjenmäentie) after driving 5.5 kilometers. From the roundabout in the middle of the village, take right (white sign says Hevosopisto). You will soon see some of the Equine College’s historical
buildings to your right.