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SUMMARY:Nordic Ruin Seminar
DESCRIPTION:\nYou are warmly welcome to join the Nordic ruin seminar on the southeast coast of Finland!\n\nValues and Significance of Ruins\nNordic Ruin Seminar in Kotka 2 - 4 June 2026\nDuring the seminar\, we will hear presentations and discuss the values and significance of ruins\, and we will visit some of the most interesting ruin sites and learn about the region’s history both on land and at sea. The presentations will take place in the mornings at the Maritime Centre Vellamo in Kotka\, https://www.merikeskusvellamo.fi/. In the afternoons\, we will visit nearby ruin sites.\nPRESENTATIONS \nWe invite participants to give presentations focusing on the study\, restoration and maintenance of ruins of various types and ages. Presentations may delve into the background of solutions and the practical and ethical choices involved. Examples of how ruins are used and presented are also welcome. The seminar will be multilingual. Presentations may be given in a Scandinavian language or English. However\, we kindly ask that presentation slides be in English.\nIf you would like to give a presentation\, please contact Pia Kurki(pia.kurki@museovirasto.fi) and Hilja Palviainen (hilja.palviainen@metsa.fi). Please also get in touch if you have any questions.\nPRELIMINARY PROGRAMME\nMonday 1 June \nArrival in KotkaWelcome event in the evening at Maritime Centre Vellamo\, Icebreaker Tarmo\nTuesday 2 June \nMorning: Opening remarks and lecturesLunch at Maritime Centre VellamoAfternoon: Excursion to Kyminlinna fortress in KotkaEvening: Free time and dinner independently\nWednesday 3 June\nMorning: LecturesLunch in Loviisa town centreAfternoon: Excursion to Loviisa fortress and Svartholma sea fortressEvening: Free time and dinner independently\nThursday 4 June\nMorning: LecturesLunch at Maritime Centre VellamoAfternoon: Excursion to Fort Slava and Fort ElisabethEvening: Gala event and gala dinner\nFriday 5 June\nDeparture\nREGISTRATION\nRegistration is done via the link below no later than 30th of April. The seminar fee is 375 €. The seminar fee includes lectures\, excursions\, guided tour of the Museum\, lunches\, and the gala dinner on Thursday. The fee does not include accommodation or travel to Finland and Kotka.\nACCOMMODATION\nA block of rooms at a contract price has been reserved for seminar participants:\nSingle room 133 €                                                                              Double room 153 €\nHotel: Original Sokos Hotel Seurahuone\, Kotka\nBooking is made via the Sokos Hotels website: https://www.sokoshotels.fi/fi/kotka\nBooking code: BMETSA0626. The booking must be guaranteed with a credit card or paid in advance. You can also make a reservation directly with the hotel by phone at +358 10 7821 000 or by email at kotka.seurahuone@sokoshotels.fi.\nPlease book your accommodation at the partner hotel no later than 19 April 2026; after this date we cannot guarantee available rooms.\nTRAVEL\nKotka can be reached from Helsinki by both train and bus. Travel arrangements must be made individually.                                       \nBus timetables and tickets: www.onnibus.com/home or www.matkahuolto.fi/en\nTrain timetables and tickets: www.vr.fi/en\n\nWe hope to see you in Kotka and spend inspiring days exploring ruins together in June 2026.\n
LOCATION:Maritime Centre Vellamo\, Tornatorintie 99\, 48100\, Kotka\,
 Finland
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