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Day trip to New Valamo

03.09.2022 - 03.09.2022 |Kaikki

The first event of the SILLAT project of autumn is a day trip to Heinävede to the Valamo monastery on Saturday, September 3. The trip is organized based on the wishes expressed by the students.

Transportations leave both campuses from Kuopio Lukema (Yliopistonranta 3, 70211) at 10:30 am and Joensuu from Carelia front (Yliopistokatu 4, 80100) at 11:00 am. We reach New Valamo at noon. First we go on a one hour guided tour (only Finnish). After the tour, we can enjoy a buffet lunch at Valamo's restaurant Trapesa together. Rest of the afternoon it is possible to go outside on your own to seek the surroundings of Valamo, visit the souvenir shop or get to know the monastery's diverse exhibitions. The transportations back to the campuses leave at 4 pm. We arrive in Joensuu at 5 pm and Kuopio at around 5:30 pm. 

The trip is open to all students of the University of Eastern Finland. Register in advance in Kide.app, the link is below. Registration is open from the 16th to 26th of August or as long as there are enough places. Transportations, a guided tour and lunch are free of charge, but upon registration a 10 € deposit + 0.5 € service fee must be paid in order to bind the participants. The deposit will be returned after participating in the event, the service fee will not be refunded. If you cancel your participation after the registration period, the deposit will not be refunded.

Registration

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A warm welcome to Valamo with the Bridges to get to know the monastery culture and fellow students across campus borders!

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More information:

Riina Pääkkönen, the BRIDGES project coordinator, riina.paakkonen(at)isyy.fi, tel. +358 44 491 6529