Educational Travel Fam Trip and Educa exhibition, 25.-28.1.2022 (24.-29.1.2022)

Preliminary program

Monday 24.1.

(Program for participants arriving from UAE)

15:35 Arrival in Helsinki with Finnair flight AY1964 from DXB
Transfer from Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Helsinki city centre
Hotel check-in
Dinner
Overnight in Helsinki (Hotel tbc)

Tuesday 25.1.

(Program for participants arriving from UAE)

Breakfast at the hotel
09:30 Lobby call
10:00 Meet VisitEDUfinn
VisitEDUfinn’s mission is to promote the good practices of Finnish education, offering cost-effective solutions for education professionals from around the world who are interested in benchmarking Finnish schools and the Finnish Education System. We organize school visits, study tours, educational conferences, and job shadowing in Finland along with training programs worldwide to inspire teachers, principals, and local authorities. In addition to education professionals, we offer pupils and students the possibility to attend Finnish classrooms and get an authentic learn like a Finn -experience as part of our Study tours for Students.
11:00 Transfer to Fazerila
Visit to Fazer Visitor Centre and Lunch
Welcome to the new Fazer Experience!
The visitor centre is an investment in Finnish design and work. Fazer has been providing visitor activities for over 60 years. We host roughly 50,000 visitors every year. You will get to experience, among other things, Fazer’s activities, its extensive product selection, as well as its long history, corporate responsibility and innovations. Interesting themes are tied together with the unique architecture, turning the visiting experience into something fresh and different.

(Picking-up participants arriving from India)

14:15 Arrival in Helsinki with Finnair flight AY122 from DEL
Transfer from Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to Hauho
16:30 Arrival to Iloranta farmstead
Iloranta is a "Learning in the countryside"-audited camp school destination from as early as 1980 and awarded by Visit Finland as an authentic edu travel product.
Welcome words by Samu Lescelius, owner, CEO and Virpi Juutinen, key account manager
Baking rye bread
You will learn how to bake the very traditional Finnish rye bread.
Dinner
You will enjoy a tasty dinner, prepared with local ingredients and traditional family recipes.
A Trip in the forest and self-baked bun on a stick tops on campfire
Sauna evening
You can enjoy the traditional Finnish sauna, but also try the smoke sauna. The bravest ones can also try ice dipping!
Overnight at Iloranta

Wednesday 26.1.

Breakfast at Iloranta
Fishing trip on the ice with kicksledges: ice-fishing and net fishing
Transfer to Tampere
Arrival in Tampere
10:30 Welcome to Tampere by Business Tampere and Visit Tampere
11:30 - 14:00 Tour at Vapriikki & Lunch
14:00 - 17:00 Site visits afternoon
Visit to Varala
Varala offers unique educational camps for children and youth led by professionals in their field. Our camps offer a memorable visit, no matter what time of the year you come. Varala offers a diverse range of different activities from which you can put together a phenomenal camp that you will remember for a lifetime! The participants will experience Finnish nature and learn about the arctic plants and animals by functional methods.
Visit to Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK)
TAMK is a professional higher education institution oriented towards working life and RDI co-operation. Our strengths are multidisciplinary education, creativity, and a strong international profile. We place special emphasis on technology, wellbeing services, business administration, and culture.
17:00 - 20:00 Dinner & networking evening with Visit Tampere partner network companies
Overnight in Tampere (Hotel tbc)

Thursday 27.1.

Breakfast at the hotel
09:00 - 12:00 Education Tampere company presentations
12:00 - 14:30 Lunch at Tampere talo and visit at Moomin museum
Transfer from Tampere to Helsinki
Arrival in Helsinki
Hotel check-in
Dinner
Overnight in Helsinki (Hotel tbc)

Friday 28.1.

Breakfast at the hotel
Educa - Nordic’s leading teaching and education sector event
Educa is the largest event for the education and training sector in Finland. The international part is aimed for trade professionals who are interested in English content as well as foreign visitors who are interested in the Finnish teaching and education sector. See the international programme.
Farewell dinner in Helsinki

(Program for participants from UAE)

Transfer to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
23:30 Departure with Finnair flight AY1963 to DXB

Overnight in Helsinki (Hotel tbc)

Saturday 29.1.

(Program for participants from India)

Breakfast at the hotel
Helsinki sightseeing and Lunch
Transfer to Fazerila
Visit to Fazer Visitor Centre
Welcome to the new Fazer Experience!
The visitor centre is an investment in Finnish design and work. Fazer has been providing visitor activities for over 60 years. We host roughly 50,000 visitors every year. You will get to experience, among other things, Fazer’s activities, its extensive product selection, as well as its long history, corporate responsibility and innovations. Interesting themes are tied together with the unique architecture, turning the visiting experience into something fresh and different.
Transfer to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
20:20 Departure with Finnair flight AY121 to DEL

Thank you for joining our fam trip!