ÅA Survival Guide 2015-2016

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cafés that offer coffees, cakes, sandwiches and
sometimes salads. For tips about cafés and
restaurants, visit the tourist information offices
or have a look at their websites .
nd ), or talk to some of
the local students. They may have some good
advice! If you’re in Åbo, don’t miss the river boats
that lie mostly on the east side of the riverbank
between the bridges Aurabron (Auransilta) and
Kvarnbron (Myllysilta). Some of them offer food
whereas others function as bars.
Student Cafeterias and Lunch Restaurants
Åbo
On the Åbo campus there are five student
restaurants that serve lunches for 2.60 euros on
weekdays. These are:
• Café Arken, Arken building/Fabriksgatan 2
• Café Fänriken, ASA building/Fänriksgatan 3
• Café Gadolinia (Gado), Gadolinia building/
Porthansgatan 3-5
• Café Hanken, Hanken building/
Henriksgatan 7
• Café Kåren, Kåren/Tavastgatan 22
For more information about opening hours,
lunch menus etc., please see
.
There are also similar restaurants on the campus
of the University of Turku. In the ICT building
(Joukahainengatan 2-3), there is a student
restaurant called Sodexo and Tottisalmi is located
in the Student Health Care building (Kyrkovägen
13).
Vasa
On the Vasa campus there are two student
restaurants that serve lunches for 2.40-2.60
euros on weekdays. These are:
• Restaurang Alexander, Academill/
Strandgatan 2
• Café Ann-Mari, Academill/Strandgatan 2
For more information about opening hours,
lunch menus etc., please see:
.
The lunches include a warm meal, sallad buffet,
bread and a beverage. To get the lunch for the
student price of 2.60 you have to present your
Finnish student card or a Kela/Fpa meal subsidy
card. Without any of these cards you will have
to pay the full meal price. There is always a
vegetarian and/or a vegan option available.
9.6 Other Services
Both Åbo and Vasa offer most services that
you need in your daily life. If you need help
with finding a company/store offering the
service that you need, you can use
. The website is in Finnish only but
is very easy to use. In the yellow field marked
“Yritykset” (‘companies’) you write the name
of the city you’re interested in in the box
marked “Paikkakunta”. In the other box, marked
“Yrityksen nimi tai hakusana”, you write a search
word in Finnish (e.g. ‘kahvila’ for ‘café’) or the
name of a specific company you’re looking for.
Press Enter and the site should give you the
search results.
Shopping
There are a few things that may be good
to know when doing your shopping, both
groceries and other things. The words ’ale’
(short for alennusmyynti), ’ tarjous’, ’erikoishinta ’,
‘ erbjudande’ and ’rea’ (short for realisation), mean
’sale’, ’special offer’, ’discount’ etc. The opening
hours of shops vary so check the opening hours
of your local food store. Most department stores
and grocery stores are open from 9.00/10.00 to
19.00/21.00 during weekdays, from 9.00/10.00
to 17.00/18.00 on Saturdays, and from12.00 to
18.00 on Sundays. Some small shops that sell
only groceries are allowed to stay open to 23.00
every day. Bookshops, clothes shops etc. are
open from 9.00/10.00 to 17.00/20.00 weekdays,
from 9.00/10.00 to 14.00/18.00 on Saturdays and
12.00 to 18.00 on Sundays.
N.B. On public holidays (see list at the end of this
guide) all shops are closed and on the eve of a
public holiday they close at the same time as on
Saturdays. If a public holiday falls on a Saturday,
some shops are open on the following Sunday.