Where is Kimito?

I am sure some of you have already typed Kimito in Google Maps, but for those who are still wondering here is a picture. The yellow area is Kimito Islands or Kemiönsaari as they say in Finnish.

Kemiö is the Finnish word for Kimito. 

For some it might be confusing that I write the Swedish names for everything but our organisation is Swedishspeaking, it is not the same Swedish that they speak in Sweden, but very close. I might write more about this later as languages are a big interest of mine.

The closest large city is Åbo (Turku in Finnish), by car it is 55 minutes away. The capitol of Finland, Helsingfors (Helsinki in Finnish) is almost 2 hours away. 

From Stockholm it is very convenient to come to Åbo by ferry www.vikingline.fi and drive yourself or hop on a bus to Kimito. There is a direct bus from the Åbo harbour to Kimito. And of course also back.

From Kapellskär in Sweden there is a ferry to Nådendal (Naantali in Finnish) and it is a bit longer to drive but still not long. https://www.finnlines.com/routes/naantali-kapellskar/.

If you are flying to Finland you will want to land on either Åbo (Turku) airport or Helsingfors-Vanda (Helsinki-Vantaa) airport. There are busses from Helsinki to Kimito so we will make it work.

As soon as you have recieved a spot at the knittingsymposium, you can book your travels. We will keep in contact with you all, to help you make your travelarrangements as smooth as possible.

You can arrive on Sunday 23rd if you want, housing and meals will be available as well as great knitting company.

If you don´t want to miss any classes make sure to arrive at lunchtime on Monday 24th at the very latest.

Please ask in the comments if there is anything specific on your mind!

/Marika