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cities: Baltic region
St Petersburg
L50480L50480 FLY: BA and Rossiya from Heathrow;
Riga
Rossiya from Gatwick
Stockholm
L50480L50480 FLY: Air Baltic from Gatwick, Ryanair L50480L50480 AIRPORT: Pulkovo airport is 10 miles from L50480L50480 FLY: To Stockholm-Arlanda: BA and SAS
from Stansted the city centre. Private bus companies charge from Heathrow; Sterling from East Midlands and
around £2.50 for a service to the central Gatwick; SAS from Manchester
L50480L50480 AIRPORT: Eight miles from the city centre. Pushkinskaya Metro station. Taxis cost £14,
Taxis take around 15min (approx £9). Bus 22A is plus luggage handling surcharges. L50480L50480 AIRPORT: Arlanda is 25 miles from the city.
the express service into town, 50p fare plus 90p The express train is £18 and takes 20 mins. The
per suitcase. More info at
riga-airport.com L50480L50480 STAY AT: Radisson SAS (features a fitness 40min taxi ride costs up to £36. The airbus is £9.
centre, sauna and massage) L50539 Grand Hotel
L50480L50480 STAY AT: Bergs L50539 Three modern Reval Europe (see review, p52) L50539 Herzen House (new L50480L50480 STAY AT: Hilton Slussen L50539 Sheraton
business hotels (see p51)L50539 Grand Palace Hotel hotel with English-speaking staff 24/7) Stockholm Hotel L50539 Hotel Rival
in the old town L50539 Radisson SAS Daugava
L50480L50480 LUNCH AT: Austeria (traditional Russian), L50480L50480 LUNCH AT: Esperanto (varied), 6962 323 L50539
L50480L50480 LUNCH AT: Otto Schwarz restaurant on 2300 369 L50539 Black Cat, White Cat (international), Master Anders, (French and Swedish), 6542 001 L50539
the top floor of the Hotel de Rome, business 2797 430 L50539 Akvarium (Chinese & seafood), 3268 Ho’s, (Chinese), 84 44 20 L50539 Wedholms Fisk
lunch menu 6708 7613 L50539 gourmet dining at 286 L50539 Garcon Restaurant (French), 5700 348 (seafood) 6117 874
CUT restaurant in Hotel Elizabete, 6778 5555
L50539 Vincents (high-end, guests include royalty, L50480L50480 CONFERENCE VENUES: Renaissance L50480L50480 CONFERENCE VENUES: Annexet has
George Bush and Elton John), 6733 2830 Baltic, several meeting rooms and a ballroom a capacity of up to 3,000 for exhibitions,
that can accommodate up to 200 people,
globearenas.se L50539 The Stockholm City
L50480L50480 CONFERENCE VENUES: Radisson SAS
marriott.com L50539 Angleterre, a range of rooms Conference Centre contains 50 meeting
has multi functional spaces, biggest can host up to suit smaller meetings of 20-40 people, rooms, the largest of which can accommodate
to 400,
riga.radissonsas.com L50539 Hotel Latvija
angleterrehotel.com L50539 Lenexpo contains 1,400 people,
stoccc.se L50539 Moderna Museet
(up to 1,000 in one room, 3,000 total) several multi-configuration halls for larger is a museum that can host conferences of
revalhotels.com/en L50539 Riga Congress Centre, events,
lenexpo.ru up to 300 and offers tours to guests,
rigacongress.lv modernamuseet.se
L50480L50480 TIME OFF: Visit the city’s premier
L50480L50480 TIME OFF: The Museum of Occupation attraction, the Hermitage Museum, set in the L50480L50480 TIME OFF: See the city from the top of the
gives an insight into life under the Nazis and grandeur of the Winter Palace L50539 see ballet and 155m Kaknastornet TV tower L50539 tour the Old Town
Soviets L50539 Riga Motor Museum has a Lincoln theatre at the world-class Mariinsky Theatre (Gamla Stan) on foot L50539 watch a game of Bandy,
given to Brezhnev by Richard Nixon L50539 the L50539 arrange a tour of the city’s canals with one of Sweden’s most popular sports
Opera House, where Wagner once worked Anglotourismo Boat Tours
L50480L50480 USEFUL CONTACTS: British Embassy,
L50480L50480 USEFUL CONTACTS: British Embassy +371 L50480L50480 USEFUL CONTACTS: British Consulate, 6713 000,
britishembassy.se L50539
6777 4700 L50539 British Chamber of Commerce +371 3203 200,
ukinrussia.fco.gov.uk L50539 Russo-British Stockholm Chamber of Commerce,
67218043,
www.bccl.lv Chamber of Commerce, 4488 464,
rbcc.com 555 100 00,
chamber.se
L50172 DIALLING CODE: (00) 371 L50172 DIALLING CODE: (00) 7 812 L50172 DIALLING CODE: (00) 46 8
CURRENCY: £1 ≈ 0.8897 Lat (LVL) CURRENCY: £1 ≈ 43.92 Roubles (RUB) CURRENCY: £1 ≈ 12.48 Kronor (SEK)
TIME ZONE: GMT + 2 hours TIME ZONE: GMT + 3 hours TIME ZONE: GMT + 1 hours
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