Professional visits provide a great opportunity to explore some of Helsinki’s renowned education, hospitals, and healthcare facilities. Professional visits are available to ICN 2025 Congress participants for an additional fee of EUR 60.00 per visit.
Most of the venues for professional visits are easily accessible by public transport. For the sites that are not, organized transport will be available.
Website Address: Haartmaninkatu 4, Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 3 km
• Welcome to Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cancer Unit S4A and S4B. These two wards are both located on the 4th floor. S4A is focused on soft tissue sarcoma, neuroendocrine, prostate and head and neck cancers. Treatments include chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and chemoradiotherapy as well as radioisotope treatments. We provide support for treatment-related infections, pain, and side effects, and we also have hospice patients in our unit. In the cancer unit S4B, we specifically treat people with lymphoma, sarcoma, and testicular cancer. We provide chemotherapy and antibody treatments and treat infections, pain, and anemia, among other things. We also perform autologous stem cell transplants. Some patients come for examinations and treatment planning.
• Max number of participants: 15 • Minimum number of participants: 10 • How many groups: One group • Language of the visit: English • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 12.00
Website Address: Mannerheimintie 97, 00280 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 2.5 km
• Description: The Folkhälsan Campus in Brunakärr is a versatile facility, offering a wide range of services that cater to different generations. The campus includes senior housing, home care services, 24-hour care, daycare for elderly, and an in-house lunch restaurant.
• Max number of participants: 15 (English) + 15 (Swedish) • Language of the visit: English / Swedish • Minimum number of participants: - • 2. Visit starts: at 10.00 (English) / at 13.00 (Swedish) • 3. Visit ends: at 12.00 (English) / at 15.00 (Swedish)
Website Address: Katriinankuja 4, 01760 Vantaa Distance from Messukeskus: 20 km
• Description: Katriina hospital provides primary care medical services and rehabilitation for the residents of the Vantaa and Kerava welfare area. The hospital has 8 wards with different patient profiles and a geriatric and palliative outpatient clinic. We will also present our home hospital and mobile hospital services that cover the entire welfare area. There is a teaching center on the premises of the hospital where continuing education and familiarization of new employees with clinical skills are organized.
• Max number of participants: 21 • Language of the visit: English • Minimum number of participants: - • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 12.00
Website Address: Ruukkukuja 7, 01600 Vantaa Distance from Messukeskus: 10 km
• Description: Myyrmäki Centre for the Elderly provides housing services for a total of 199 clients. The residents are persons over 65 years of age. Myyrmäki Centre is home to clients who, due to memory problems or other disabilities, are unable to manage in their own homes. In 24-hour service housing, clients need regular, continuous assistance and supervision. Community housing also offers night-time services based on individual needs.
• Max number of participants: 20 • Language of the visit: English • Minimum number of participants: 10 • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 11.15
Website Address: Ratatie 22, 01300 Vantaa Distance from Messukeskus: 13.5 km Train: From Pasila to Tikkurila
• Description: University of Applied Sciences. Whole group starts together and then the group will be divided into five groups: Simulation workshop, Multisense space, Elderly care, Digitalisation in Health.
• Max number of participants: 100 • Groups: Five groups, 20 participants each. • Minimum number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 13.00
Website Address: Myllypurontie 1, 00920 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 10 km
• Max number of participants: 100 • Minimum number of participants: 20 • Language of the visit: English • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 13.00
Website Address: Kyläsaarenkuja 2, 00580 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 2 km
• Description: Diak is a people-oriented university specialized in social work, health care, diaconia, and interpreting. Our work focuses on helping those experiencing inequality, poverty, loneliness, and social exclusion. We aim to build a more equitable world for everyone.
• Max number of participants: 15 per group • Language of the visit: English • Minimum number of participants: 4 • GROUP 1 : 10:00-10:50 • GROUP 2 : 11:00-11:50 • GROUP 3 : 12:00-12:50
Website Address: Kumputie 1, 02980 Espoo Distance from Messukeskus: 26.5 km
• Description: Rinnekodit Pikkurinne provides 24-hour short-term temporary care as well as longer-term rehabilitative care for children and young people under 18 years of age with multiple disabilities and special support needs.
• Max number of participants: 20 • Language of the visit: English and Finnish • Visit starts: at 10.00 and second tour at 13.00 • Visit ends: at 11.00 and second tour at 14.00
Website Address: Alppikatu 2 F, 2. krs. 00530 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 2.5 km
• Rinnekodit Lehmustupa provides 24-hour service housing mainly for working-aged people with multiple illnesses, based on the Housing First principle.
• Max number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English and Finnish • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 11.00
Website Address: Kumputie 3, 02980 Espoo Distance from Messukeskus: 26.5 km
• Rinnekodit Kielomäki provides housing services for adults with intellectual disabilities and for young people with intellectual disabilities who experience mental health challenges.
• Max number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English and Finnish • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 11.00
Website Address: Karvasmäentie 6, 02740 Espoo Distance from Messukeskus: 16 km
• At the ward, we treat and rehabilitate mainly adult residents of Espoo and Kauniainen who have some orthopedic injury. Patients come to the ward for further treatment and rehabilitation always with a doctor’s referral, usually from specialized health care (HUS Helsinki University Hospital). The average treatment time for one patient is about 25 days. The long-term goal for the hospital stay is to support patient’s ability to cope at home.
• Max number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English • Minimum number of participants: 3 • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 11.30
Website Address: Karvasmäentie 6, 02740 Espoo Distance from Messukeskus: 16 km
• At the neurological rehabilitation ward, we treat and rehabilitate neurological patients, such as those with cerebrovascular conditions. The ward provides a designated rehabilitation team and includes various therapies like physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and music therapy. The average treatment time for one patient is about 35 days.
• Max number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English • Minimum number of participants: 3 • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 11.30
Website Address: Karvasmäentie 8, 02740 Espoo Distance from Messukeskus: 16 km
• The emergency ward of Espoo provides primary healthcare hospital services and is located on the Jorvi Hospital campus. Patients are primarily admitted to the ward through the Jorvi Hospital emergency department at all hours of the day. The ward specializes in acute geriatrics, with a focus on multidisciplinary collaboration, where nurses, doctors, and physiotherapists work together following a rehabilitative approach.
• Max number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English • Minimum number of participants: 3 • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 11.30
Website Address: Karvasmäentie 6, 02740 Espoo Distance from Messukeskus: 16 km
• We assess and treat people aged 70 and over who are suspected of having a memory disorder. To be examined at the memory clinic, a referral from a doctor is required. Our goals are to detect memory disorders as early as possible, slow their progression, and help maintain functional ability through medication and rehabilitation. Additionally, our clinic aims to enhance understanding of memory disorders and foster positive attitudes towards affected individuals.
• Max number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English • Minimum number of participants: 3 • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 11.30
Website Address: Karvasmäentie 6, 02740 Espoo Distance from Messukeskus: 16 km
• The Palliative Care and Home Hospital Center’s home hospitals cover the entire welfare area. Offices are located in Espoo, Kirkkonummi, Lohja, and Raasepori. Palliative Care Center has 2 palliative inpatient wards in Espoo Hospital (Villa Glims and Villa Bell) with 15 beds in each ward. The home hospital provides care for patients with infections and palliative and hospice care. The Western County Wellbeing Service’s palliative care center provides specialized care in outpatient clinics, home hospitals, and inpatient wards, as well as consultation support in Jorvi Hospital and other units.
• Max number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English • Minimum number of participants: 3 • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 11.30
Website Address: Nauhakuja 2, 02180 Espoo Distance from Messukeskus: 12 km
• Taavi memory service center offers both long-term and short-term round-the-clock service housing, as well as, adult day center, all services specifically for seniors with memory impairments. Taavi nursing and care team is specialized in care for people with all types of memory impairments.
• Max number of participants: 12 (one group) • Language of the visit: English • Minimum number of participants: 4 • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 11.30
Website Address: Sairaalankatu 1, 05850 Hyvinkää Distance from Messukeskus: 53 km Transport: Train to Hyvinkää + Bus 1
• Hyvinkää Hospital surgery ward is a large emergency unit with 14 operating rooms and a 25-bed recovery area. Surgery ward treats patients from 7 different specialties, caring for both children and adults. Specialties are orthopedics and traumatology, gastrointestinal surgery, obstetrics, plastic surgery, ENT (ear, nose, and throat), gynecology and urology.
• Max number of participants: 15 • Language of the visit: English • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 12.00
Website Address: Sairaalakatu 1, 01400 Vantaa Distance from Messukeskus: 18 km Transport: Bus (Peijas sairaala), train (Rekola)
• Peijas hospital specialises in orthopaedics and traumatology, gastrointestinal surgery, obstetrics, plastic surgery, ENT (ear, nose, and throat), gynecology and urology.
• Max number of participants: 15 • Languages: English, Swedish, German, Persian, Estonian, Russian • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 12.00
Website Address: Haartmaninkatu 4, 00290 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 3 km (by tram)
• Specializes in orthopedics, traumatology, and neurological surgeries.
• Max number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 12.00
Website Address: Nordenskiöldinkatu 18 B, 00250 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 2 km
• Nurse manager and clinical nurses of our neurological rehabilitation ward welcome ICN Congress guests for a visit in our facilities on 14th of June 2025! You will learn about neurological rehabilitation methods at university hospital level, how we get ready to unite two wards and move into new hospital facilities at 2028 and much more. Visit includes a presentation lecture and a tour in the unit, where you meet our clinical nurses.
• Max number of participants: 15 • Language of the visit: English • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 12.00
Website Address: Stenbäckinkatu 9, 00290 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 3 km Transport: Bus 20 or 30 from Kamppi or Tram 4
• Welcome to our New Children's Hospital. In our hospital we take care of children and adolescents from all over Finland. Care including all different specialities; all children in the Helsinki region in need of specialist medical care, all pediatric diseases, including diseases for which medical expertise is not available elsewhere in Finland, e.g. rare congenital diseases and the most demanding pediatric diseases in Finland, such as those involving cardiac surgery and organ transplants. We will tell you about one of our inpatient ward for children and about our outpatient clinic.
• Max number of participants: 15 • Language of the visit: English • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 12.00
Website Address: Stenbäckinkatu 9, 00290 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 3 km
• In our hospital we take care of children and adolescents from all over Finland. Care including all different specialities; all children in the Helsinki region in need of specialist medical care, all pediatric diseases, including diseases for which medical expertise is not available elsewhere in Finland, e.g. rare congenital diseases and the most demanding pediatric diseases in Finland, such as those involving cardiac surgery and organ transplants. We will tell you about our outpatient clinic and also about our Play and Activity Unit.
• Max number of participants: 15 • Languages: English, German • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 12.00
Website Address: Haartmaninkatu 4, 00290 Helsinki (Building 3) Distance from Messukeskus: 3 km
• Learn about different pulmonary diseases, e.g. pulmonumfibrosis, pneumonies, tuberculosis and many kinds of medical support. .
• Max number of participants: 15 • Minimum number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 12.00
Website Address: Zaidankatu 2, Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 4 km
• Our brand-new hospital for ophthalmic patients - Oak Hospital - welcomes ICN Congress guests for a visit on 14th June 2025! Come and hear how clinical nurses have been involved in the planning, decision-making and developing care processes of the new hospital. We will start with a presentation at a lecture theatre and then divide guests into 4 groups who will tour 3-4 units. Our clinical nurses will meet you at the unit and tell you about the care they provide and the patients they look after. The presentation and tour will be in English or translated into English.
• Max number of participants: 60 • Minimum number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English • Visit starts: at 10.00 (Meet up at 09.50 am at the main doors. Presentation at the lecture theatre will start at 10 am.) • Visit ends: at 13.00
Website Address: Sairaalatie 1, 06150 Porvoo Distance from Messukeskus: 52 km
• The hospital is an active part of HUS Helsinki University Hospital and has an innovative approach to developing health care. Here are a few examples: A separate post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) to support surgical patients’ quick recovery and discharge within 23h has been developed. A cerebrovascular disturbance rehabilitation unit for neurological patients was developed as a part of the internal medicine ward. An interprofessional learning unit has been developed at the surgical inpatient ward, offering nursing students practical training and new nurses’ orientation in a transformative way. The care of Swedish-speaking patients is advanced as part of a four-year project financed by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
• Max number of participants: 10 • Minimum number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English, German and Swedish • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 11.30
Website Address: Välskärinkatu 12, 00260 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 3 km
• The Addiction Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic conducts demanding differential diagnostic evaluations when patients are suspected of having a serious psychiatric disorder alongside an addiction disease. We also offer psychiatric examinations during pregnancy and rehabilitation treatments requiring special expertise. The Substitution Therapy Outpatient Clinic offers treatment to patients whose substitution therapy requires special expertise in specialist medical care. We also conduct assessments of the need for substitution therapy. Our treatment range includes biological and psychosocial treatments based on up-to-date evidence..
• Max number of participants: 15 • Minimum number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English • Visit starts: at 10.00 (Meet up at 9.50 am) • Visit ends: at 11.30
Website Address: Haartmaninkatu 2, 00290 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 3 km
• The Women's Hospital the largest maternity hospital in HUS area, and also in Finland. The hospital is focused on the demanding specialist medical care of women and newborns. At Women's Hospital, we treat the most high-risk pregnancies and extremely preterm births in the HUS area. In 2023, there were 7,880 deliveries at the Women’s Hospital (15,285 across the entire HUS area)
• Max number of participants: 15 • Minimum number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 11.30
Website Address: Kontukuja 5, 00940 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 11 km
• Kontula Senior Centre offers long-term 24-hour housing for people with memory disorders, mental illnesses or decreased physical functional capacity. Senior centre includes a service centre, two day activity units and 18 group homes where we provide 24-hour housing.
• Max number of participants: 45 • Minimum number of participants: 3 (same language) • Languages: English, French, Spanish • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 13.00
Website Address: Myllymatkantie 4, 00920 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 9.5 km
• Myllypuro Senior Centre has open and bright facilities that were renovated in 2021. The centre is a 136-resident service housing unit, which also includes a day activity and a service centre. We also provide short-term care.
• Max number of participants: 30 • Minimum number of participants: 5 • Language of the visit: English • Visit starts: at 13.00 • Visit ends: at 15.00
Website Address: Työpajankatu 14 A, 00580 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 3.5 km
• Kalasatama Health and Wellbeing Center is a modern healthcare and wellbeing facility in Helsinki, offering a wide range of services to all clients. Opened in 2018, the center is known for its innovative digital services and multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Max number of participants: 45 • Minimum number of participants: 15 • Language of the visit: English • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 12.00
Website Address: Lääkärinkatu 8, 00250 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 2 km
• Laakso Hospital is one of the City of Helsinki hospitals with 300 inpatient care beds. Laakso Hospital has several geriatric wards, an infectious diseases ward, a wound care ward, two neurological wards for those recovering from cerebrovascular disorders, a trauma ward for those recovering from multiple fractures and an orthopaedic ward where we tend to those recovering from hip fractures. We will also explore the new Laakso Hospital that is under construction. The Laakso Joint Hospital is a construction project. We are building functioning facilities for the treatment of psychiatric and somatic diseases in Laakso Hospital area for over 900 inpatient care beds.
• Max number of participants: 30 • Minimum number of participants: 10 • Languages: English, Spanish • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 12.30
Website Address: Nordenskiöldinkatu 20, 00250 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 2 km
• Luoto is a substance abuse rehabilitation facility with the capacity of around 30 customers all together. We offer round-the-clock rehabilitation in three different communities. There is one for women, one for men and one for all genders. Our six week rehabilitation program is based on a recovery-oriented frame, community and peer support. Our professionals consist of social- and healthcare workers, an occupational therapist and a psychologist.
• Max number of participants: 15 • Language of the visit: English • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 12.00
Website Address: Jan-Magnus Janssonin aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 2 km
• Arcada is a multidisciplinary university of applied sciences. At our international campus in Helsinki, our 2,700 students and 170 employees work at the forefront of change and development. We conduct research relevant to society and provide lifelong learning in business and IT, energy and materials technology, health and welfare, culture and media, and healthcare. Arcada provides nursing education in both Swedish and English. The nursing programme at Arcada is the best in the country in a comparison between Finnish universities of applied sciences.
• Max number of participants: 20 (English, two groups) + 10 (Swedish) • Minimum number of participants: 4 English speaking + 4 Swedish speaking • Language of the visit: English and Swedish • Visit starts: at 09.00 • Visit ends: at 11.30
Website Address: Puutarhurinkuja 2, 00300 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 3.5 km
• Pihlajalinna was chosen as the best work community 2024 by the Finnish Nurses Association. The center is focused on orthopedic, hand, skin, esthetic and plastic surgery patients and sports and exercise medicines. The sport laboratory and testing facilities are quite unique in Finland.
• Max number of participants: 30 (English) + 15 (Spanish) • Visit starts: at 10.00 (English and Spanish) • Visit ends: at 11.00 (English and Spanish)
Website Address: Myllymatkantie 4, 00920 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 9,5 km
• Docrates Cancer Center is a Finnish-owned, international private hospital in Helsinki specializing in cancer treatment. We provide individual services for cancer patients throughout the treatment chain, from diagnostics to post-treatment follow-up. Diagnostic work up is completed within days so that treatment can be planned and initiated without delay. Our unique concept attracts patients from all over the world. We can offer the latest in cancer treatments. In addition to the drug treatments that are already in general use, Docrates has opportunity to access the latest treatments and participate in clinical drug trials.
• Max number of participants: 20 • Language of the visit: English, Swedish and Russian • Minimum number of participants: • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 11.30
Website Address: Linnanrakentajantie 2, 00880 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 7 km
• Mainiokoti Herttua is an urban housing service unit located above a shopping center. Mainiokoti Herttua offers 24-hour serviced housing for the elderly. Our home has 60 places for residents.
• Max number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English • Minimum number of participants: • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 12.00
Website Adress: Capellan Puistotie 7, 00540 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 3,5 km
• Mainiokoti Capella is located in the seascapes of Helsinki's Kalasatama. Our home offers round-the-clock care and housing for elderly people and elderly people with memory problems. Our home has 31 places for residents.
• Max number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English • Minimum number of participants: • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 12.00
Website Adress: Papinpöydänkuja 2, 00340 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 6,5 km
• Mainiokoti Lehtisaari is located, as its name suggests, in Helsinki's Lehtisaari. Our home offers round-the-clock service housing for the elderly. The home has 44 places for residents.
• Max number of participants: 10 • Language of the visit: English • Minimum number of participants: • Visit starts: at 10.00 • Visit ends: at 12.00
Website Address: Arkadiankatu 6, 00100 Helsinki Distance from Messukeskus: 4 km
• Jokipuisto is located in Oulunkylä and it is a housing unit for people with developmentally disabled, which has 14 places for 24-hour service housing and 7 places for communal living.
• Language of the visit: English • Visit starts: (information to come) • Visit ends: (information to come)
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