Do you wish to visit Tvärminne Zoological Station? We are happy to customise your stay according to the preferences of your group. Don´t hesitate, get in contact and let us make the best of your stay!
In order to make individual bookings, research group or course bookings, please contact Minna Österlund. For seminary and meeting bookings, please get in contact with Mariella Holstein. Preliminary inquiries can also be sent to the reception email address tvarminne-zool@helsinki.fi.
The reception in the main building takes care of the arrival and information for our guests, see reception opening hours. Keys are returned here, as well as payments and billing when leaving.
Prices valid from 1.1.2025
Students (BSc, MSc, Finnish student card ) during their personally paid basic studies at the station. In free time visits prices are charged according to the Others-category. In order to get the lunch support, you have to show your student card when paying. Own linen and towels.
| UH students | Students from other Finnish universities | ||
| VAT 0% | VAT 0% | Incl. VAT | |
| Breakfast | 4.50 | 4.56 | 5.20 |
| Lunch or dinner (incl. support 2.55 / one per day) | 2.95 | 2.95 | |
| Lunch or dinner (without support) | 5.50 | 5.50 | 6.27 |
| Accommodation double room / night | 15.60 (7.80€/pers.) | 42.64 | 48.60 (24.30€/pers.) |
| Accommodation single room / night | 14.00 | 30.09 | 34.30 |
| Accommodation double room with own bathroom / night | 28.00 | 60.18 | 68.60 |
| Accommodation single room with own bathroom / night | 20.20 | 38.86 | 44.30 |
UH internal & collaborators UH personnel, researchers, PhD students & researchers with scholarship (work-related) / research projects with an official collaboration with UH. UH seminars / Finnish doctoral courses / Finnish high school and polytechnic courses / foreign BSc and MSc students (thesis work). Linen and towels included.
Others, such as non-UH seminars and research projects, foreign university courses, visitors (also UH personnel, students, researchers and researchers with scholarship in free time). Linen and towels included.
| UH internal | UH-collaboration | Others | |
| VAT 0% | Incl. VAT | Incl. VAT | |
| Breakfast | 7.02 | 8.00 | 11.40 |
| Lunch | 10.26 | 11.70 | 13.90 |
| Dinner | 10.26 | 11.70 | 13.90 |
| Extra fee for weekend meals (lunch, dinner) | 2.63 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Accommodation double room / night | 66.67 | 76.00 | 100.00 |
| Accommodation single room / night | 47.37 | 54.00 | 73.00 |
| Accommodation double room with own bathroom / night | 75.44 | 86.00 | 110.00 |
| Accommodation single room with own bathroom / night | 57.89 | 66.00 | 84.00 |
| Long-term accommodation 2 weeks (single room) | 364.91 | 416.00 | 528.00 |
| Long-term accommodation 4 weeks (single room) | 581.58 | 663.00 | 831.00 |
| Lecture room / h | 18.33 | 23.00 | 37.40 |
| Lecture room / day | 58.41 | 73.30 | 117.20 |
| Room for group work / h | 5.78 | 7.25 | 10.90 |
| Room for group work / day | 20.16 | 25.30 | 41.00 |
| Sauna / h | 29.64 | 37.20 | 59.20 |
| UH internal | UH-collaboration | Others | ||||
| Vehicle | VAT 0% | VAT 0% | VAT 25,5% | |||
| Augusta + Captain + Chief engineer | h | 239.00 | 297.10 | 372.86 | Please contact the reception | |
| Saga hovercraft + Captain | h | 157.50 | 196.00 | 245.98 | Please contact the reception | |
| J.A. Palmén without Captain | h | 59.40 | 74.30 | 93.25 | Please contact the reception | |
| J.A. Palmén + Captain | h | 89.20 | 110.70 | 138.93 | Please contact the reception | |
| Crangon without Captain | h | 45.10 | 53.70 | 67.39 | Please contact the reception | |
| Crangon + Captain | h | 74.90 | 92.80 | 116.46 | Please contact the reception | |
| Esox without Captain | h | 34.10 | 42.60 | 53.46 | Please contact the reception | |
| Esox + Captain | h | 63.80 | 79.00 | 99.15 | Please contact the reception | |
| Palju or Saavi without Captain | h | 22.00 | 27.50 | 34.51 | Please contact the reception | |
| Motorboats ≥ 20 hp | h | 14.30 | 17.90 | 22.46 | Please contact the reception | |
| Motorboats < 20 hp | h | 11.00 | 13.70 | 17.19 | Please contact the reception | |
| Captain´s and Chief engineer´s potential daily allowance and overtime pay will be charged from the client. | ||||||
| UH internal | UH-collaboration | Others | ||||
| Bench fee | VAT 0% | VAT 0% | VAT 25,5% | VAT 0% | VAT 25,5% | |
| Bench fee (office space) / working day | - | 5.70 | 7.15 | 8.10 | 10.17 | |
| Research infrastructure fee / working day | - | 9.00 | 11.30 | 13.90 | 17.44 | |
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The bench fee or research infrastructure fee is not debited for internal (UH) users. The bench fee entitles to basic services such as office space. It is not charged from users who are paying for accommodation at the station (collaborators as well as others). Paying the research infrastructure fee opens access to the conventional laboratory facilities, microscopes, ovens, scales and other similar research infrastructure. Non-standard equipment and as well as operating costs of special facilities can be charged separately. For all projects, a User Access Agreement is written, detailing the facilities needed, timetables, logistic and analytical services needed, and costs involved. For example, the number of climate or aquarium rooms needed affects the cost. |
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| Analyses (coastal water samples)* | UH internal | UH-collaboration | Others | |
| VAT 0 % | VAT 0 % | VAT 25,5 % | ||
| NH4-N, ammonium nitrogen | 9.00 | 10.53 | 13.22 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| NO3+NO2-N, nitrate+nitrite nitrogen | 7.48 | 8.78 | 11.02 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| NO2-N, nitrite nitrogen | 7.26 | 8.57 | 10.76 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| PO4-P, phosphate phosphorus | 7.26 | 8.56 | 10.74 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| Si, dissolved silicate | 7.34 | 8.63 | 10.83 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| TN, total nitrogen | 11.87 | 13.98 | 17.54 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| TP, total phosphorus | 11.30 | 13.42 | 16.84 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| BSi, biogenic silicate | 13.74 | 15.84 | 19.88 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| BSi, filter | 10.18 | 11.96 | 15.01 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| POP, particulate organic phosphorus | 14.83 | 17.43 | 21.87 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| POP, filter | 11.20 | 13.30 | 16.69 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| TDP, total dissolved phosphorus | 16.40 | 19.31 | 24.23 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| TDP, filtrate | 12.16 | 14.27 | 17.91 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| DOP, dissolved organic phosphorus | 23.00 | 27.06 | 33.96 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| DOP, filtrate | 18.77 | 22.02 | 27.64 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| DOC/TDN, dissolved organic carbon/total dissolved nitrogen | 15.19 | 16.95 | 21.27 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| DOC/TDN, filtrate | 10.41 | 11.71 | 14.70 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| POC/PON, particulate organic carbon/nitrogen | 14.79 | 16.73 | 21.00 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| POC/PON, filter | 11.10 | 12.57 | 15.78 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| Br, bromide | 9.40 | 11.19 | 14.04 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| CDOM/DOM, colored dissolved organic material | 12.19 | 14.14 | 17.75 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| CDOM/FDOM, filtrate | 8.12 | 9.73 | 12.21 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| Chl-a, chlorophyll a | 8.68 | 10.47 | 13.14 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| Chl-a, filter | 4.89 | 6.02 | 7.56 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| O2, oxygen | 6.71 | 8.21 | 10.30 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| pH | 3.12 | 3.86 | 4.84 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
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* If sample quantity per analysis exceeds 10, a 15% discount will be given (analysis order-dependent discount; for pre-treated samples 10-30 % case-dependent discount). 25% extra fee is added to prices of pore water samples. |
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| Other services | UH internal | UH-collaboration | Others | |
| VAT 0 % | VAT 0 % | VAT 25,5 % | ||
| Acid Lugol solution, 100ml | 8.53 | 8.79 | 11.03 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| Filtered seawater, 1 l | 8.27 | 9.13 | 11.46 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| Preparation of culture medium, 1 l | 8.72 | 10.33 | 12.96 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| Phytoplankton culture * | 14.82 | 16.86 | 21.16 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| Other work / hour | 31.06 | 38.56 | 48.39 | Please contact our head of laboratory |
| * handling charges will be added | ||||