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-Myllyoja. 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 1.9.2024.
Students (BSc, MSc, Finnish studentcard ) when paying yourself. In order to get the luch support you have to show your student card when paying. Double room, own linen and towels, shared bathroom.
| UH students | Students from other Finnish universities | |
| VAT 0% | VAT 0% | |
| Breakfast | 3.95 | 3.95 |
| Lunch or dinner (incl. support 2.55 / one per day) | 2.95 | 2.95 |
| Lunch or dinner (without support) | 5.50 | 5.50 |
| Accommodation double room / night | 15.00 | 46.80 |
| Accommodation single room / night | 12.70 | 28.60 |
| Extra fee for own bathroom / night | 5.20 | 5.20 |
UH internal & collaborators, such as personnel, researchers, UH 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, shared bathroom.
Others, such as non-UH seminars and research projects, foreign university courses, visitors (also UH personnel, researchers and researchers with scholarship in free time). Linen and towels included, shared bathroom.
| UH internal & collaborators | Others | |
| Incl. VAT | Incl. VAT | |
| Breakfast | 6.80 | 11.40 |
| Lunch | 9.75 | 13.20 |
| Dinner | 9.75 | 13.20 |
| Coffee & bun | 3.60 | 4.80 |
| Extra fee for weekend meals (lunch, dinner) | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Accommodation double room / night | 72.00 | 94.00 |
| Accommodation single room / night | 51.00 | 69.00 |
| Long-term accommodation 2 weeks (single room) | 392.00 | 498.00 |
| Long-term accommodation 4 weeks (single room) | 625.00 | 784.00 |
| Extra fee for own bathroom / night | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Lecture room / h | 22.46 | 36.63 |
| Lecture room / day | 71.86 | 114.87 |
| Room for group work / h | 7.08 | 10.63 |
| Room for group work / day | 24.80 | 40.19 |
| Sauna / h | 36.43 | 57.99 |
No bench fees are charged from internal University of Helsinki users. For users with an official collaboration with the University of Helsinki, the bench fee/research infrastructure fee is 7,08€ / 11,13€ per person per work day, depending on whether or not you are also accommodated at the station, and how much research infrastructure (laboratories, climate rooms, microscopes etc.) you will use. The corresponding fees for external users are 10,12€ / 17,21€ per person per work day. All prices include VAT 25,5%.
1 Captain´s and Chief engineer´s potential daily allowance and overtime pay will be charged from the client.
| UH internal | UH Internal | UH Collaboration | UH Collaboration | Others | |||
| VAT 0% | VAT 25,5% | VAT 0% | VAT 25,5% | VAT 0% and VAT 25,5% | |||
| Augusta + Captain + Chief engineer | h | 227.85 | 285.95 | 283.24 | 355.47 | Please contact office | |
| Saga hovercraft + Captain | h | 150.15 | 188.44 | 186.90 | 234.56 | Please contact office | |
| J.A. Palmén without Captain | h | 56.70 | 71.16 | 70.88 | 88.95 | Please contact office | |
| J.A. Palmén + Captain | h | 83.70 | 105.04 | 103.88 | 130.37 | Please contact office | |
| Crangon without Captain | h | 43.05 | 54.03 | 51.19 | 64.24 | Please contact office | |
| Crangon + Captain | h | 70.05 | 87.91 | 84.19 | 105.66 | Please contact office | |
| Esox without Captain | h | 32.55 | 40.85 | 40.69 | 51.07 | Please contact office | |
| Esox + Captain | h | 59.55 | 74.74 | 73.69 | 92.48 | Please contact office | |
| Palju or Saavi without Captain | h | 21.00 | 26.36 | 26.25 | 32.94 | Please contact office | |
| Motorboats ≥ 20 hp | h | 13.65 | 17.13 | 17.06 | 21.41 | Please contact office | |
| Motorboats < 20 hp | h | 10.50 | 13.18 | 13.13 | 16.48 | Please contact office |
Captain´s and Chief engineer´s potential daily allowance and overtime pay will be charged from the client
| Analyses (coastal water samples)* | UH Internal | UH Collaboration | |||
| VAT 0 % | VAT 0 % | VAT 25,5 % | |||
| NH4-N, ammonium nitrogen | 8.82 | 10.32 | 12.95 | ||
| NO3+NO2-N, nitrate+nitrite nitrogen | 7.33 | 8.61 | 10.81 | ||
| NO2-N, nitrite nitrogen | 7.12 | 8.40 | 10.54 | ||
| PO4-P, phosphate phosphorus | 7.12 | 8.39 | 10.53 | ||
| Si, dissolved silicate | 7.20 | 8.46 | 10.62 | ||
| TN, total nitrogen | 11.64 | 13.71 | 17.21 | ||
| TP, total phosphorus | 11.08 | 13.16 | 16.52 | ||
| BSi, biogenic silicate | 13.47 | 15.53 | 19.49 | ||
| BSi, filter | 9.98 | 11.73 | 14.72 | ||
| POP, particulate organic phosphorus | 14.54 | 17.09 | 21.45 | ||
| POP, filter | 10.98 | 13.04 | 16.37 | ||
| TDP, total dissolved phosphorus | 16.08 | 18.93 | 23.76 | ||
| TDP, filtrate | 11.92 | 13.99 | 17.56 | ||
| DOP, dissolved organic phosphorus | 22.55 | 26.53 | 33.30 | ||
| DOP, filtrate | 18.40 | 21.59 | 27.10 | ||
| DOC/TDN, dissolved organic carbon/total dissolved nitrogen | 14.89 | 16.62 | 20.86 | ||
| DOC/TDN, filtrate | 10.21 | 11.48 | 14.41 | ||
| POC/PON, particulate organic carbon/nitrogen | 14.50 | 16.40 | 20.58 | ||
| POC/PON, filter | 10.88 | 12.32 | 15.46 | ||
| Br, bromide | 9.22 | 10.97 | 13.77 | ||
| CDOM/DOM, colored dissolved organic material | 11.95 | 13.86 | 17.39 | ||
| CDOM/FDOM, filtrate | 7.96 | 9.54 | 11.97 | ||
| Chl-a, chlorophyll a | 8.51 | 10.26 | 12.88 | ||
| Chl-a, filter | 4.79 | 5.90 | 7.40 | ||
| O2, oxygen | 6.58 | 8.05 | 10.10 | ||
| pH | 3.06 | 3.78 | 4.74 | ||
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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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| For pricing of other sample matrix contact our head of laboratory | |||||
| Other services | UH Internal | UH Collaboration | |||
| VAT 0 % | VAT 0 % | VAT 25,5 % | |||
| Acid Lugol solution, 100ml | 8.36 | 8.62 | 10.82 | ||
| Filtered seawater, 1 l | 8.11 | 8.95 | 11.23 | ||
| Preparation of culture medium, 1 l | 8.55 | 10.13 | 12.71 | ||
| Phytoplankton culture * | 14.53 | 16.53 | 20.75 | ||
| Other work / hour | 30.45 | 37.80 | 47.44 | ||
| * handling charges will be added |