It is also easy to spend your leisure time in this hotel located in the main square in the centre of Riihimäki. The hotel has comfortable rooms, excellent meeting rooms and free parking.
The popular Hotel Scandic Riihimäki has a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. The hotel restaurant offers good food and the hotel lobby bar is a place for happy evenings. Hotel Scandic Riihimäki is a professional conference hotel and the flexible and easily adjusted meeting spaces are suitable for both large seminars and small meetings. The hotel has a wide selection of fun programmes and fantastic dinner experiences. The hotel's sauna section meanwhile offers peace and quiet.
Riihimäki is known for its many museums and theaters. The Riihimäki Theatre is located in the same building as the hotel. The Riihimäki Art Museum is also located close by and the Finnish Glass Museum is just 2km away. In the summer, families with children will be delighted with Puuhamaa amusement park, just a 15 minute drive away in Tervakoski. Sports fans will enjoy the many opportunities for exercise in the city, such as bowling, archery, swimming or even car racing.
Parking:
- This hotel has accessible parking
- There is at least one 3.6 metre wide parking space
- All disabled parking spaces have been clearly marked
- The car park is situated 22 metres from the hotel entrance
- The route between the car park and the hotel entrance is well lit
- There are no level differences between the car park and the hotel
Entrance:
- There are some level differences at the hotel entrance
- The hotel has a ramp or a lift for the disabled
- There is a non-revolving door at the main entrance with a minimum width of 80 cm
- There is a doorbell at night, which is accessible from a wheelchair
- There is no threshold at the entrance
- Seating is always available close to the entrance
Reception:
- There is clear access from the reception to the entrance and lifts
- The reception desk is not lowered for wheelchairs
- The reception has cane holders and a hearing loop
- You can borrow a vibrating alarm clock/fire alarm
- Seating is available close to the reception
Lifts and stairs:
- The hotel has at least 1 accessible lift with an open door width of 80 cm
- Lift doors open automatically
- Both external and internal lift buttons can be reached from a wheelchair
- There are braille markings beside the internal lift buttons
- There is no voice announcement for the floors and direction of travel at each floor
Public toilets:
- There is 1 accessible toilet in the hotel public areas
- The door of the toilet room is accessible by wheelchair and at least 80 cm wide
- There is sufficient space under the wash basin for a wheelchair
Other:
- The hotel corridors are accessible by wheelchair
- The hotel shop is freely accessible by wheelchair
- The hotel has at least 1 computer station accessible for wheelchair users
- Guide dogs are always allowed in the hotel
Room:
- The hotel has 1 accessible room
- The room has an open door width of at least 80 cm
- The corridor of the room is at least 80 cm wide
- The accessible room has a wooden floor
- The light switch can be reached from a wheelchair
- The television has subtitling available
- There is at least 80 cm of free floor space on both sides of the bed
- The bed has legs
- The height of the bed is not adjustable at the back and foot
Bathroom:
- The bathroom door is accessible by wheelchair and at least 80 cm wide
- There is no threshold to the bathroom
- There is a handrail inside the bathroom that can be used to open the door outwards
- The bathroom has an alarm button
- Hooks and towels can be reached from a wheelchair
- The washbasin soap dispenser can be reached from a wheelchair
- Toilet paper can be reached from a wheelchair
- There is no threshold to the shower
- There is a shower curtain in the shower
- A shower chair can be borrowed, or there is one in the room
- The shower soap and shampoo dispensers can be reached from a wheelchair
- There is a cosmetic mirror in the bathroom that can be reached from a wheelchair
- There is an alarm button in the bathroom connected to the hotel reception
Restaurant and bar:
- Walkways to the restaurant and bar are at least 100 cm wide
- There are no level differences in the restaurant
- The height of the breakfast buffet tables is a maximum of 90 cm, and they can be reached from a wheelchair
- Assistance and trays are available during breakfast
Meeting and conference areas:
- The hotel's meeting and conference areas are accessible by wheelchair
- The meeting and conference areas have 1 disabled toilet
- The hotel offers a portable hearing loop available for meeting and conference guests
- At least one of the meeting areas has a door at least 80 cm wide
