Accessibility at Scandic Helsinki Aviapolis
Find the information you might need, before visiting us. You are always welcome to our hotel - completely without barriers. Regardless of impairment, sight, hearing, allergies or wheelchair, we have made sure that you enjoy your stay.
Entrance
- Level difference at main entrance
- Wide main entrance door (non revolving) with minimum width of 80 cm
- Door/s can be opened automatically at main entrance (All Scandic)
- Seating available close to main entrance (All Scandic)
Public areas - Other
- Clear passage to the Scandic Shop with wheelchair (All Scandic)
- Corridors in hotel accessible with wheelchair
- Service / guide dogs allowed in hotel (All Scandic)
Disability rooms
- Bed on legs
- TV with subtitles or closed captions
- Light switch reachable from wheelchair
- Space under desk accessible for wheelchairs (All Scandic)
- Minimum of 80 cm free floor space around the bed
- Wooden floors in room
- Number of disability rooms: 4
- Other height of bed from floor to top of mattress: 57 cm
- TV remote on side table (all scandic hotels)
- Width of corridor in room is at least 80 cm (All Scandic)
- Width of disability room door minimum of 80 cm when open
Disability rooms - bathroom
- Alarm / Emergency codes or buttons in bathroom
- Available free space in bathroom
- Bathroom towels reachable from wheelchair (All Scandic)
- No threshold into bathroom
- No threshold into shower
- Shower handle placed in its lowest position when guest arrives (All Scandic)
- Shower stool available (All Scandic)
- Shower creme / shampoo dispenser in shower reachable from wheelchair (All Scandic)
- Single lever basin mixer
- Space under wash basin accessible for wheelchairs (All Scandic)
- Thermostatic mixer in shower
- Toilet paper reachable from toilet (All Scandic)
- View in mirror from wheelchair (All Scandic)
- Wash basin minimum height 78 cm
- Width of bathroom door is at least 80 cm wide
Public areas - Reception
- Cane holders at front desk (All Scandic)
- Clear signs of hearing loop and wake up alarm (All Scandic)
- Clear walkway between reception and lifts (All Scandic)
- Hearing induction loop in reception desk (All Scandic)
- Vibrating wake up/fire alarm device can be borrowed from hotel reception (All Scandic)
Public areas - Lifts and stairs
- At least one lift with door widht of 80 cm when open
- Door opener or automatic door/s avaliable for lift
Public areas - Public toilets
- Accessible bathroom/s available in public areas
- Alarm / Emergency codes or buttons in bathroom
- Bathroom door is at least 80 cm wide
- Foldable armrests by the toilet
- Hooks reachable from wheelchair
- Number of disability bathrooms available: 1
- Space under wash basin accessible for wheelchairs
- Wash basin minimum height of 78 cm
Parking
- Disabled parking
- Distance from parking to entrance (m): 24 m
- Parking bays clearly marked with disabled symbols
- Level differences in path from parking to hotel: 10 cm
Other
- Staff trained to cater for disabled guests (All Scandic)