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This train does not exist yet.

NS27

Arctic Express

Built with Aaltoes. Co-hosted with Iterate.
4 to 6 December 2026.

In December, forty builders will draw it into being.
Two reserved wagons. Eight hours of track.
Helsinki to Rovaniemi.

The North is already waiting.

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40 Builders
1 Train
8 Hours of track
Helsinki to Lapland The route
4-6 Dec 2026 The date
6 Partner places
Winter panorama of the Finnish North
01The North

The North has always trusted the made thingover the spoken one. It keeps what survivesthe winter and lets the rest go.

NS27 was built on the same instinct. A small room, chosen with care, given one long night and nowhere to hide.

02The Builders

Forty. Every seat is given, none requested.

I We are looking for the people who win the rooms everyone else attends.
II For the ones whose work is already running somewhere, in front of real users.
III For the ones the great universities produced, and the ones they missed.

The room closes at forty. That is the point of it.

03In Good Company

The room is already keptin good hands

I Tool Sponsors
II Investor Cohort
First seat held · two remain
III Venue Partner
Kaamos Lodge Lapland
IV Ecosystem Partners
04The Journey

Four days, northand back again

I
Maria 01, Helsinki
Maria 01 · Helsinki

The Arrival

The first evening gathers at Maria 01, the old hospital turned startup house in the centre of Helsinki. Introductions, the challenge revealed, and the room finding its shape over the first drinks.

II
The reserved wagon on the Arctic Express
The Arctic Express

The Build

They come already in teams, their chemistry in place. The main challenge begins as the train pulls out of Helsinki. Two reserved wagons, eighty aboard, eight hours of track, and a pitch the moment it stops in Rovaniemi.

III
Kaamos Lodge, Lapland
Kaamos Lodge · Lapland

The Lodge

The second day turns to two challenges at once, five hours each, twenty builders to a track, teams drawn fresh from across the room. An excursion into the white between them. That night, the Gala Dinner, under a sky that never fully lightens.

IV
The train south to Helsinki
South

The Return

The train back to Helsinki. Everyone leaves. The network does not.

The challenge is not ours to set. It is yours.

05The Offer
Main Sponsor · 1 available

The Main Challenge

You set the problem all 40 builders solve on the 8-hour train ride. You pick the winner.

All 40 builders work on your challenge 3 of your team ride the train and judge You see everything they build, 30 days before anyone else
Challenge Sponsor · 2 available

A Side Challenge

You set a problem 20 builders solve at the lodge in Lapland. You pick the winner at the dinner.

20 builders work on your challenge for 5 hours 2 of your team ride the train and judge You see everything they build first
Investor Seat · 2 left of 3

A Seat on the Train

You ride the whole trip and meet all 40 builders early — before anyone else does.

2 of your team ride the train A place on the judging panel at the final pitch Every dinner, and intros to any builder you like

Six sponsor spots in total. Once they are taken, that is it.

Let us make the first one worth remembering.

Europe has a habit of losing its best builders to comfortable rooms. This is the answer to that. The train runs once this winter, and the company it keeps does not disband.

Become a partner Join the waitlist · for builders
4 to 6 December 2026 Helsinki to the Arctic