Helsinki

You will certainly want to go on one or several excursions during your trip to Helsinki. Here you can get acquainted with the assortment of tours, choose and book a tour. You can also buy tickets to some attractions online. Have a good time in Helsinki.

As elsewhere, the most popular among tourists are sightseeing tours around the city. They allow you to get acquainted with the main attractions in a short time with the help of a professional guide. They (sightseeing tours) can be bus, pedestrian or bicycle tours.

Helsinki airport is located in the city of Vantaa (a suburb of Helsinki), at a distance about 17 kilometers north of the center of the city centre. It is the only international airport in Helsinki and the largest (in terms of passengers) in Finland. More than 90% of international flights of Finland pass through the Helsinki-Vantaa airport.

There are many hotels in Helsinki. Most of them are located in the city center. Railway station, bus station, port, university, market square, Kiasma and Ateneum museums are also located there. Most tourist attractions are within walking distance from these hotels. Information about the hotels, which are located close to the popular tourist sites, is available on this page. You can find a hotel located near the place you want. The hotel's location can be seen on the map.

There are about 80 museums located in the Helsinki. This includes both large state-owned museums and small museums that belong to companies and private persons. Which museums in Helsinki is the most popular with tourists and locals?

There are many places for shopping in Helsinki. There are several large shopping centers where you can buy everything necessary, and many small shops and boutiques, which may be interesting for tourists. The most famous shopping streets of the central part of Helsinki are: Mannerheimintie, Aleksanterinkatu, Pohjoisesplanaadi, Eteläesplanadi, Korkeavuorenkatu, Fredrikinkatu, Bulevardi.

Location of interesting for tourists places is shown on the map of Helsinki: attractions, hotels and shops.

Helsinki is the most visited by tourist’s city in Finland. According to border guards, about 4.9 million arrived in Finland foreign tourists pointed out visit to Helsinki as the purpose of there trip in 2015. (A total number of tourists was 7.4 million people in Finland in 2015.) Approximately 13% of them were Russian citizens. According to statistics, most of the tourists visited the amusement park Linnanmäki, Helsinki Zoo, Suomenlinna Fortress, museums and attractions.