Finland · HELSINKI TOURS
Helsinki is a small capital on a lot of water, and it is cheap compared with the north. The 15 below cover the island fortress, the archipelago boats, the sauna afternoons and the ferry across to Tallinn, each priced and timed.
Review of Helsinki’s 90-minute canal cruise, with Suomenlinna, Degerö Canal, island views, audio commentary, onboard café, and practical tips.
“The tour was great, we left and returned on time. The only thing I would improve is making the audio louder. It’s hard to hear if you’re in the back of the boat near the engines.”
Explore Helsinki’s key sights, Finnish culture, sauna traditions, and Oodi Library on this affordable 2-hour-15-minute walking tour.
“Highly recommend this tour. It really encompasses the city of Helsinki and its history. The guide was fantastic, was clear speaking and very good English. It was never boring like some of these can be.”
Review the Nuuksio National Park half-day trip from Helsinki, with forest trails, lakes, public transport tips, guide details, and honest value advice.
“A wonderful couple of hours hiking through the wilderness of the Nuuksio National park. Our guide Mikheil was very knowledgeable and we learned a lot about the landscape, the foliage, mushrooms, birds and animals on the forest. If you like nature trails then this is a must to do. This is a bit of an intensive hike with lots of climbs (I think the highest was ~340 stair steps) up and down though so at least medium level of fitness and very good knees required.”
Review of Helsinki to Tallinn day tour with ferry, guided Old Town walk, free time, practical tips, price, transport, and guide insights.
“The trip was amazing, Christina the guide was brilliant, very knowledgeable. highly recommend.”
Review of Helsinki’s $42 hop-on hop-off bus, with route highlights, seasonal schedules, audio guide, value, and practical tips.
“check the bus start and finish times as it was a push to cover the key sights between 10-4pm. great day out.”
Review of Helsinki’s 105-minute winter bus tour, with heated double-decker views, 11-language audio, two photo stops, and practical tips.
“Was a standard city bus tour. The bus was clean, it arrived on time, the driver was friendly. Was not hop on hop off as they do not operate that in the winter which is fair. Been on many of these tours, would just be amazing if they could get the commentary to match the actual location. But got to see some sights further out of the city that would not have seen otherwise.”
Review of the Helsinki to Tallinn day tour with ferry tickets, hotel pickup, guided Old Town walk, free time, and practical planning tips.
“All the logistics of the tour went as planned. Pickup and drop off at hotel was on time and we were met by guide on leaving the ferry. Our guide was fantastic and extremely knowledgeable. She made the tour really interesting and offered suggestions of other things to see in our free time. Her lunch and coffee recommendations were great. Thanks so much for a fantastic day”
Review of Helsinki’s 2.5-hour evening archipelago cruise, with Suomenlinna views, sunset scenery, onboard dining, tips, and honest drawbacks.
“Commentary so you knew which islands you were looking at in the archipelago”
Cruise Helsinki’s archipelago from Market Square, with Suomenlinna, seaside districts, audio commentary, and open-air sundeck views.
“wondeful way to see the city and inner archipelago. staff are very helpful and friendly. Enjoyed getting out and understanding the geography of the area.”
Review of Helsinki’s Temppeliaukio Church, a $9 rock-hewn landmark with striking design, daytime concerts, access tips, and honest value advice.
“L'église est superbe et je suis ravie de l'avoir découverte, attention aux horaires d'ouverture (cela ferme tôt, nous sommes arrivés à 15:30 et n'avons pas pu rester longtemps). J'ai fouillé pour trouver le concert du soir dans l'église, et il se trouvait que : - le concert était après l'heure de fermeture (fermeture 16:00, concert à 19:00 avec entrée qui commence 45mn avant) -l'entrée était gratuite ce soir-là. J'ai donc payé mon entrée pour rien, et j'ai dû repartir et revenir 2 heures plus tard... L'acoustique est excellente donc malgré cela, j'ai passé une excellente soirée dans cette église.”
See Helsinki with a private local guide, from Senate Square to salmon soup tips, with a flexible 2 to 6 hour walking tour.
“It’s really one of the easiest tours I have done in a long time according to my preference . We were getting into Helsinki at about 1 Pm and all the tours declined so this was convenient and easy and brought us enough information over the 3 years . The guide mridul was also fun and very flexibile & accommodating as we were with a 6 year old”
See Helsinki from the water on a 1.5-hour archipelago cruise with city views, Suomenlinna, modern districts, audio commentary, and a boat café.
Review of Nuuksio National Park from Helsinki, with forest hiking, seasonal snowshoes or swimming, homemade soup, and Finnish drinks.
“Really nice hike. Our Guide was really cool. He exolained a lot and made some really good mushroom soup and glogi. Can recommend this tour!”
Explore Helsinki on a two-hour tip-based walk from Senate Square to Oodi, with cathedrals, Art Nouveau streets, history, and local tips.
“Great introduction to the city of Helsinki. Our guide was a relatively new resident from Argentina and was able to relate the history of the city with her own current-day experiences. While the weather was marginal (even in July), the tour still gave a positive impression of the city. Note that it’s not really a ‚free‘ tour and the guide expects tips. Our tour was over-subscribed so the tour was broken into two groups which still kept the group manageable.”
See Helsinki from an open-top bus, hop off at top sights, enjoy harbor views, audio commentary, Wi-Fi, and flexible 24 or 48-hour access.
“Some nice views but not a huge amount to take photos of personally.”
Pick a fell, a dog team or a hole in the ice.
