Top tips for cruise passengers while in Helsinki

Amos Rex - Lasipalatsin aukio ("Glass Palace Square")

You can always find unique things to see in Helsinki! Just in one day, you can enjoy city's archipelago, go sightseeing and visit Helsinki's best attractions.


Top 15 sights in Helsinki

Whether you decide to spend a few hours or several days in Helsinki, you can always find something interesting and unique to see and experience.

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Join the historic journey of Helsinki's food culture, and get to know the city's most beloved classic restaurants.

Helsinki's classic restaurants

Helsinki is full of cafés with unique personalities. Even though there is plenty to choose from, it would be a sin to deny yourself a delicious treat by the seaside. 

Cafés by the seaside

Helsinki expresses and celebrates its quirky spirit through design. Design is an essential cornerstone of the city, it is integral to the way the city behaves and functions, which can be felt and experienced as you spend time here.

Design in Helsinki

Modernism, functionalism and the largest concentration of Art Nouveau buildings in Northern Europe make Helsinki a major city of architecture.

Interesting architecture in Helsinki

The Helsinki Central Library Oodi, which has been named the world’s best new public library, is also a great place to start and end your run. Afterwards, you can recover with a light snack and refreshments on Oodi’s amazing terrace. 

Five running routes from Oodi to the shores of the Baltic Sea

Helsinki has lots of excellent jogging paths with lots to see and admire along the way. You can jog through deep forest just a short distance from the city centre, you can enjoy stunning views to the sea all around Helsinki.

Helsinki’s most popular jogging routes

Where can you find the most delicious ice creams in Helsinki, and what are the most popular flavours? Here are fifteen recommendations for the best ice creams that you can taste this summer in Helsinki.

Best ice cream in town

Helsinki has many trendy and high-quality cafés where baristas prepare perfect espressos, cappuccinos, pour-overs and aeropress coffees! 

Discover the best coffee in Helsinki

Thinking about a nice long picnic on a summer’s evening? Helsinki’s shorelines and parks offer many splendid picnic places where you can enjoy the evening sun late into the night.

Picnic places in Helsinki where you can enjoy the evening sun

Helsinki has a lovely selection of smaller movie theatres that present everything from the latest mainstream blockbusters to art films and classic cult movies. 

Helsinki’s loveliest movie theatres

In comparison to its size, Helsinki is home to a busy and interesting electronic music scene. This listing presents 12 of the most interesting DJ-driven venues for dancing and hanging out. 

The clubber’s guide to Helsinki

Over the past decade, ambitious and creative young bartenders have revitalised the cocktail scene in Helsinki.



Helsinki’s best cocktail bars

Top reasons to visit Helsinki in summer

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Throughout the year, a variety of ships and cruise ships stop by Helsinki, Finland's capital being just the right size for cruise passengers to stop off and take over....