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Helsinki Canal Cruise: Sightseeing and History
4.2
289 Ratings
Helsinki
Discover Helsinki’s beauty on a 1.5-hour canal cruise. Explore historic sites, enjoy onboard commentary, and relax with free WiFi.
Discover Helsinki’s beauty on a 1.5-hour canal cruise. Explore historic sites, enjoy onboard commentary, and relax with free WiFi.
Duration:
1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Stromma - Sightseeing By Boat - Helsinki Canal Cruise in Helsinki archipelago
Official name of the tour: Helsinki Beautiful Canal Route - Kauppatori - Departure point
- Sea Fortress Suomenlinna - Suomenlinna Sea Fortress
- Santahamina - Santahamina Military Base
- Hevossalmi - Hevossalmi strait
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Villinki - Villinki island
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Stromma - Sightseeing By Boat - Helsinki Canal Cruise in Helsinki archipelago
Official name of the tour: Helsinki Beautiful Canal Route - Kauppatori - Departure point
- Sea Fortress Suomenlinna - Suomenlinna Sea Fortress
- Santahamina - Santahamina Military Base
- Hevossalmi - Hevossalmi strait
- Villinki - Villinki island
- Vartiosaari - Vartiosaari island
- Laajasalo - Degerö Canal
- Kulosaari - Kulosaari island
- Korkeasaaren Elaintarha - Korkeasaari Zoo island
- Katajanokka - Katajanokka
What's Included
- Free WiFi on-board
- Written information available onboard in Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Swedish and Estonian
- Onboard commentary via loudspeakers in English, German, Finnish and Swedish
- Free WiFi on-board
- Written information available onboard in Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Swedish and Estonian
- Onboard commentary via loudspeakers in English, German, Finnish and Swedish
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
Additional Information
Experience Helsinki’s landmarks from the water on a 1.5-hour sightseeing cruise! Unwind in the lower saloon or on the deck, and take in the stunning islands of the Helsinki archipelago. Sail by major city sights such as the UNESCO-listed Suomenlinna Maritime Fortress and learn about Helsinki’s 16th-century history through onboard commentary….
Experience Helsinki’s landmarks from the water on a 1.5-hour sightseeing cruise! Unwind in the lower saloon or on the deck, and take in the stunning islands of the Helsinki archipelago. Sail by major city sights such as the UNESCO-listed Suomenlinna Maritime Fortress and learn about Helsinki’s 16th-century history through onboard commentary. Complimentary WiFi is provided for your convenience.
- • In case of the Degerö canal not being accessible for our boats for example due to too low water level, the City Highlights Cruise acts as an alternative route to Beautiful Canal Cruise route.
Location
Stromma - Helsinki Sightseeing by boat
Eteläesplanadi
Market Square, by the yellow flags
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.2
(289 Ratings)
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Ellen_s
Sep 6, 2025
Enjoyable - Great boat tour and very thorough. We enjoyed our time on the tour. Easy to find at the waterfront docks.
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Alanmc9354rx
Sep 2, 2025
Definitely worthwhile - Booked in advance online. Easy to find the start point. The boat we took was clean and quiet. The boat left right on time and as advertised the cruise lasted 90 minutes.
All round a nice experience.
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Pittsburgh_cyclist
Aug 28, 2025
Enjoyable trip through the archipelago - The route is beautiful, passing islands, though narrow straits and a short canal. I really enjoyed the trip on a beautiful, sunny morning. The taped commentary was difficult to hear, but the script was available to read online, and at least it wasn’t loud enough to be intrusive on the experience. Biggest negative was the tendency of other passengers to stand up whenever anything interesting came into view, so we couldn’t see it.
Overall, this was a really good trip and I’d definitely recommend it to anyone visiting Helsinki.
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Wanderer22830184487
Aug 25, 2025
Must do! - A must do! We went in July, we stayed on the upper/outside deck even tho the weather was a bit dissapointing so even if it would rain you could still enjoy the tour! Even tho we stayed outside it was still a very relaxing and nice tour, would for sure recommend this especially when the weather is good!
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Kittie_w
Aug 24, 2025
Amazing canal cruise with amazing views - This was such a beautiful cruise with amazing commentary the whole ride. There was plenty of seating inside and outside, along with a bathroom, bar and food for purchase. The ride was smooth the whole way, we saw so much of the islands in one cruise. It was fun having to have the top deck cleared to go under the bridges, it was so close we could reach up and touch them! But the crew made sure we were all lower and safe from hitting them. The crew also answered all of our questions and were very polite.
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Christt3977qz
Aug 23, 2025
Great tour of the Archipelago - We were blessed with good weather and the tour did not disappoint. Great tour of the archipelago and good value for money.
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Yuuyudayo
Oct 5, 2025
Ride with your Helsinki Card - It was a cold day and we went out on deck and back on board. It would have been nice if it had been a weather day!
But it was nice to see Helsinki by boat. I was expecting multilingual commentary, but it was disappointing that there was only paper with the course in each language.
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394mies
Sep 12, 2025
Nice trip. - A really nice boat trip with speaking in Finnish, English, German and Swedish. The tour provides a good view of Helsinki from the water side.
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Jeff_k
Sep 2, 2025
Nice day out on the harbor - Nice, leisurely tour on a comfortable boat seeing sights around the harbor. I would prefer a live narrator talking about the sights over a canned audio track, but it worked fine.
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Ankit_k
Aug 24, 2025
Good solo couple of hours activity! - Good solo couple of hours activity! Go here when you do have spare time, quite simple tour 1.5 hours long that passes you by islands and speaks about their history; good picturesque for sure. Some beverages on board available. Good service and timing options and quite low cost.
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