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The 1st Helsinki Free Tour
4.7
51 Ratings
Helsinki
Explore Helsinki’s magic on a free walking tour. Discover iconic sites, vibrant nature, and local stories. Book now for an unforgettable experience!
Explore Helsinki’s magic on a free walking tour. Discover iconic sites, vibrant nature, and local stories. Book now for an unforgettable experience!
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Senate Square - The tour starts at the Senate Square. In the Square you can find the White Church, the Senate palace and the University of Helsinki.
- Ritarihuone (Casa della Nobilta) - The Finnish House of Nobility is a beautiful building in the Old Town of Helsinki showcasing Finnish coat of arms on its facade.
- Allas Sea Pool - The…
- Senate Square - The tour starts at the Senate Square. In the Square you can find the White Church, the Senate palace and the University of Helsinki.
- Ritarihuone (Casa della Nobilta) - The Finnish House of Nobility is a beautiful building in the Old Town of Helsinki showcasing Finnish coat of arms on its facade.
- Allas Sea Pool - The most known Finnish thing is probably sauna. Hear all about how that hot room has a special place in the heart of Finns.
- President’s Palace (Presidentinlinna) - Finnish President has power and he or she rules from the centrally located palace on the shoreline of Helsinki. President’s Palace also has a special importance regarding the Finnish Independence day.
- Kauppatori - Seaside square with a magical atmosphere. Discover the local culture and gastronomy while admiring the Uspenski Cathedral, the Presidential palace and the Old Market Hall.
- The Esplanadi Park - Beautiful green boulevard . Meet Havis Amanda, Runeberg and the local Swedish cultural scene.
- Helsinki Central Railway Station - Who are the lantern carriers? This area is full of art and literature as you will see in the Ateneum and the National Theater.
- Kansalaistori - The modern face of Finland is waiting for you. The Oodi library is the best example of what a modern city like Helsinki can offer to locals and tourists alike. You will not believe your eyes!
What's Included
- Guided visit
- Personal assistance before, during, and after the visit
- Guided visit
- Personal assistance before, during, and after the visit
Additional Information
Welcome to Helsinki, a small city with a magical atmosphere! The happiest country has its controversies and those make it quite interesting. Our society peacefully operates under many contradictory ideas and we are proud of it. Join our walking tour, discover the vibrant nature of a seaside city with iconic structures, beautiful islands, and a great,…
Welcome to Helsinki, a small city with a magical atmosphere! The happiest country has its controversies and those make it quite interesting. Our society peacefully operates under many contradictory ideas and we are proud of it. Join our walking tour, discover the vibrant nature of a seaside city with iconic structures, beautiful islands, and a great, green urban city! We promise you a memorable experience, presenting sites and stories that are intriguing, enthralling, and unconventional that make the city unique. We provide an honest local view of the city and make our guests feel at home on ours! We are committed to having a positive impact on nature, society, and economy leaving a low ecological footprint and honoring local cultures. This is a FREE TOUR, so the small fee that you pay upon booking is to cover the system service costs. Our guides will be happy to accept any tip you want to offer at the end of the tour. You decide our value!
Location
Hallituskatu 9
Hallituskatu
In front of the Helsinki Cathedral, the great white church. You will find your guide with a green umbrella and green cap at the base of the staircase.
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
4.7
(51 Ratings)
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Shelleysc0rner
Jun 19, 2025
Affordable and Enjoyable Tour - Such a great way to see the city! We enjoyed the smaller group size and sharing travel experiences with each other. The meeting place was easy to find. Our guide, Jola, was there early to greet all the members. She was friendly, courteous, professional and full of sooooo much Helsinki information. Despite the rainy weather, the tour group didn't miss out on any sites. Be sure to wear good walking shoes, pack an umbrella/rain gear and a TIP!
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Kates584
Jun 16, 2025
Highly recommended - Great way to discover Helsinki and Finland history. our guide Jola was fantastic, friendly, approachable, a lot of knowledge and information, very engaging and interactive.
not reading of the textbook but true passion
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Happiness62244213261
Jun 12, 2025
Our guide geatly exceeded our high expectations! We all learned so much from his encyclopedic knowledge and he was exceptionally - Ruslan, our guide was absolutely superb! His detailed knowledge was exceptional. His English was excellent. His ability to connect with the 11 in our group and engage us made this great fun. My wife was using a mobility scooter and his sensitivity to her needs for smooth places to cross the streets was special to us. It was raining during the tour and he made two stops inside for us to warm up and get relief from the rain. I was amazed at his encyclopedic knowledge which poured out in response to all of the many multi-topic questions from our diverse group. I pray that all the group gave him generous tips even though he told us tips were not required. He is a valuable asset to your group!
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Los-alamos-nm
Jun 5, 2025
Best walking Tour of our trip! - Jola was great. Her food recommendations were also great. We followed up on several of here suggestions. She was well prepared and kept it moving too.
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Athiking
Mar 8, 2025
Great city tour! - This was a wonderful introduction to Helsinki and to Finland.
Our guide gave us so much interesting information and ideas of what to see in the city.
I highly recommend this tour.
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Chiarale683ny
Jan 10, 2025
Great first experience - We had a great free walking tour with our amazing guide Siri. We learned a lot about the city and the country. A perfect first insight!
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519grantp
Jan 6, 2025
Siri was great - We had a wonderful tour with Siri - she was local and very knowledgeable and interesting. We appreciated her flip book with photos to help her guide… she was a good pace, not too fast or slow, current cultural information as well as historic. Highly recommend - don’t forget to give her a good tip!
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Adominicaninbarbados
Jan 5, 2025
Informative Tour - We had a very informative Guide and places to stop to get warm. I would definitely recommend this tour and company and would try another tour from them again.
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Joralemon
Jun 7, 2025
Green Cap Helsinki Walking Tour - This was a good tour - I would rate it 3.5. The guide did a good job of describing the history of Finland and the background of the various buildings and monuments. If you are a history buff (which we are), this is the tour for you. We were a fairly large group (he even stated at the beginning that it was particularly large), maybe 40 or more people. His microphone equipment sometimes did not reach everyone. Particularly in one square with a fountain behind us, it was hard to hear even if you were fairly close. We were given about 10-15 minutes to go into the Helsinki Cathedral at the beginning of the tour. I think that the guide might have spent too much time giving us background and history as we stood in one place because it seemed like the second half of the tour was sort of sped up. We were given no time to look around Market Square (which we had already explored on our own) but the tour info says 20 minutes will be given to explore the vendors in Market Square. It did follow the route described online, going up the Esplanade and ending at the Oodi Library. At the end of the tour we were given a minute to take a photo of the list of suggested restaurants. He didn't say anything about foods to taste or give any opinions of any restaurants. He also stated very little about Finnish life. I did feel that the guide did not show any personality, he was just following a script. It is a worthwhile tour and we did tip him well.
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Pioneer35143872879
Apr 14, 2025
I wouldnt recommend. - Honestly, their tour really wasnt great at all. We tried to give the guide a chance, but she kept going off on tangents that had nothing to do with where we were, and we ended up having to leave. We only paid 3 euros for the tour each so it wasnt a great loss, but still its really just a bit of a waste of time. I gave 2 stars because they were easy to find due to a green umbrella and green cap. But kinda wish we found someone else instead. I would say its worth paying for a more premium product.
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