More like a guesthouse, Helsinki’s most characterful and laid-back hostel occupies the 3rd (top) floor of a walk-up building in a lively street of bars and restaurants. Its 50 beds are spread across 15 rooms; all share bathrooms but have in-room sinks. Private rooms offer more peace and there's a great lounge for socialising. Breakfast costs €7.
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Suomenlinna, the ‘fortress of Finland’, straddles a cluster of car-free islands connected by bridges. This Unesco World Heritage site was originally built…
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4. Museum of Finnish Architecture
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Finland's architecture museum occupies a neo-Rennaissance building dating from 1899. Exhibitions are its key focus, including the fascinating Decades of…
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Locally known as 'Espa', oblong-shaped Esplanadi stretches for four blocks between the squares Erottaja to the west and the kauppatori to the east…
6. Johan Ludvig Runeberg Statue
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Finland's national poet and composer of the Finnish national anthem, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, is commemorated by a statue in the city's central Esplanadin…
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Occupying a palatial 1887 neo-Renaissance building, Finland’s premier art gallery offers a crash course in the nation’s art. It houses Finnish paintings…