Discover Helsinki independently with the Helsinki Card. The card is a handy, economical way to make the most of your visit in Helsinki. It is a transport ticket and entrance ticket all in one and has a number of great value reductions and bonuses attached. Don't leave home without one!
The Helsinki Card comes with a complete guidebook of all the included attractions and excellent maps of the city. With you free travel on public transport (trams, metro, buses, train, boats to the islands) as well as free entrance to all major sights and museums, the Helsinki card is a great way to explore the city. You will be well equipped to get the most out of your stay in the city. The Helsinki Card also offers great value discounts such as 30% discount on the Finnair airport bus, discounts on tours out of town, tours to Tallinn, restaurants, concerts, sports, sauna, rentals and much more. You can choose a 24-, 48- or 72-hour Helsinki Card or Helsinki Card Region which also includes free travel on public transport in whole metropolitan area and rail link between Helsinki city center and Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.
SAVE MONEY WITH THE HELSINKI CARD OFFERING:
FREE Audio City Tour in 10 languages which operates daily
Unlimited free travel on public transport in Helsinki
Free entrance to major sights and museums
Free travel and discounted entry to Korkeasaari Zoo Island
Free travel and entrances to Suomenlinna Fortress
Discount on the Finnair airport bus
Helsinki Card guide book, including a map and extensive information which is published in English, German, Swedish, Russian and Finnish.
Easy to obtain and easy to use. We used it on a cruise shore excursion and may not have received full value, but it worked where needed and gave us ideas on places to visit.
Review by: Vashkar, December 2017
Great deal!
Review by: Carol W, September 2017
Great way to see the city! Easy map to follow and the buses were very comfortable. Some of the ear bud stations did not work on the bus, but it was not a problem finding one that worked.
Review by: Carol K, September 2017
Very convenient, easy to pick up at the airport even with a mid-night arrival. My hotel was about a 15 bus ride out of city center so I used it twice a day on the busses, just show pass to driver, and could have used it for free travel on the mainline train. The trams are amazing and the card was great for jumping on any one that was convenient - just validate for each journey at machine in tram. I used it for trip on the Suomenlinna Ferry, the Hop-on/off Bus tour and a few museums. Even with 3 full days I couldn't fit in the Panoramic Tour but its route would be very similar to the Hop on/off and a good option for someone with less time. All in all, great decision for me to get the Helsinki Card to experience this fabulous city with ease. Can get discount on the Sibelius Experience with it, too!!
Review by: Joseph P, September 2017
This card was very useful for our stay in Helsinki. We got it primarily for the bus access to many of the sites we wanted to see, but honestly, Helsinki isn't so big or complicated that you can't walk most of it. The HoHo bus was well done but the city history and narrative was less impressive than many other HoHo tours in other cities. We passed by many sites that looked interesting but were not described. Other than that, the card was well worth the price, especially if you only have a couple of days to visit Helsinki.
Review by: Kathleen W, August 2017
Fantastic value for money. Free travel in city including train ride from airport. Lots of free museums and hop on bus. Also free ferry and museums and tour on Island Fortress. Did not have to pay any extra for sightseeing, excellent!
Review by: sharan, August 2017
It is an amazing card really worth it. It even includes hop on hop off bus and and boat cruise. you can get this pass from airport.
Review by: Anonymous, February 2017
The Helsinki Card worked well, certainly made things easy with regard to public transport. I don’t think we had enough time to take full advantage of it, but what I did use it for was good. Happily recommend it to people staying in Helsinki for a few days.
Review by: Jim H, February 2017
We found that the Helsinki card made it easier for us to move around Helsinki and see the sites that we wanted to without worrying about money. I highly recommend the Helsinki Card
Review by: earlytravel, July 2016
Great buy Afforded a trip to Suomenlinna that was not even planned
Review by: MR VIKRAM M, July 2016
ONE SHOULD ALWAYS TRAVEL SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES WITH CITY CARD
Review by: Norma F, June 2016
A bit confusing because of different tour companies available- similar names, similar appearing buses. In the end it was worthwhile
Review by: jenkinsbrucec, June 2016
kinda a pointless card and you must get it from the airport. the option in the city is no longer there
Review by: Brenda O, January 2016
Very convenient to get around on the transport system. Good offers
Review by: stella.boswell, November 2015
The Helsinki card was very useful but it would have been better to have got it direct from the tourist office as I could not alter the days on arrival. However I was in fact able to use it on what became my third day anyway so all was well. The Hotel Arthur which we had booked independently as excellent, not full of large groups and well placed for local transport but quietly placed near the botanic gardens park. However theOmena hotel in Turku was most unsatisfactory in management and provision. It is designed by Aalto and furnished alright but is in fact a hostel. Although all food has to be brought in there were not even plastic plates and cutlery. Nor were any staff on duty so it was impossible to enter as the number given was only to the external door and not the room number, despite informing them that we were out of communication for a fortnight before arrival on a Baltic tour to seven places. The latter is of course not the fault of Viator but the misleading promotion of the Omena chain.
Review by: Asha'man, November 2015
This is a remedy, especially you're visiting several museums and using public transportation system. It saved me lots of money!
Review by: psimkus, September 2015
This card is good if you have lots of time in the city. Not for the cruise passenger on a day excursion. I was able to recoup 75 of the price by taking the Panoramic bus tour, but that's all I had time for before returning to the ship. Easy to retrieve from the tourist office, and the people there are great. Hit city hall first thing for free toilets.
Review by: Anita L, September 2015
Again, the pass card is an exceptional savings tool and provides access to many museums and public transportation. We utilized the card for a boat tour which was outstanding. That tour was the best tool to capture the history and essence of how the water is such a key aspect of everyday life in Finland. Locating the Information center where we could obtain the actual card was time consuming.
Review by: stumpft, September 2015
If you are in Helsinki for more than 5-6 hours, then this is worth it. However, coming from a cruise ship and trying to get to the location to get the card was costly and time consuming. Hop-onhop-off do it better and have stops at the cruise port terminals.
Review by: iostman, September 2015
I got at least double the value of the cost of the card and I was there on a Monday when most of the museums were closed
Review by: HONG CHIT Y, August 2015
Good value it almost grants you free entry to all museums. And all major public transport is included.
Review by: Teresa L, August 2015
Canal tour was excellent! Staff very friendly and helpful, really appreciated their hospitality as I was in a new city, alone. Finding desk in airport to pick up Helsinki Card was a nightmare, asking how to properly use it and understanding advertisement about use, was also confusing. Everyone considering buying Helsinki card, please note, it DOES NOT include anything in Vantaa, including airport city buses. ONLY in Helsinki city limits. I tried to get on bus 615 at airport, wouldn't work. However you do get a discount on FinAir bus, this is the best way to and from airport....TRUST ME!!!!!!!
Review by: Robert S, July 2015
We used our Helsinki cards for tours in the city. The hop-on hop-off buses were helpful, but did not run on schedule and were overcrowded. We also used the card for the harbor tour, which was fantastic.
Review by: abidemi k, July 2015
perfect.....
Review by: Charles V W, June 2015
Great value.
Review by: Ed D, May 2015
good for transport around city and museum visits.
Review by: Renea D, January 2015
This tour of the city by boat was AMAZING! I would highly recommend it. We got the history of the city in a new perspective.
Review by: sydneyboi, January 2015
Perfect vale for visiting this lovely city for the first time._br/_
So much to see and do, this card made it so much easier and I saved a fortune as well.
Review by: john, October 2014
A rather expensive Card to have unless you make a point of using it non stop all the time. Better value by doing "your own thing" - and probably a fair bit cheaper.
Review by: JohnAllred, September 2014
Helsinki Card was very helpful to get around Helsinki for free and with ease. It was a lot less expensive than the ship's excursion and I was able to take a bus tour of the city and see and do what I wanted.
Review by: Matthew K, August 2014
Good value, though I had to plan a fairly busy day to save enough to make the card worth it. The included booklet was useful to find the tours I wanted.
Review by: Janice G, August 2014
Helpful. Not a lot to do here in the short time we arrived. Off the cruise ship.
Review by: Denis H, July 2014
The best deal to see the city
Review by: Susan D, July 2014
Loved Helsinki we will return one day ._br/_
Good value will certainly get this card again.
Review by: kellythepea, July 2014
The Helsinki Card is great if you plan to visit all the great Helsinki museums. We used it easily on the buses and for free entry to all the museums we wanted to visit, so well worth it!
Review by: Christopher K, June 2014
Very worthwhile. Works really well in Helsinki. Your paying for the convenience most of all - there aren't enough hours in the day to visit many of the "free" attractions. The boat cruise is definitely the highlight of the packaged attractions.
Review by: Shirah M, April 2014
I am so happy I discovered the Viator app and was able to use the pass for access to several museums. It was a work trip so I was only able to use the pass for two museums but it was nice to breeze right in and not have to pay. Definitely recommended.
Review by: Alex D R, April 2014
I found that the trip was a good value for the money spent. I found that the bus tour gave a very good tour that highlighted some of the main attractions of the city. The tour operators were very knowledgable and were able to provide good tips. When I wanted to go on the ferry, they were able to help me know (a) where to go, (b) how to find the times to go, and (c) what to do when I arrived at Suomenlinna. The only downside was the actual pickup of the card: the location that is mentioned on the printed voucher at the airport no longer exists - it's a service center on the ground floor. Even though the voucher was electronic, the lady behind the counter was hasseling me because it wasn't printed out even though it explicitly says on the voucher that I do not need to do so. Also, they aren't clear that you still have to pay for the bus ride into the city - but it was still at a reduced rate of 4 euros instead of 6.5.
Review by: Charlotte G, January 2014
This card is very helpful. Cost effective and easy to use. I toured helsinki for 4 days and it was a good experience with the use of this card. Since I was staying at Original Sokos Hotel I redeemed the card just across the street, inside the metro station. Very easy and no hassle at all. You can claim from 9AM to 3PM. I highly recommend this card to tourists.
Review by: Piercarlo P, December 2013
Beautiful and useful especially for museums and transport
Review by: Grant E, November 2013
Highly recommended. Was the best value of any place I have been. Don't go without getting this!!
Review by: Peter H, September 2013
Excellent vaue for money on the 48 hour card. It paid for itself on the first day
Review by: William J M, August 2013
The card was very useful, especially with free public transport. Unfortunately we did not get to use it enough in other areas.
Review by: Marie L, July 2013
Gave us the opportunity to tour the city at our leisure while not having to worry about having currency for the city. Very enjoyable
Review by: dabhursin, July 2013
We saved money on some of the tours using this card
Review by: Keith T, July 2013
The card does get you in free at the museums that already are not free, gives you 2Euro off the Finnair bus back to the airport and other goodies. My favorite part was the bus tour that comes included. Under 2 hrs. and you have a feel for the whole city, then can go back and knock a few items out. When you pick up your ticket at the ticket booth (for example at the train station, like I did) you can book your tour time right then._br/_
The city is very compact and I wanted to see it, and I'm relatively healthy (and it was summer), so I did not use the mass transit as much, but it was easy when I did.
Review by: neal, July 2013
had a tough time figuring out where to catch the bus, and the people working for the company were rude and loud, not at all patient.
Review by: SAMUEL H, November 2012
the Tourist office was easy to fine and everyone spoke perfect English (good since we speak no Finnish), so getting our cards was a breeze. _br/_
The included bus tour was perfect - a nice overview of the city. Using the card when riding public transport was also easy and all the museums we visited accepted the Helsinki card without issue. All in all a good value.
Review by: Viv M, September 2012
Our accommodation was a little out of Helsinki centre so we used our Helsinki card many times to get into and around the city. e enjoyed the tour by ferry to Suomenlinna Island - a high light of our visit and we probably wouldn't have gone if we didn't have our Helsinki Card.. We were fascinated by Kiasma and Ateneum both of which allowed free entry. The convenience of not having to worry about the cost of transport and having change makes the card worthwhile but we also saved more than the card cost.
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