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The Modern Helsinki Walking Tour

The Modern Helsinki Walking Tour

Run by a local guide · Green Cap Tours

Refundable cancellation up to 24 h before.

Explore the modern life of Helsinki and feel its energy. Discover a few well-known sights and gain an impressive perspective on the city as a living place, not just a museum. Join the tour and immerse yourself in their daily life.

Duration
2 h
Destination
Helsinki
Meeting Point
The sharp corner of the Oodi Library
Provider
Green Cap Tours

Description

Design, Architecture, arts, lifestyle, and local legends.
We are the only operators making a walking tours on this route. There will be virtually no overlap with other tours.

We start from Oodi Library and end at the Old Market Hall.

Helsinki is divided into historical and modern centers. In the historical center, we conduct the 1st Helsinki Free tour focusing on the history of Helsinki and Finland. This Modern Helsinki Walking Tour shows you the rest.

The Modern Helsinki Walking Tour focuses on the present and future of the development of our Northern smart city and every day of its people. Many less-known sites are visited, and you will gain an impressive insight into Helsinki as a living city rather than a museum.

Highlights of the tour:
-Awards winner architectural masterpieces: Chapel of Silence, Amos Rex, Oodi
-The parliament - Let's see what the protest is about today.
-Design Museum - Classics of the Finnish design
-Iso-Roobertinkatu - The oasis of nightlife in Helsinki
-The Plague Park - Beautiful and popular park with a grim past
-Kasarmitori - Ministry of Defence - Nato and Finnish military traditions.
-Old Market Square and the Helsinki coastline.

Includes

  • Helsinki Central Library Oodi
  • Helsinki Biennial
  • Apartment Iso Roobertinkatu
  • Ministry of Defence
  • S-market Kasarmitori
  • Kamppi Chapel
  • Amos Rex
  • Live guide

Meeting Point

The sharp corner of the Oodi Library

Get directions →

Traveler reviews

46 reviews in total · Opinions from people who already lived the experience

definitely recommend

It is first time in my life join free walking tour, everything is good, our tour guide is amazing, full of passion and energy! appreciate for all the information and details, I do think I know Helsinki:)

Pin Yun Lin · January 2025

Amazing tour

We thoroughly enjoyed this tour of modern Helsinki. Ainoha is a fantastic tour guide and illustrates the contemporary developments and true nature of Fnland's capital with great enthusiasm and knowledge. We can highly recommend it!

Florian Ma. · November 2024

Super interesting!

Siri was very knowledgeable, professional and helpful guide! We learnt a lot about modern Helsinki and how people live in Finland and in the capital.

Emma Olofsson · September 2024

Good tour

Good tour

Jan · September 2024

Lovely

Useful 2 hour tour, competent Guide

Francesca · August 2024

Great tour!

It was a great tour. I loved getting to know the more modern spots in the city. But a group of 27 people is a luttle to large in my opinion. We were moving quite slow unfortunately.

Conny K · August 2024

FromEUR €19

approx. MXN $396

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EUR €19

approx. MXN $396

★ 4.7 · 46 reviews

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