Tour Helsinki with a City Planner

We will walk together in and around the city center for three hours, discovering Helsinki's secrets, learning its history, culture and traditions. Why do Helsinki people have picnic on top of graves? What was the meeting point of the bohemian people of 1880s in Helsinki? How did they build a church inside a giant granite rock? Where did Lenin hide when he was running away from the Tsarist Russia? Which statue is the one that seagulls hate the most? Where did they bury thousands of bodies during the plague? Why is the largest Orthodox cathedral located in a Lutheran country? Where can you eat the best salmon soup of your life? Why Finnish people still cheer for the opponents of the Swedish national football team? How did a Finnish architect influence generations of American architects and skyscraper designs? We will find answers to all of these questions and more, while visiting each of these less known yet important locations in Helsinki.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Stop At: Senate Square, Aleksanterinkatu, Hallituskatu, Helsinki Finland

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Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Helsinki Cathedral, Unioninkatu 29, Helsinki Finland

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Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Presidential Palace, Mariankatu 2, 00170 Helsinki, Finland

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Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Uspenskin Cathedral (Uspenskin Katedraali), Kanavakatu 1, Helsinki 00160 Finland

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Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Market Square, Eteläranta, 00170 Helsinki, Finland

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Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: The Esplanadi Park, Pohjoisesplanadi, Helsinki 00130 Finland

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Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Johan Ludvig Runeberg Statue, Pohjoisesplanadi Park Esplanadi, Helsinki 00101 Finland

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Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Swedish Theater (Svenska Teatern), Pohjoisesplanadi 2, Helsinki Finland

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Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Helsinki Central Railway Station, Kaivokatu 1, Helsinki 00100 Finland

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Duration: 10 minutes

Pass By: Helsinki Central Library Oodi, Töölönlahdenkatu 4, 00100 Helsinki, Finland

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Pass By: Helsinki Music Centre, Mannerheimintie 13A, Helsinki 00100 Finland

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Stop At: Oodi Central Library, Toolonlahdenkatu 4, Helsinki 00100 Finland

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Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Mannerheiminaukio 2, Helsinki 00100 Finland

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Pass By: Finlandia - Talo, Mannerheimintie 13, Helsinki 00100 Finland

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Pass By: The National Museum of Finland, Mannerheimintie 34, Helsinki 00100 Finland

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Pass By: Parliament of Finland, Mannerheimintie 30, Helsinki 00100 Finland

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Stop At: Lasipalatsi, 00100 Helsinki, Finland

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Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Amos Rex Art Museum, Mannerheimintie 22-24, Helsinki 00100 Finland

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Duration: 5 minutes

Pass By: Mannerheimintie, Helsinki, Finland

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