Helsinki Sightseeing Bus Tour and Canal Cruise
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Helsinki Sightseeing Bus Tour and Canal Cruise

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About this activity
Helsinki Panorama Sightseeing Tour (1.75 hours):

This popular sightseeing tour covers Helsinki’s most important sights and offers an excellent view of the city past and present.

Take in the most interesting parts of Helsinki, including the historical center, City Hall, and Parliament buildings, together with Finlandia Hall and the Opera House. Plus, if possible, enjoy a stop at the Temppeliaukio Church (Rock Church) or the Sibelius Monument (if the church is closed).

The tour ends near the Esplanade Park and includes sound effects and commentary in a choice of 10 languages with headphones (English, Swedish, Finnish, German, Russian Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese and Chinese). The tour is operated on a comfortable double-decker bus with large windows. Heating, air-conditioning and free wi-fi are provided on board.

The Beautiful Canal Route Sightseeing By Boat (1.5 hours):

The Beautiful Canal Route cruise takes you along Helsinki’s most scenic shorelines and past many fabulous sights, including the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the historical Suomenlinna Maritime Fortress, Helsinki Zoo on Korkeasaari Island, the city’s impressive fleet of icebreakers, and of course, the Degerö Canal.

Along the way, hear about Helsinki's fascinating history via the recorded commentary. The ships' cafe/bars offer beverages and snacks (own expense), and to make your cruise extra enjoyable, there are always friendly staff and experienced captains on board, as well as free wi-fi.

The recorded commentary is via loudspeakers and available in Finnish, English, German, and Russian, while written information is available in Swedish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Estonian, Japanese,and Chinese.
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Included
  • Panorama Sightseeing by bus
  • Beautiful Canal route, sightseeing by boat
  • Audio commentary during bus tour
  • Commentary via loudspeakers during cruise
  • Free WiFi on-board
Not included
  • Gratuities
  • Food and drinks
Additional
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
Features
Tourism
100%
Cultural
90%
Reviews
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Arthur S
5 | 2017-09-17

Good introductions to the City and nice cruise. Quality bus and audio. Note, the bus tour makes only one stop at Rock Church it is worth the extra 3 Euros to go in, but buy the ticket in advance at the pick up point to skip the line. It was only a drive by of other sites e.g., Sibelius Monument, Senate Square, Uspenski Church. That was fine with us as we were there for a week and we understood the nature of these tours, but just be aware of that when booking the short bus tour so you are not surprised or disappointed. If you have only one day, I'd skip this combined tour and go for the longer guided bus tour so that you go in some of those other sites or walk around others. They are worth seeing up close.

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Roger M
1 | 2017-09-06

Should have saved my money and did it myself.

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Wayne W
4 | 2017-09-05

A good way to get a quick intro to the city, unfortunately the Rock Church was closed so we did not see it. This bus tour is different from the hop-on hop-off bus so if that is what you are looking for, this is not for you. The canal tour was ok, weather was cool and windy so we were unable to stay on the top deck which is where you need to be if you want to take pictures.

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Susan G
5 | 2017-06-28

Although we had a little trouble finding the pick up location on the Esplanade, we did make it on time and had good seats for the tour. Having the headphones tell us what we were seeing in English was great and the stop at the rock church was appreciated. Definitely worth going inside for the three euros that it cost. The bus tour was an hour and a half and we had enough time to get to the canal tour after which was also an hour and a half. We fully enjoyed both parts of this tour as it was a good introduction to Helsinki.

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