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The spectacular city between the bays and the Baltic islands fascinates you with immaculate boulevards and streets, with superb architecture, but also with an extremely lively cultural scene. The perfect proof that people become creative when the weather keeps them locked in the house.
Finland's largest city is frequently ranked first in the quality of urban life rankings, and is also one of the world's major design capitals, even receiving a title of the same name in 2012.
You can travel with more luggage.
Buy extra luggage on the additional services page, during booking or after it through "Manage Booking"!
You can check up to four pieces of luggage per flight, per passenger; the fee will be applied separately for each.
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To support you in planning your trip, we have decided to include Covid-19 coverage in the General Insurance Conditions, both for travel medical insurance and for cancellation insurance.
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It does not matter whether you prefer a full meal with your morning paper and a cup of good coffee or whether you are satisfied with a quick cookie. Aboard our planes you will always get what makes you start your day in your favourite way.
Read moreHelsinki Vantaa International Airport is located 19 km north of Helsinki and has two terminals.
Land transport to and from the airport
Bus stations are located in front of both terminals.
Traffic information is available in the Arrivals area.
Bus 615 leaves for the city center every 30 minutes between 06.00-01.00.
The Finnair bus runs daily to Helsinki every 15-20 minutes between 05.45-01.10.
In just 15 minutes you can take the ferry to Suomenlinna, an 18th-century fortress, originally built by the Swedes, which stretches over several islands that are connected by bridges.
Part of the Unesco World Heritage, it awaits you with several museums, bunkers and fortified constructions, but also with a submarine used by the Finnish army in the Second World War, as well as with picnic places and pleasant landscapes.
You can visit the city starting from the center, visiting Kiasma, a symbol of the city, which houses works of contemporary and digital art.
It continues with the Uspenskin Katedraali, an Orthodox cathedral built in 1868, and the Athenaeum, a beautiful neo-renaissance-style building, today the country's most important art gallery. Stop by the Museum of Design and the Kansallimuseo, the National Museum of History, which operates in a beautiful monumental building, a basic piece of national-romantic Art Nouveau architecture.
Finnish cuisine is characterized by simple dishes, but based on the freshest and healthiest ingredients. Blini are a very appetizing snack, consisting of small pancakes filled with onions, mayonnaise, pickles and shrimp. At lunch you can eat a pea soup with rye bread, followed by Grillimakkara, fried sausages served with mustard and beer.
Ask the waiter for a portion of Kaalikääryleet, prepared almost identical to cabbage rolls (Romanian sarmale). For dessert, Finns eat Runeberg Torte, a cake with rum, cream and jam, or cranberry pie. Like their Russian neighbors, the Finns love vodka, with the famous Finland being made here.
