Explore Helsinki at your own pace and save money as you sightsee with the great-value Helsinki Card CITY or Helsinki Card REGION. Buy a 24-, 48- or 72-hour card and simply show your card to enjoy complimentary admission to many of top Helsinki museums and attractions, including Suomenlinna Sea Fortress or Amos Rex. Enjoy a free Panorama Sightseeing tour by bus (limited timetable), a HoHo-ticket, a canal or city highlights cruise, plus valuable savings on tours, meals and other experiences. What is more you get free public transport around the city, and with the Helsinki Card REGION you get in addition public transport within zone C, including transfer to/from Helsinki Airport by train. The Helsinki Card is an excellent way to make the most of Helsinki.

Helsinki discount card
Free entry to top attractions including Amos Rex Museum and Suomenlinna Sea Fortress Suomenlinna Fortress
Free use of public transportation
Helsinki Panorama Sightseeing audio-guided bus tour in 10 languages
Free transfer to/from Helsinki Airport by train (with Helsinki Card REGION only)
Discounts across the city on tours, restaurants and more

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What's Included

Panorama Sightseeing Bus Tour in 10 languages (Oct 2022- Apr 2023 )
Hop on Hop off Bus (MAY-SEP, pick up your ticket from Senate Square,stop nr 1)
Canal Cruise (May -Sep)
Unlimited travel on public transport (Helsinki Card CITY: zones AB, Helsinki Card REGION: zones ABC)
25 other establishments with discounts in shopping, restaurants, and much more!
Ferry to Suomenlinna Sea Fortress Island
Entrance to main museums and attractions
City Highlights Cruise (May-Sept)
Helsinki Airport Train (only with Helsinki Card REGION)

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Holiday Inn Helsinki City Centre, an IHG Hotel, Elielinaukio 5, 00100 Helsinki, Finland

Stockmann Helsingin keskusta, Aleksanterinkatu 52, 00100 Helsinki, Finland

Terminal 2, Terminaali 2, Lentoasemantie, 01530 Vantaa, Finland

What To Expect

Choose a 24-, 48- or 72-hour Helsinki Card or Helsinki Card Region (including free travel on public transport in whole metropolitan area and rail link between Helsinki city center and Helsinki-Vantaa Airport), collect your card from the redemption point, and make the most of Finland’s vibrant capital with the great-value benefits it offers.

Enjoy free transport on Helsinki’s buses, trams, metro, trains and boats to the nearby islands, and complimentary admission to top sights, museums and attractions, including the Suomenlinna Sea Fortress Museum and Amos Rex.

Your card also entitles you to a free, 1-hour and 45-minute Helsinki Panorama Sightseeing city tour. Put on the audio headsets and view city highlights must-sees such as Senate Square, the Temppeliaukio Church and other landmarks as you listen to the informative audio commentary and stirring sound effects that come with it.

The Helsinki Card also comes with a free digital guidebook, and a host of additional benefits, such as savings at restaurants, shops and more.

THE HELSINKI CARD OFFERS:
• Free Helsinki Audio City Tour Panorama Sightseeing
• Tour in 10 languages (limited timetable)
• Unlimited travel on Helsinki’s public buses, trams, metro, trains and boats
• Free admission to top museums and attractions
• Complimentary travel to and discounted entry to Korkeasaari Zoo Island
• Included travel to and admission to Suomenlinna Fortress
• 30% discount on the Finnair airport bus between central Helsinki and Helsinki Airport
• Complimentary digital guidebook, including city map and sightseeing information (only available in English)

Sinebrychoff Art Museum

Free entrance

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Sea Fortress Suomenlinna

Free entrance

3 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Please note, printed voucher necessary when collecting the card!
Wheelchair accessible

Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Most travellers can participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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I thoroughly recommend it as it will save you money getting into all the major attractions of Helsinki.

The Helsinki card was a great bonus to acquire while in Helsinki!

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Helsinki Card- Not worth the cost

sarahimam, Dec 2022

The Helsinki Card is great in premise. We were denied entry to the panorama bus. Apparently there is a cap on the number that can enter the bus with a Helsinki Card. Paying customers were allowed on. Making money perhaps? Friday’s afternoon all museums are free. We did use the card for things we did not want to see. I can’t recommend this card if it is not honored.

Response from Host, Jan 2023

Thank you for your review! I am sorry to hear that Helsinki Card did not feel the right choice for you. Unfortunately we did have some very busy days at sightseeing tours during the holidays. The only reason you could not take the tour you wanted, was the availability of the seats, not that you had Helsinki Cards. People who were let in had a prebooking. Guests without a prebooking/ticket for a certain time, are served with first come first served polisy, regardless if they have Helsinki Card or want to buy a ticket. Only National Museum of Finland has free entry once a week, Fridays. Other museums can have free entry once a month, two of them every last Friday of the month https://www.myhelsinki.fi/see-and-do/sights/free-admission-days-at-museums-in-helsinki We strive to ensure that when you are buying the Helsinki Card, you have all information available, that affects the decision. Your feedback helps us with this goal. I hope you enjoyed your stay in Helsinki, even when you felt dissapointed with your purchase. Kind regards, Soile Stromma Finland

Helsinki card

Susan_P, Nov 2022

Great value for money, makes using public transport in a “strange” city so easy, as well as free entry into so many museums, Hop-on, Hop-off bus, as well as ferries.

Get the regional 3 day Helsinki card

Myra_H, Aug 2022

I just picked up the card at the Excess Baggage Store showed her my voucher and voila I have the card. I’m going to use it for museums, hop on, hop off bus and all the cruises. I used it for the train from the airport. It’s great!!

1 traveler found this review helpful

Has Potential, But Didn’t Work Well for Us.

Richard_C, Jul 2022

The Helsinki Card was Just OK. If our plan for the card had worked out it might have been worth purchasing, but that didn’t happen. It is difficult to follow the directions for redeeming the voucher at the Helsinki Airport. The location has nothing to do with the baggage claim area at the Helsinki Airport. It is actually at an Excess Baggage Company store in the Arrival Hall after leaving baggage claim and is located on the left side immediately prior to exiting the airport doors. Additionally, they need a Printed Copy of the voucher. It took over 20 minutes to figure out how to get something from the Viator App to a screen shot to a .pdf and to logon to the store’s WiFi to the stores printer in order to get the required printed copy. Using the card wasn’t hard, but some museums must issue a chit or separate barcode to work with their gate equipment or scanner. Our flight arrival was about five hours late, so the first day we just used the Helsinki Card to go from the Helsinki Airport to central Helsinki Central near our hotel. The second day went well with multiple uses, but the last day we only used the card to ride the trams in Helsinki and to visit the National Museum. We planned to do the 1630 departure for The Beautiful Canal Route by Helsinki Sightseeing;however, when we arrived at their kiosk at about 1615 they told us that was cancelled. It was too late to do the Hop On Hop Off Bus and we had already done the other boat option of Helsinki City Highlights. So… I don’t think the card was worth it for us; your mileage may vary.

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Thank you for your feedback. It is unfortunate that your visit to Helsinki did not go as planned. We will improve the voucher redemption instructions and also the process for handing over the cards. Like you wrote the Excess Baggage Airport Services is located in the Arrivals Hall at the Helsinki Airport, Terminal 2. We are very sorry to hear your flight was late and that you also didn’t have the chance to go on the Beautiful Canal Route Boat Sightseeing. Unfortunately the departure was cancelled due to illness of one of the crew members. We hope that despite the change in plans, you were able to enjoy your visit to Helsinki. Kind regards, Katri Stromma Finland

Well worth it!

BetsyLynne_S, Sept 2019

The Helsinki card was a great bonus to acquire while in Helsinki! I used it for hopping on and off the buses, the boats, entering museums,&public transportation.

Well worth it

Trail244353, Aug 2019

This was a great card to have. We used all three days we were touring Helsinki. I would highly recommend it. Thank you.

Easy to use straight off the cruise ship! Included everything!

Jennifer_S, Jul 2019

I purchased this via Viator and when I stepped off the cruise ship to go pick up my passes at the Centre, I was told it was an hour walk! However, the City Sightseeing Bus was right there at the cruise port and the manager took my paper voucher right there and exchanged it for daily tickets! I WAS SO THRILLED! In addition,compared to the other "red bus", this card had more options, better routes, and included everything you could possibly want to do. It was great when only having one short cruise stop here to just do whatever we wanted and not have to worry about additional lines for admission or additional costs. It made the day easy and pleasant!

Response from Host, Jul 2019

Dear Sir/Madam, thank you for your feedback. We are glad to hear that your trip to Helsinki was a success and you enjoyed the benefits of the Helsinki Card. We hope to see you again in Finland! Best regards, Karoliina / Stromma Finland

Useful for Getting Around

Peter C, May 2019

We used the Card on public transit and also for 3 sightseeing tours - two by bus and one on the water. We used it for entrance to a number of attractions. It worked well for what we wanted.

Bang for Buck

Arman_H, May 2019

The Helsinki card is a fantastic idea and covers all the sights, attractions, and public transport you would want to see. I thoroughly recommend it as it will save you money getting into all the major attractions of Helsinki.

1 traveler found this review helpful

Easy to obtain and easy to use. We...

leeddanner17, Dec 2017

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.

2 travelers found this review helpful

Great way to see the city! Easy map...

Carol W, Sept 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.

Very convenient, easy to pick up at...

Carol K, Sept 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!!

This card was very useful for our...

Joseph P, Sept 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.

1 traveler found this review helpful

Fantastic value for money. Free...

Kathleen W, Aug 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!

It is an amazing card really worth...

sharan, Aug 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.

We found that the Helsinki card made...

Jim H, Feb 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

Great buy Afforded a trip to...

Janice_M, Jul 2016

Great buy Afforded a trip to Suomenlinna that was not even planned

A bit confusing because of different...

Norma F, Jun 2016

A bit confusing because of different tour companies available- similar names, similar appearing buses. In the end it was worthwhile

kinda a pointless card and you must...

Bruce_J, Jun 2016

kinda a pointless card and you must get it from the airport. the option in the city is no longer there

1 traveler found this review helpful

Very convenient to get around on the...

Brenda O, Jan 2016

Very convenient to get around on the transport system. Good offers

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