Free Walking Sightseeing Tours in Helsinki, Finland

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Are you ready for an unforgettable time in Helsinki, Finland? Then you've come to the right place with our sightseeing tours. Whether you prefer a guided free walking tour with insider knowledge or enjoy the freedom of a self-guided route, you'll find exactly what you're looking for. Click on a tour and find out more about the highlights that await you!

Activities in HelsinkiIndividual Sights in Helsinki
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Languages English
Duration 2 hours
Reviews 9.9/10 stars, 1 ratings

Helsinki Highlights: Two-Hour Stroll Through History and Culture
Welcome to the quirkiest walking tour in Helsinki! We start behind the Swedish Theatre, where we’ll warm up our leg muscles for this epic two-hour adventure. Strut your stuff down Esplanadi, where...
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Languages English
Duration 2h 15min
Reviews 9.8/10 stars, 337 ratings

A Finntastic Walking Tour 10:30 & 13:30 daily
Hei, In this Finntastic tour, we will learn together about Finland's past and present! - What do you know about a Finnish sauna? - Is Finland the happiest country in the world? Join me so we can...
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Price 0$
Languages English, Spanish
Duration 1h 45min
Reviews 9.7/10 stars, 239 ratings

Helsinki Free Tour
Starting in the Senate Square, where the Helsinki Cathedral, the University of Helsinki, and the old Senate are located, we give a brief overview of Finnish history and how Helsinki was...
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Languages English
Duration 2h 15min
Reviews 9.6/10 stars, 1239 ratings

The Complete and Original Free Tour of Helsinki
Multiple start times DAILY CHECK OUR CALENDAR FOR START TIMES Meeting point: Alexander II Statue, Senate Square Look for: RED UMBRELLA! Join our knowledgeable guides to explore all Helsinki has to...
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Languages English
Duration 2 hours
Reviews 9.5/10 stars, 1837 ratings

Original Free Tour in Helsinki - Since 2016
Longest running Free Tour in Helsinki! Find your guide with green cap and umbrella at the stairs of the White Cathedral. The tour ends at Oodi Central Library. Want to know not only the history...
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Languages English
Duration 2 hours
Reviews 9.2/10 stars, 909 ratings

The Only Modern Helsinki Free Tour
Design, Architecture, arts, lifestyle, and local legends. We are the only operators making a free tour of this route. There will be virtually no overlap with other tours. We start from Oodi...
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Price 0$
Languages English
Duration 1 hour 15 minutes - 1 hour 40 minutes
Reviews 9.2/10 stars, 329 ratings

Free Walking Tour of Helsinki
Get a great introduction to the history and culture of the Finnish capital, discovering Helsinki's most important monuments and districts on this guided English-language tour.
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Self-guided Tour #1

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 0.8 km
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  • Ecology Stone
  • HopLop Helsinki, Pasila
  • Musiikkimuseo FAME
  • Vesileikki
  • ESY Church
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Self-guided Tour #2

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Number of sights 29 sights
Distance 6.3 km
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  • Wise Mouse
  • Johan Vilhelm Snellman
  • Helsinki Cathedral
  • Alexander II
  • Helsinki City Museum
  • The Fazer Rooster
  • Eino Leino
  • Fact and Fable
  • Swedish Theatre
  • Usko toivo rakkaus
  • Lilla Teatern
  • Luther-kirkko
  • Lapinlahden puistikko
  • Fila Church Helsinki
  • Elias Lönnrot
  • Helsinki Old Church
  • Vanha kirkkopuisto
  • Memorial to the Estonian volunteers
  • Tellervo, Tapios daughter (Diana)
  • Kolmikulma
  • Merkki
  • Savoy Theatre
  • Esplanadi Park
  • Old Market Hall
  • Market Square
  • The Stone of The Empress
  • Uspenski Cathedral
  • Tove Janssonin puisto
  • Päivikki ja Sakari Sohlbergin kotimuseo
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Self-guided Tour #3

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 1.2 km
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  • Vesikko
  • Ehrensvärd Museum
  • Augustin Ehrensvärd's tomb
  • Military Museum
  • Toy Museum
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Self-guided Tour #4

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 4.8 km
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  • Kolmikulma
  • Helsingin baptistiseurakunta, Betel
  • The Whistling City-Dweller
  • Andreaskyrkan
  • Topelius and children
  • Design Museum
  • St. John's Church
  • Helsingin vapaaseurakunta
  • Helsingfors Adventkyrka
  • Pyhän Markuksen luterilainen seurakunta
  • Salvation Army
  • Sinebrychoffin puisto
  • Sinebrychoff Art Museum
  • Alexander Theatre
  • Hietalahti Market Hall
  • Helsingin itsenäinen evankelisluterilainen seurakunta
  • Harbour
  • Installation in Ruoholahti
  • The Finnish Museum of Photography
  • The Hotel and Restaurant Museum
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Self-guided Tour #5

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 7.7 km
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  • Harbour
  • Hietalahti Market Hall
  • Sinebrychoff Art Museum
  • Alexander Theatre
  • Fila Church Helsinki
  • Salvation Army
  • Sinebrychoffin puisto
  • Tehtaanpuisto
  • Helsingin metodistiseurakunta
  • Lighthouse Christian Center
  • Helsingin vapaaseurakunta
  • Pyhän Markuksen luterilainen seurakunta
  • Helsingfors Adventkyrka
  • Tellervo, Tapios daughter (Diana)
  • Kolmikulma
  • Helsingin baptistiseurakunta, Betel
  • Andreaskyrkan
  • Topelius and children
  • Design Museum
  • Museum of Finnish Architecture
  • Lightbringer - National Memorial to the Winter War
  • Against the Raging Sea
  • Memorial to Jewish Refugees - Hands Begging for Help
  • Old Market Hall
  • Esplanadi Park
  • Market Square
  • The Stone of The Empress
  • Uspenski Cathedral
  • Tove Janssonin puisto
  • Päivikki ja Sakari Sohlbergin kotimuseo
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Self-guided Tour #6

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Number of sights 24 sights
Distance 7.3 km
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  • Bad Bad Boy
  • Olo n:o 22
  • Sinebrychoffin puisto
  • Helsingin metodistiseurakunta
  • Lighthouse Christian Center
  • St. John's Church
  • Design Museum
  • Museum of Finnish Architecture
  • Against the Raging Sea
  • Memorial to Jewish Refugees - Hands Begging for Help
  • Deutsche Kirche
  • Helsinki Observatory
  • Tähtitornin vuori
  • The Shipwrecked
  • Statue of Peace
  • Mannerheim Museum
  • Watchdog Pekka
  • St. Henry's Cathedral
  • Torso
  • Lähetyskirkko
  • Tehtaanpuisto
  • Mikael Agricola Church
  • Luettelo
  • Juhani Aho
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Self-guided Tour #7

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Number of sights 29 sights
Distance 9 km
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  • Liisanpuistikko
  • Helsinki City Museum
  • Johan Vilhelm Snellman
  • Holy Trinity Church
  • Helsinki Cathedral
  • Alexander II
  • Helsinki University Museum Flame
  • Kluuvinlahti Fossils
  • The Fazer Rooster
  • Esplanadi Park
  • Merkki
  • Kolmikulma
  • Elias Lönnrot
  • Lilla Teatern
  • The Three Smiths
  • Ateneum
  • Aleksis Kivi Memorial
  • The Lantern Carriers
  • Metro Lines
  • Kiasma
  • Marsalkka Mannerheimin ratsastajapatsas
  • Amos Rex
  • Kamppi Chapel
  • Luther-kirkko
  • Lapinlahden puistikko
  • Helsingin itsenäinen evankelisluterilainen seurakunta
  • Lastenlehto
  • J. V. Snellman
  • The Hotel and Restaurant Museum
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Self-guided Tour #8

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 9.7 km
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  • Pyhän Nikolauksen kirkko
  • Lauri Kristian Relander
  • Olaus Petri Church
  • Kristuskyrkan
  • Spring / UKK Monument
  • Memorial to Risto Ryti
  • Finnish National Opera
  • Hesperian puisto
  • Töölönlahden puisto
  • Tarja Halosen puisto
  • Tokoinranta
  • Ilolanpuisto
  • Torch / Memorial to Miina Sillanpää
  • Memorial to Women in Times of War
  • Life at the Hakaniemi Marketplace
  • Hakaniemi Market Hall
  • Helsingin Saalem
  • Kallio Church
  • Bear on Anthill
  • Karhupuisto
  • Matti Heleniuksen puisto
  • Memorial to Arvo Turtiainen
  • Ässärykmentin muistomerkki / Jalkaväkirykmentti 11
  • Tanner's Gate / Memorial to Väinö Tanner
  • Suhe
  • Pengerpuisto
  • Katri Valan puisto
  • Kalasatamanpuisto
  • Siberian Jay
  • Veteen piirretty viiva
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Self-guided Tour #9

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 10.3 km
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  • Helsingin Saalem
  • Hakaniemi Market Hall
  • Life at the Hakaniemi Marketplace
  • Memorial to Women in Times of War
  • Ilolanpuisto
  • Tarja Halosen puisto
  • Tokoinranta
  • Torch / Memorial to Miina Sillanpää
  • Paasivuoren puistikko
  • Burgher's house
  • Museum of Civil Defence
  • Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden
  • Freemason's Grave
  • Kiasma
  • P. E. Svinhufvud
  • Parliament House
  • K. J. Ståhlberg
  • Kyösti Kallio
  • The Bear
  • Villa Hakasalmi
  • Töölönlahden puisto
  • Spring / UKK Monument
  • Hesperian puisto
  • Memorial to Risto Ryti
  • Lauri Kristian Relander
  • Olaus Petri Church
  • Kristuskyrkan
  • Temppeliaukio Church
  • Pyhän Nikolauksen kirkko
  • Kartta
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Self-guided Tour #10

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Number of sights 30 sights
Distance 11.3 km
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  • Sibelius Monument
  • Ilmatar and the Scaup
  • Töölön kirkko
  • Tram Museum
  • Paavo Nurmi
  • Winter Garden
  • Mäntymäki
  • Finnish National Opera
  • Hesperian puisto
  • Diakonissalaitoksen kirkko
  • Tarja Halosen puisto
  • Tokoinranta
  • Ilolanpuisto
  • Torkkelinpuistikko
  • Pengerpuisto
  • Katri Valan puisto
  • Pyhien lapsimarttyyrien Pistiksen, Elpiksen, Agapen ja heidän äitinsä Sofian kirkko
  • Silver Tree
  • Dallapénpuisto
  • The Kindergarten Museum
  • Siiloan-seurakunta
  • Kotiharjun sauna
  • Pyhän Sydämen kappeli
  • Tauno Palon puisto
  • Tauno Palo
  • Josafatinpuisto
  • Vuoristorata
  • Linnanmäki
  • Kirnu
  • Taiga
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Self-guided Tour #11

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Number of sights 23 sights
Distance 9.4 km
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  • Sompasauna
  • Pyhien lapsimarttyyrien Pistiksen, Elpiksen, Agapen ja heidän äitinsä Sofian kirkko
  • Silver Tree
  • Dallapénpuisto
  • Puu-Vallila
  • Tropicario
  • Alppilan kirkko
  • Sea Life
  • Taiga
  • Kirnu
  • Linnanmäki
  • Ukko
  • Vuoristorata
  • Lenininpuisto
  • The Worker Mother
  • Josafatinpuisto
  • Tauno Palo
  • Tauno Palon puisto
  • Winter Garden
  • TAHTO Center for Finnish Sports Culture
  • Helsingin Siion-seurakunta
  • Tram Museum
  • Hesperian puisto
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Self-guided Tour #12

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 4.4 km
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  • Tanner's Gate / Memorial to Väinö Tanner
  • Ilolanpuisto
  • Helsinki City Theatre
  • Tarja Halosen puisto
  • Tokoinranta
  • Töölönlahden puisto
  • Hesperian puisto
  • Stone Visitor
  • Finnish National Opera
  • Töölön kirkko
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Self-guided Tour #13

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 3.7 km
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  • Musiikkimuseo FAME
  • HopLop Helsinki, Pasila
  • Ecology Stone
  • Vanha teatterikenttä
  • Harppi ja tähdet
  • Keidas
  • Kumtähden kenttä
  • Maamme-laulun muistomerkki
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Self-guided Tour #14

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Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 6.9 km
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  • Karunan vanha kirkko
  • Daughter of the Baltic Sea / Maila Talvio Memorial
  • Helsingin Siion-seurakunta
  • TAHTO Center for Finnish Sports Culture
  • Crescendo / A Memorial to those who fell in the Finnish Civil War 1918
  • Sea Life
  • Linnanmäki
  • Ukko
  • Vuoristorata
  • Lenininpuisto
  • The Worker Mother
  • Alppilan kirkko
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Self-guided Tour #15

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 3.3 km
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  • Vesileikki
  • ESY Church
  • Kumtähden kenttä
  • Nocturnal
  • Tapio Wirkkala park
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Self-guided Tour #16

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 3.7 km
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  • Didrichsen Art Museum
  • Villa Gyllenberg
  • Neptunus
  • Otaniemen vesitorni
  • Tapiolan kirkko
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Self-guided Tour #17

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 7.1 km
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  • Daughter of the Baltic Sea / Maila Talvio Memorial
  • St. Mary Church
  • Crescendo / A Memorial to those who fell in the Finnish Civil War 1918
  • Alppilan kirkko
  • Vanha teatterikenttä
  • St Paul's Church
  • Gunnar Bärlund
  • Harppi ja tähdet
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Why Visit Sights? Self-guided sightseeing tours are a free and safe alternative to bus tours. You can explore Helsinki at your own pace, any time! Do something good for your health by walking.