Moi, and welcome to Helsinki! 🇫🇮 If your instinct on landing is to open Uber or Bolt like you would anywhere else — good news, you can. There’s just one local quirk nobody warns you about: at Helsinki Airport, ride-app cars don’t pick up at the taxi ranks. You need to walk to the P2 […]
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Moi, and welcome to Helsinki — the capital of the world’s happiest country. ☀️ I’m Arto, a Helsinki-born, Authorised Helsinki Guide, and I’ll let you in on something a little unusual for a tour guide to admit: a self-guided walking tour of Helsinki is a wonderful way to see my city, and it might be
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Moi! Let me tell you about the one building I send almost every visitor to — and it’s a library. 📚 I’m Arto, a Helsinki-born, Authorised Helsinki Guide, and if you’d told me years ago that our central Helsinki library would become a bucket-list stop, I’d have raised an eyebrow. But Oodi isn’t really a
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Airports are notorious for taxi confusion, and Helsinki-Vantaa (HEL) is no exception. However, as of April 2026, the Helsinki Airport taxi system is highly regulated. To get a taxi like a pro, you need to understand the Lane System and the Fixed Pricing structures currently in place. When you exit the Arrivals hall on the
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The health & safety of my guest is of the upmost importance to me. In this post I will tell you how my walking tour is COVID-19 safe and what the overall situation in Helsinki and in Finland is. So please read on if you´re wondering about this. COVID-19 situation in Finland is well under
In this post you´ll find information on how to get to the meeting point for the tour with Arto, from any of the major arrival points to Helsinki. We meet the Senate Square – a very central location The tour departs from one of the most famous locations in Helsinki – The Senate Square (Click
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