Helsinki in a weekend
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté.
Petit Futé
Where to stay ?
The map of your stay "Helsinki in a weekend"
Detail of the stay : Helsinki in a weekend
How to get there
Visit of the city
Steps: Helsinki
Start by discovering the Senate square and the Tuomiokirkko Lutheran cathedral. Then stroll on the Market Square (Kauppatori) and stop at Kappeli Café on the esplanade. Head to the Katajannoka Peninsula to discover the Orthodox Cathedral Uspenski and its view of the city. After lunch, visit the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Kiasma.
Places of interest : KAUPPATORI - PLACE DU MARCHÉ TUOMIOKIRKKO - CATHÉDRALE D'HELSINKI PLACE DU SÉNAT CATHÉDRALE USPENSKI KIASMA - MUSÉE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN
Excursion to the fortress of Suomenlinna
Steps: Helsinki
Take a boat for Suomenlinna fortress. After the visit, you can picnic on the ramparts. Back in Helsinki, go to the Parc park to admire the monument Sibelius and go back to the Mannerheimintie, its shops and restaurants. You can also stop at the Ateneum, the Fine Arts Museum to discover the influence of the Kalevala on Finnish Art.
Places of interest : FORTERESSE SUOMENLINNA ATENEUM - MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS MONUMENT SIBELIUS
Discovery of Finnish traditional life
Steps: Helsinki
Visit the open air museum on Seurasaari Island, a fun park to discover the wooden architecture typical of the provinces of Finland. In return, go through Temppeliaukion (the temple of the Rock) to listen to a concert.
Places of interest : SEURASAARI OPEN-AIR MUSEUM
