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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
Free Walking Tour of Helsinki - Green Caps from Senate Square
We are focused to produce the best Helsinki City Tours, including Free Walking Tours. Our local tour guides are knowledgeable, experienced and informative, assuring that experiencing one of our Helsinki city tours will leave you with an understanding of Finland’s rich heritage, history, culture and geography.
Tour description
This is a quick, informal, and fun way to learn all the fundamental things about Helsinki, the Capital of Finland.
Highlights:
- Senate Square
- Tales from the Swedish and Russian past
- Story of how Finland broke free of Russian rule.
- Is Finland really the world's happiest country?
- Market Square
- What and how do Finns really eat?
- Presidents castle
- Helsinki University.
- It's free to study there, how is possible?
- Locals hints on where to shop, eat and drink.
The tour starts from the Senate Square. You will find your guide with a green cap from the base of the massive white cathedral stairs. When you get to the square it is impossible to miss.
In case it is not possible to start from the previously indicated address due to specific events and celebrations, the starting point will be the main entrace to the White Cathedral (Unioninkatu 29, Helsinki).
This tour is a quick and easy introduction to Helsinki’s history and to the Finnish lifestyle. The duration of the tour is 1 hour 15 minutes.
Groups of more than 10 people will contact the company to be able to better accommodate them and offer a customized product.
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Meeting point:Hallituskatu 7 00170 Helsinki FinlandHallituskatu 7 00170 Helsinki Finland
On Senate Square, the base of the huge staircase leading to white church. Your guide has a green cap.
How much does this tour cost?
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).