Tip-Based tour of Helsinki 5+ TIMES DAILY 🇬🇧🇪🇸
Would you like to take a tour with a company who has been giving tours since 2017 – with over 4500+ online reviews? Then read on! We are RED UMBRELLA TOURS HELSINKI – a team of guides and friends, who give tours to those visiting Helsinki for the first time, or who want to get a better understanding of the city. Currently, we offer 5+ tours a day in both English and Spanish language – offering the opportunity to join a tip-based tour to many thousands of tourists every year, from all over the world. JOIN OUR TOURS to discover a side of Helsinki you won’t see on other tours, with insights into daily life, talks about our history, discussion on architecture, and a lot more. SPACES ARE LIMITED AND FIRST COME FIRST SERVED, so BOOK YOUR PLACE while you can!
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2025 MEETING POINT: Steps to Helsinki University, Senate Square LOOK FOR THE RED UMBRELLA EXACT MEETING POINT LINK: https://maps.app.goo.gl/MJdNqTZt3MTcNXgQ6
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- ENGLISH - 5+ TOURS A DAY
- Español - Generalmente dos veces al dÃa. Más en verano.
Welcome to Helsinki, the capital of the happiest country in the world for 8 years in a row!
On our tours, you will get to know the history of Helsinki and Finland in a dynamic and fun way, walking through the most emblematic parts of the city. We start at the famous and historic Senate Square - where the Helsinki Cathedral, the University of Helsinki and the old Senate are located. We will learn about the country's past and how Helsinki went from being a small fishing village into a great capital.
We explore the National Bank of Finland and the House of the Estates. We will also reflect on the evolution of the local language, Finnish.
Before reaching the port and the Market Square, we will walk through the oldest quarter of the city, and see the largest Orthodox cathedral in Western Europe.
In the Market Square we will talk about Finnish food culture, and Finnish cultural heritage: the sauna. Next to the market square is the famous promenade de la Esplanade, inspired by the Champs Elysees in Paris. Past the park, we will visit the statue of the poet of Finland's national poet and the connection it has with Tolkien.
Finally, the tour will conclude at the most modern part of the city - where we will explore a modern office building, Sanamatalo, see Helsinki's most recently built architectural buildings, and we will discuss Oodi library - the perfect place to grab a coffee after the tour!
Finland is known to the world for its education system, welfare state, and generous taxes. We will be covering these topics during tour stops as well as giving clues as to why Finland is the happiest country in the world, and exploring other cultural nuances and anecdotes.
We look forward to showing you all that Helsinki has to offer!