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Things to do in Helsinki
42 places33 stories5 routes
Sightlore has 42 places to explore in Helsinki, and 33 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Helsinki's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Sibelius Monument
The Sibelius Monument is a public art memorial to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, who died in 1957. Situated in Sibelius Park within the Töölö district of Helsinki, the monument is by the Finnish sculptor Eila Hiltunen, whose design—Passio Musicae (originally Credo)—won a…
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Military Museum of Finland
The Military Museum of Finland is the central museum of the Finnish Defence Forces and the national special museum of military history. It is located in Helsinki and it is part of the Finnish National Defence University.
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National Museum of Finland
The National Museum of Finland is a museum in Helsinki presenting Finnish history from the Stone Age to the present day, through objects and cultural history.
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Havis Amanda
Havis Amanda is a fountain and a statue in Helsinki, Finland by the sculptor Ville Vallgren.
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Helsinki City Museum
Helsinki City Museum is a museum in Helsinki that documents and displays the history of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Its mission is to record and uphold Helsinki's spiritual, material and architectural heritage.
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Hietaniemi cemetery
The Hietaniemi cemetery is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland.
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Kauppatori
The Market Square is a central square in Helsinki, Finland. It is located in central Helsinki, at the eastern end of Esplanadi and bordering the Baltic Sea to the south and Katajanokka to the east.
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Helsinki Olympic Stadium
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium, located in the Töölö district about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) from the centre of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country.
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University of Helsinki Botanical Garden
The University of Helsinki Botanical Garden is an institution subordinate to the Finnish Museum of Natural History of the University of Helsinki, which maintains a collection of live plants for use in research and teaching.
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Pyhän Kolminaisuuden kirkko
The Holy Trinity Church is a Finnish Orthodox Church located in the Kruununhaka district of Helsinki, on the corner of Unioninkatu and Rauhankatu.
Discovery routes in Helsinki
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Helsinki: Senate Square and the harbour
From the Holy Trinity Church to Helsinki Cathedral and Senate Square, past the City Museum to Uspenski Cathedral, then the Market Square and the Old Market Hall, Havis Amanda, Esplanadi Park and the Swedish Theatre.
Helsinki: museums and modern architecture
From the Central Railway Station to the Ateneum and Kiasma, past the Mannerheim statue to Oodi Library and the National Museum, then on to Temppeliaukio Church, Kamppi Chapel and the Old Church.
Suomenlinna sea fortress
From the Suomenlinna sea fortress to Suomenlinna Church, the Military Museum and the submarine Vesikko.
Helsinki: from the parks to the Sibelius Monument
From Kaisaniemi Park and the Botanical Garden to Kallio Church, Linnanmäki, the Olympic Stadium, the Sibelius Monument and Hietaniemi Cemetery.
Helsinki: Tamminiemi and Seurasaari
From the Sibelius Monument to Tamminiemi, Seurasaari island and the Didrichsen Art Museum.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Old Market Hall
The Old Market Hall is the oldest market hall in Helsinki, Finland. It is located along the Eteläranta street near the Helsinki Market Square in the Kaartinkaupunki district. By 2013, the hall had also become a popular tourist attraction.
Svenska Teatern
The Swedish Theatre is a Swedish-language theatre in Helsinki, Finland, and is located at the Erottaja square, at the end of Esplanadi. It was the first national stage of Finland.
Helsinki Central Railway Station
Helsinki Central Station (HEC) is the main station for commuter rail and long-distance trains departing from Helsinki, Finland. About 200,000 people "pass through the station" every day, half of whom are train passengers.
Suomenlinna
Suomenlinna, or Sveaborg, is a sea fortress composed of eight islands, of which six have been fortified.
Hietaniemi cemetery
The Hietaniemi cemetery is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland.
Seurasaari
Seurasaari is an island and a district in Helsinki, Finland, known mostly as the location of the Seurasaari Open-Air Museum, which consists of old, mainly wooden buildings transplanted from elsewhere in Finland and placed in the dense forest landscape of the island.
Alexander Theatre
The Alexander Theatre is a Finnish theatre in Helsinki at Bulevardi 23–27 in the neighborhood of Kamppi.
Museums
Helsinki City Museum
Helsinki City Museum is a museum in Helsinki that documents and displays the history of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Its mission is to record and uphold Helsinki's spiritual, material and architectural heritage.
Ateneum
Ateneum is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland and one of the three museums forming the Finnish National Gallery. It is located in the centre of Helsinki on the south side of Rautatientori square close to Helsinki Central railway station.
Kiasma
Kiasma is a contemporary art museum located on Mannerheimintie in Helsinki, Finland. Its name kiasma, Finnish for chiasma, alludes to the basic conceptual idea of its architect, Steven Holl.
Helsinki Central Library Oodi
The Helsinki Central Library Oodi, commonly referred to as Oodi (lit. 'ode'), is a public library in Helsinki, Finland.
National Museum of Finland
The National Museum of Finland is a museum in Helsinki presenting Finnish history from the Stone Age to the present day, through objects and cultural history.
Military Museum of Finland
The Military Museum of Finland is the central museum of the Finnish Defence Forces and the national special museum of military history. It is located in Helsinki and it is part of the Finnish National Defence University.
Vesikko
Vesikko is a submarine, which was launched on 10 May 1933 at the Crichton-Vulcan dock in Turku.
Tamminiemi
Tamminiemi is a villa and house museum located in the Meilahti district of Helsinki, Finland.
Didrichsen Art Museum
Didrichsen Art Museum is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland.
Museum of Finnish Architecture
The Museum of Finnish Architecture is an architectural museum in Helsinki, Finland. Established in 1956, it is the second oldest museum of its kind (after the Shchusev Museum of Architecture in Moscow) devoted specifically to architecture.
Sinebrychoff Art Museum
The Sinebrychoff Art Museum is an art museum located on Bulevardi in Helsinki, Finland. The museum exhibits the old European art collections (dating between the 14th and 19th centuries) of the Finnish National Gallery.
Architecture & Design Museum
The Architecture & Design Museum is a museum in Helsinki devoted to the exhibition of both Finnish and foreign design and architecture, including industrial design, fashion, and graphic design.
Places of worship
Pyhän Kolminaisuuden kirkko
The Holy Trinity Church is a Finnish Orthodox Church located in the Kruununhaka district of Helsinki, on the corner of Unioninkatu and Rauhankatu.
Helsinki Cathedral
Helsinki Cathedral is the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran cathedral of the Diocese of Helsinki, located in the neighborhood of Kruununhaka in the centre of Helsinki, Finland, at the Senate Square.
Uspenski Cathedral
Uspenski Cathedral is a Greek Orthodox or Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, and main cathedral of the Orthodox Church of Finland, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos (the Virgin Mary).
Temppeliaukio Church
Temppeliaukio Church is a Lutheran church in the Töölö neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland.
Kamppi Chapel
The Kamppi Chapel is a chapel in the neighbourhood of Kamppi in Helsinki, Finland, located on the Narinkka Square.
Helsinki Old Church
The Old Church of Helsinki, designed by Carl Ludvig Engel and completed in 1826, is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Helsinki.
Suomenlinna Church
The Suomenlinna Church in Helsinki, Finland, was built in 1854 as an Eastern Orthodox garrison church for the Russian troops stationed at the Suomenlinna sea fortress.
Kallio Church
Kallio Church is a Lutheran church in the Kallio district of Helsinki, Finland. It was designed by Lars Sonck and represents National Romanticism with Art Nouveau influences.
Pyhän Henrikin katedraali
St. Henry's Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in Helsinki, Finland, dedicated in honor of Bishop Henrik, a 12th-century Bishop of Turku. It is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Helsinki.
Saint John's Church
St. John's Church in Helsinki, Finland, is a Lutheran church designed by the Swedish architect Adolf Melander in the Gothic Revival style. It is the largest stone church in Finland by seating capacity.
Kristuskyrkan
Kristuskyrkan (Church of Christ) is a Christian church in Helsinki, Finland, located in the central district of Etu-Töölö at the corner between Fänrik Ståls Street and Apollonkatu Street.
Mikael Agricola church
Mikael Agricola Church is a Lutheran church located in the Punavuori district of Helsinki, Finland.
Monuments
Senate Square
Senate Square presents Carl Ludvig Engel's architecture as a unique allegory of political, religious, scientific and commercial powers in the centre of Helsinki, Finland.
Havis Amanda
Havis Amanda is a fountain and a statue in Helsinki, Finland by the sculptor Ville Vallgren.
Equestrian statue of Marshal Mannerheim
A bronze equestrian statue of Field Marshal Gustaf Mannerheim stands in the centre of Helsinki, Finland. It was made by Aimo Tukiainen and erected in 1960. The bronze statue is 5.4 metres (18 ft) tall.
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
The Helsinki Olympic Stadium, located in the Töölö district about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) from the centre of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country.
Sibelius Monument
The Sibelius Monument is a public art memorial to the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius, who died in 1957. Situated in Sibelius Park within the Töölö district of Helsinki, the monument is by the Finnish sculptor Eila Hiltunen, whose design—Passio Musicae (originally Credo)—won a…
Nature
Esplanadi park
Esplanadi, colloquially known as Espa, is an esplanade and urban park in downtown Helsinki, Finland, situated between the Erottaja square and the Market Square.
Kaisaniemi Park
Kaisaniemi park is a popular park, in the center of Helsinki, in the region of Kluuvi. The Kaisaniemi Park was named after Catharina "Cajsa" Wahllund. Part of the park was given to the University of Helsinki in 1829, for gardening.
University of Helsinki Botanical Garden
The University of Helsinki Botanical Garden is an institution subordinate to the Finnish Museum of Natural History of the University of Helsinki, which maintains a collection of live plants for use in research and teaching.
Korkeasaari Zoo
Korkeasaari Zoo, also known as Helsinki Zoo, is the largest zoo in Finland, located in Helsinki's Korkeasaari island. The zoo was first opened in 1889. Today it is operated by a nonprofit foundation.
Other
Kauppatori
The Market Square is a central square in Helsinki, Finland. It is located in central Helsinki, at the eastern end of Esplanadi and bordering the Baltic Sea to the south and Katajanokka to the east.
Linnanmäki
Linnanmäki is an amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. It was opened on 27 May 1950 and is owned by the non-profit Children's Day Foundation, which operates the park to raise funds for Finnish child welfare work.
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