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Hidden architecture gems of Helsinki walking tour

Art, Culture, & Historical
Helsinki Tour Guide - Timo R.

Joined 2021

Timo R.
5.00 / 5
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Helsinki
Finnish (Native), English, Swedish
5 hours
Private tour (only you and Timo R.)
Up to 10 people

Helsinki has a lot of architectural gems to discover. During this walking tour we will discover some of the most famous Architect works in Helsinki city area, like Alvar Aalto's buildings, jugend-style cafe's, Old Market Hall, wooden hotel, public library Oodi, Finlandia Hall and the magnificient Rock Church.

Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

09:00 AM

Meeting Point

Meeting "under the clock" at entry of Stockmann department store

- "Under the clock" is often referred to old analog clock hanging above the Stockmann historical department store, address Aleksanterinkatu 52, Helsinki

09:20 AM

Alvar Aalto's Rautatalo

Architect Alvar Aalto designed this building to a bank office. Has magnificient interior and natural ambient light manipulation. Details of Aalto's design are special illumination lamps, marble stairs, atrium-style interior and other Aalto way of thinking.

09:40 AM

Alvar Aalto's Kirjatalo

Alvar Aalto designed this building "Kirjatalo" (Book House) and the Academic Bookstore year 1969. Inside you will find how genious architect Alvar Aalto was on creating an environment that has "spirit" and "freedom to breathe".

10:00 AM

First public building from Alvar Aalto in Helsinki

This little staircase is often neglected by people passing by. However, the architect was one of the most known architects in Finland.

10:10 AM

Jugend-style cafe at Northern Esplanade

This nice cafe was built for a bank, and nowadays has a beautiful jugend (Art Nouveau) style cafe.

10:20 AM

Old Market Hall

Inside the old Market Hall you can have delicacy food and taste cold-smoked bear meat and reindeer. Some vendors also provide lunch soup and souvenirs.

10:40 AM

Market Square, Sweden Embassy, Presidential Palace

Walking through the Market Square may take longer than 20 minutes - depending on the things you find...

11:00 AM

Wooden Hotel and HQ of Stora Enso Pier 4

This magnificient building was built to act as a hotel and the Headquarters of wood-industry company Stora Enso. In the entry hall you will be stunned on the way how wood can be used in construction.

We will also visit to the roof terrace of the building.

11:50 AM

Finnish government's building Senate House and the Senate Square

This is the monumental center of Helsinki. The architects for this place were brought here from Russia's st. Petersburg, that is the reason for the place to look like "little st. Petersburg".

Here we will also visit the National Library and see the old university main building.

12:30 PM

Railway station square

Here we will see old art museum Ateneum, National Theatre and the main Railway station of Helsinki.

12:50 PM

Public Library Oodi

Oodi is a gem within public buildings in Helsinki. This building looks like a long bridge, and is really supported only from the ends of the building.

Oodi is a public library, and here you might get the idea of why Finland is the happiest country in the world!

01:30 PM

Finlandia Hall designed by Alvar Aalto

Finlandia Hall was built in the beginning of 1970 era to act as a concert hall and conference center.

Alvar Aalto used white Carrara marble in the outside plates of this building. That was not the best choice, and the material has had to be changed later.

02:00 PM

Rock Church

The Church excavated inside the hill. This is the "must see this" site in Helsinki.

Ending Point

Kamppi shopping mall

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

Guide service hours

What‘s not included

Entry tickets to the churches

Tour Important Information

This tour requires approximately 6 kilometers of walking.

Please have comfortable shoes with you, and weather-resistant clothing.

On weekends some locations may be closed and the Rock Church can have sermon on, then tourists are not allowed to come in.

Important message from the supplier

All days available.

Cancellation Policy

  • Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
  • 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
  • No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Helsinki Tour Guide - Timo R.

Joined 2021

Timo R.
5.00 / 5
(2 reviews)
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About Tour Guide Timo R.

Hi, my name is Timo, your local private guide in Helsinki.

I am an easy-going and open-minded person. I like to interact with people from across the world and to know about their culture, language, travel interests. I am passionate about nature. In my free time I enjoy outdoor activities of all kinds. In the summer amongst other things, I love to hike, mountain bike and go kayaking. In the winter, I love to snowshoe and watch the northern lights.

My professionality is also based on a long career in information technology, serving in an international company as a technical specialist. This has given me the opportunity to travel around Europe, the USA and Asia.

As well as being an experienced Nature and Wilderness Guide, I am also a Golden Badge Guide (the ultimate qualification in guiding in Finland). I am also a Licenced City of Helsinki and a Licenced Suomenlinna Unesco World Heritage Guide, the City of Hyvinkää and Tuusula Guide, so wherever we go you'll be in good hands. My aim is to provide you with enthusiastic informative private tours which ensure that your Helsinki and Finland experience will be the best.

My bespoke tours include walking tours or biking tours, tours by a private car, a van or a minibus. Within Helsinki we can cover the major sites or explore less well-known districts in the countryside like Nuuksio or Sipoonkorpi Wilderness areas, the picturesque small town of Porvoo, nearby towns like Tuusula and Hyvinkää are a few of the many wonderful places that can be easily reached in a day trip.

My tours are very flexible in content and timing and I can adapt easily to your preferences and suggestions.

For me, the best reward for guiding guests is the fun I have sharing the beauty of the place.

Let me be your local guide and I will share with you not only my knowledge and expertise but my enthusiasm as well.


Reviews

Wonderful custom tour

Timo is knowledgeable, flexible and clearly enjoys being a guide. I told him the things we wanted to do and he customized the day, adding in highlights about Finland I didn’t know about. He is a native Fin and knows a lot about nature as well as the history of Finland. You can’t go wrong with Timo!

Suellen A.

Timo R.

Thank you for being my customer, I really enjoyed being your guide!

A memorable experience with our personal guide

We went with Mr Timo for our tour of Suomenlinna Fortress on the 25th of December. We had our seven-year-old boy with us on tour. Our meeting made it very apparent that Mr Timo belongs to Helsinki and knows the city properly. He knew a great deal of history and geopolitics. He kept the tour lively, with just enough history and a good deal of Finnish culture. Conversation with him was relevant and we never got bored. I strongly recommend him as anyone's tour guide.

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