Helsinki City Highlights Cruise
Overview
Available languages
1 hour 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
The Helsinki City Highlights Cruise shows you the urban shorelines of Helsinki. During the cruise you will see summer terraces, beach cafés and beautiful parks as well as both older and newer city architecture. The boat passes by the many residential areas and offers a nice way to see different districts of Helsinki by the sea.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
The boat arrives at the pier about 30 minutes before the departure time.
What To Expect
Kauppatori
Departure point, the boat arrives 30min before the departure.
Old Market Hall
Old Market Hall
Options
Helsinki City Highlights Cruise
What‘s Included
Free WiFi on-board
Onboard commentary via loudspeakers in English, German, Finnish and Swedish
Food and drinks
Gratuities
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
16 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Okay
Ovingdean4,Aug 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00It was okay. Mostly just a ferry ride to see luxury houses . Boat was comfortable. Opportunity to buy drinks. Snacks on board,
Great way to see the city
emma78904638,Aug 7, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We completed both the Helsinki city highlights tour aswell as the Beautiful Canal Tour as both of these tours are available on the Helsinki card. Both tours were extremely enjoyable and both provide great photo opportunities achieved by being out on the water. The Beautiful Canal tour was a more scenic route taking you round the islands of the archipelago which are further away. The commentary was informative and there is sheltered covering on the lower deck. Excellent trip!!
Don't go in the rain!
CultureVultureCamb,Jun 23, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00I'd booked ahead for what should have been a nice afternoon. Not the fault of the company that the weather turned out grey and wet. You can sit inside and I enjoyed the cheapest glass of wine of my Helsinki trip. It was diffcult to see much and I reasoned that another time I should just turn up. Maybe it is packed in the summer but there are plenty of sailings and presumably I could have just bought a ticket from the booth on the day (once the weather was certain). Commentary is via speakers that they promote as meaning you can move around, go to the bar and then even so they have an interval so you can visit the cafe!
Helsinki - from the water
DayTrip12719866979,Jun 16, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Interesting boat tour with all the highlights! Good service on board and extensive explanations. Definitely recommended.
Pathetic cruise
Rahul K,Jun 8, 2025
- Review from Viator
1.00Not at all recommended. No great sighting just seat and take big shots of chill air with nothing much to do, not even any good views for pics. If you have too much free time & some money to waste then do this cruise Better to do a cruise with dining atleast it will be some good time pass.
City Highlights
davidhJ1018MK,Sep 24, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00I liked seeing the city from the water, a different perspective. Hearing the narrative in so many different languages was annoying, but I enjoyed the tour.
Very comfortable
Patrick M,Jun 30, 2024
- Review from Viator
4.00Great experience. Only 4 stars because it was a taped info tour w/out a live guide, but we'll worth the trip 💯%
Nice boat ride, could not hear audio
Linda E,Jun 8, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00Boat was fine, personnel were friendly. We could not hear the recorded guide information at all. Though the views were nice, we had no idea what we were seeing without the commentary. That was unfortunate. Perhaps more speakers? Headphones available?
Great tour!
Daniel K,May 14, 2024
- Review from Viator
4.00Very nice, informative tour with excellent viewing from inside and outside the boat. The tour was very extensive, traveling through a large section of the archipelago and an exciting canal. If you get cold, you can go in and enjoy a coffee while the tour continues. What a great way to start our stay in Helsinki! I wish that the volume had been a little higher on the speakers--it was challenging to hear the "guide" at times. The two couples sitting near us were speaking amongst themselves very loudly (not listening to the guide) and it was hard to hear over them.
Helpful customer service
heathers32,Aug 30, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00We were not able to attend the tour and had to cancel after the 24-hour refund mark. The staff were very polite and helpful offering other dates but we were not able to reschedule.
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