Helsinki City Highlights Cruise: Urban Shorelines Tour

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.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Kauppatori - Departure point, the boat arrives 30min before the departure.
  • Old Market Hall - Old Market Hall
  • Kaivopuisto - Kaivopuisto area
  • Loyly Sauna - Löyly
  • Sea Fortress Suomenlinna - Suomenlinna sea fortress
  • Kalasatama - Kalasatama
  • Korkeasaaren Elaintarha - Korkeasaari
  • Katajanokka - Katajanokka
What's Included
  • Free WiFi on-board
  • Onboard commentary via loudspeakers in English, German, Finnish, and Swedish
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • The boat arrives at the pier about 30 minutes before the departure time.
Location
Stromma - Helsinki Sightseeing by boat
Eteläesplanadi
Helsinki Market Square, Kolera-allas (by the yellow SIGHTSEEING flags)
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Emma78904638
Aug 7, 2025
Great way to see the city - We 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!!
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Daytrip12719866979
Jun 16, 2025
Helsinki - from the water - Interesting boat tour with all the highlights! Good service on board and extensive explanations. Definitely recommended.
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Davidhj1018mk
Sep 24, 2024
City Highlights - I 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.
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Patrick_m
Jun 30, 2024
Very comfortable - Great experience. Only 4 stars because it was a taped info tour w/out a live guide, but we'll worth the trip 💯%
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Daniel_k
May 14, 2024
Great tour! - Very 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.
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Ovingdean4
Aug 28, 2025
Okay - It was okay. Mostly just a ferry ride to see luxury houses . Boat was comfortable. Opportunity to buy drinks. Snacks on board,
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Culturevulturecamb
Jun 23, 2025
Don't go in the rain! - I'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!
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Linda
Jun 8, 2024
Nice boat ride, could not hear audio - Boat 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?
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Heathers32
Aug 30, 2023
Helpful customer service - We 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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Rahul_k
Jun 8, 2025
Pathetic cruise - Not 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.
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From $32
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).