Money Saver: Hop-On Hop-Off Bus and Sightseeing Boat Tour

Additional Information & Description

Helsinki’s Hop-On Hop-Off Bus and Sightseeing Boat Tour combines city sightseeing with a cruise through the summer archipelago. One ticket includes both the CityTour bus tour and Royal Line’s Historical Helsinki sightseeing cruise, giving you two distinct perspectives on the Finnish capital: its streets and landmarks from land, and its island and waterfront scenery from the sea.

Explore the city with 22 bus stops

You can join the bus at any of CityTour’s 22 hop-on hop-off stops and leave it to explore at your own pace. The route takes in significant sights and museums, with the Rock Church and Sibelius Monument among the named landmarks. It also reaches Kaivopuisto and Eira, areas noted for their architecture and seaside setting. A complete bus circuit takes approximately one hour and 30 minutes. Staying aboard gives you a continuous tour of the route; hopping off lets you spend more time at the places that interest you.

See Suomenlinna and the summer archipelago

The boat cruise lasts one hour and 30 minutes and travels around Helsinki’s summer archipelago. Its route takes in Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, including the inner bay, as well as Kaivopuisto Park and the historical neighbourhoods of Kruununhaka and Katajanokka. There is more to watch along the water than the shoreline alone: churches, ports and icebreakers appear alongside summer cottages and saunas. These are sights viewed on the cruise, rather than stops for a walking visit. Royal Line operates this Historical Helsinki sightseeing cruise as a Finnish family-run business with 77 years of experience.

Listen in one of ten languages

An audio guide is available in Chinese, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. This gives you a choice of ten languages for the commentary accompanying your sightseeing, adding an interpretive element to the landmarks and scenery you pass.

Arrival and ticket access

Senate Square is the starting location for Helsinki Hop-on Hop-off Tours. Tickets are delivered instantly, and smartphone tickets are accepted. Wheelchair access is available. These practical provisions accompany the combined sightseeing ticket, while the choice of bus boarding stop remains flexible across the CityTour route.