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(Updated 4/2024)

Welcome to read INDIVUE – Trip to Finland! It is the latest item in my independent works related to travel. As I have been born and raised in Finland myself, I know pretty much about travel in Finland, especially Helsinki, the capital. This visual travel guide INDIVUE – Trip to Finland is based on my own travel experiences, photos and videos, thus it is very unique.

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• Safety: Safety tips for traveling in Finland

Finnish cities

The list of cities in Finland is long, as there are more than a hundred cities in the country. Here is a list of all the cities in Finland in alphabetical order. Please note that the status and number of cities can change when municipalities merge or when municipalities get city status.

Finnish cities, municipalities and sights

Finland has four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each season has its own lovely characteristics, but summer is usually the best and warmest time to visit Finland, if you want to play it safe.

Finland has beautiful clean nature and it is over all a beautiful country. This visual guide will give you an overview of some of the popular places to visit in Finland.

Learn more about Finland and read my blog posts and watch my videos here –

ALAVUS

Alavus is a small town in Southern Ostrobothnia and it is often called the gate of the vastness, because the low landscapes without high hills start from that region. It is good to know Finnish language if you plan to travel here, perhaps to a rented summer cottage.

• Restaurant: Grill restaurant in Alavus by route 66

ESPOO

Espoo is among the largest cities in Finland and it is located next to Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Espoo belongs to the capital region and you can reach various parts of Espoo by metro, train or a bus from Helsinki centre. Metro connection to Espoo is relatively new, the newest metro stops being added in 12/2022 only. The population of Espoo is some 300000 people. You can find lot of beautiful nature in Espoo to visit, but also some museums and theatre and shopping malls and such. Espoo is also a great place to live if you love nature. Discover some of its most beautiful places!

• Museum: Archipelago museum in Pentala island
• Finnoo metro stop in Espoo
• Kaitaa metro stop in Espoo
• Nuuksio national park
• Restaurant: Restaurant in Pentala island
• Soukka metro stop in Espoo

FISKARS VILLAGE

Fiskars village is both a residential area and a nature- and art-focused tourist attraction in the city of Raseborg, Raasepori.

• Café: Cafe Bar Pesula in Fiskars

HELSINKI

Helsinki is the capital of Finland with over 650000 habitants. My Helsinki travel guide will tell you more than 10 essential things to do in Helsinki, Finland, and even more will be we added later on, so do come and check the updates regularly. Read my Visual travel guide for Helsinki here

• Helsinki travel video collection

HELSINKI ART

• Helsinki Biennial 2021
• Helsinki Biennial 2023
• Museum: All the Art Museums in Helsinki and the days of Free Admission

HELSINKI CAFÉS

• Café: Bistro inside an art museum in Helsinki center
• Café: Cafe in Vuosaari by the beach
• Café: Cat café in Helsinki
• Café: Cafe with a terrace in Esplanadi
• Café: Cafeteria in a design environment
• Café: Ice-cream rickshaw in Helsinki
• Café: Café in Vuosaari by forest and sea
• Café: Café near Amos Rex art museum
• Café: Café with scenic seaview into Helsinki center
• Café: Seaview café in Munkkiniemi
• Café: Seaview café in Kaivopuisto
• 5 top sea-view cafés in Helsinki

HELSINKI EVENTS

• Helsinki Book Fair 2021 at Fair Center
• Helsinki Book Fair 2022
• Helsinki Design week
• Helsinki summer

HELSINKI RESTAURANTS

• Restaurant: Indian restaurant in Pasila
• Restaurant: Indian restaurant terrace in Kalasatama
• Restaurant: Indonesian and Middle Eastern restaurants in Kalasatama
• Restaurant: Nepalese restaurant in Katajanokka
• Restaurant: Raw food restaurant in Itäkeskus
• Restaurant: Italian restaurant by Kauppatori in center
• Restaurant: Thai restaurant in Itis
• Restaurant: Yemeni restaurant in Herttoniemi

HELSINKI SIGHTS

• Helsinki centre
• Helsinki Christmas atmosphere
• Oodi library
• Suomenlinna
• Vuosaarenhuippu
• Walk on the sea
• 10 Helsinki must-see-sights for an Indian tourist

HELSINKI TRAFFIC

• Helsinki metrostations
• Train to Helsinki-Vantaa airport

• Helsinki in English
• Helsinki in Finnish

INKOO

Inkoo is located in the Southern coast of Finland and has a beautiful small harbour.

KUUSAMO

Kuusamo is a town located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. It has a famous ski slope and being there feels like being in Lapland. You can see reindeer running free in the wild. Kuusamo has an airport.

• Photo exhibition from Kuusamo and Ruka hills
• Video from Kuusamo hills

LOVIISA

Loviisa is a small town with some 15000 habitants in the Southern coast of Finland. It has got lots of beautiful color wooden houses and in it’s municipality also other beautiful sights like Strömfors Iron Mill.

• Road trip to Strömfors Iron Mill
• Ruotsinpyhtää church with Helene Scherjfbeck painting

NURMIJÄRVI

Nurmijärvi is the most populated municipality in Finland and it is located within an easy reach by bus from Helsinki centre, approximately 35 minutes. It is sharing border with Espoo and Vantaa cities. Nurmijärvi does not really have tourist destinations but it is known from the fact that the Finnish national author used to live there, and you can still see his house.

• Restaurant: Turkish restaurant in Klaukkala

PORVOO

Porvoo is a beautiful city located some some 50km east from the centre of Helsinki. The old city of Porvoo is a famous tourist destination in Finland.

• Café: Cafeteria in Old Porvoo
• Restaurant: Nepalese restaurant in Porvoo
• Restaurant: Restaurant and ice cream kiosk in Old Porvoo

TURKU

Turku is the oldest city in Finland and it is located on the southwest coast by the Aura river. It is also the former capital city of Finland, before Helsinki.

• Café: Caféteria by the river Aurajoki
• Café: Italian ice cream kiosk in Turku
• Electric bicycle rickshaw ride in Turku

VANTAA

Vantaa is a former rural municipality of Helsinki, and now its own city. It is considered as part of the capital region. Vantaa is home to Finland’s largest and most important airport, Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. There are good public transport connections from Vantaa to the center of Helsinki by train and bus.

• Restaurant: Business lounge at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport

VERLA

Verla is a village in Kouvola and popular with summer cottage tourists. One of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Finland is located in Verla.

• Trip to the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Verla
• Restaurant: Restaurant in Verla

VIROLAHTI

• Café: Caféteria in Harjun Hovi
• Restaurant: Restaurant and brewery in Virolahti

ÅLAND

Åland is an autonomous and demilitarized region and it is situated in an archipelago in the Baltic Sea. Its official language is Swedish, which is the second official language of Finland, after Finnish. The capital of Åland is Mariehamn. Åland has beautiful nature and many touristic facilities and you can reach it by ship daily. Some 30000 people live in Åland. Read more from the storylinks below –

• Beer making in Åland
• Hotel: Hotel with a seaview in Åland
• Ship from Åland to Finland
• Ship to Åland and back
• Restaurant: Good restaurants in Mariehamn
• Travel videos from Åland

• Åland in English
• Åland in Finnish

Blog posts and videos related to traveling in Finland

• Demo Exhibition
• Midsummer sunset at 23:11

• Flight: From Barcelona to Helsinki
• Flight: From Delhi to Helsinki
• Flight: From Helsinki to Barcelona
• Flight: From Helsinki to Riga
• Flight: From Oslo to Helsinki

• Ship: Christmas cruise from Helsinki to Stockholm
• Ship: Christmas cruise from Stockholm to Helsinki
• Ship: Helsinki-Stockholm-Helsinki cruise
• Ship: M/S Star from Helsinki to Tallinn
• Ship: Viking XPRS from Helsinki to Tallinn
• Ship: M/S Gabriella from Stockholm to Helsinki

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