Last updated on January 02nd, 2023
Forward looking Helsinki is set to delight you. Our pick of the best hotels are Lapland Hotels Bulevardi, bringing a luxury take on the Finnish north to its capital and the seriously cool Hotel Lilla Roberts, blending modernity with 1930s Deco. Among boutique hotels, Hotel F6 merges a family run vibe with impeccable personal service. For our choice of hotels with a spa and pool, close to the station or airport, browse our curated list.
Best Area to Stay in Helsinki Finland For First Time Visit?
In the Finnish capital for the first time? Choose central Helsinki. The districts of Kamppi, Punavuori or Kaartinkaupunki are ideal for essentials such as the Ateneum gallery and the ultra-modern Kiasma Finnish National Gallery. Rent a bicycle to go further afield or use a Helsinki Card, also offering free museum entrance, on the efficient trams and trains. Read more
What is the most expensive hotel in Helsinki Finland?
Hotel Kämp is Helsinki’s most expensive and justly so. With 130 years of history, this lavish hotel occupies a prime central position and the grandeur of its public spaces gives way to unstinting luxury in guest rooms. Service is superb and for those who can afford it, Hotel Kämp offers an unforgettable Helsinki experience.
What are the 10 Best (Luxury) Hotels in Helsinki City Centre?
1. Lapland Hotels Bulevardi ★★★★★ (Luxury)
Helsinki Finland
The deep rooted luxury of Lapland Hotels Bulevardi comes from Finland’s north. Guest accommodation celebrates Lapland life, with deluxe fabrics in muted dark shades creating a rustic cocoon in a resolutely modern setting. Finnish cuisine featuring reindeer, mushrooms, game and lichen is served in the hotel’s top rated Kulta Kitchen and Bar. A full range of Nordic treatments is offered in the hotel’s spa. Best of Helsinki hotels for a top of the line Lapland experience, close to Central Station.
2. Hotel Lilla Roberts ★★★★★ (Luxury)
Helsinki Pohjoisranta Harbor, 15 min. on foot
The location in Helsinki’s uber-cool Kaartinkaupunki neighbourhood sets the scene for Hotel Lilla Roberts unique approach. Interiors combine 1930s Art Deco with Finnish modernity with accommodation featuring deluxe fabrics and quirky design pieces. Krog Roba, the hotel’s restaurant, is in a former police station and serves a wide range of Nordic cuisine. The hotel’s bar Lilla e. celebrates what the hotel calls “Nordic madness”. It’s the best of Helsinki hotels for hip, luxury design.
3. Hotel Kämp ★★★★★ (Top)
Pohjoisesplanadi Street
Classic Finnish luxury from another era is the timeless appeal of Hotel Kämp, for 130 years a landmark Helsinki destination. Service is impeccable and the grandeur of marble lined public areas is matched by deluxe pastels in the traditionally styled guest accommodation. The Kämp Brasserie serves French inspired cuisine, signature cocktails are served in the Kämp Bar while the Upper Lounge is a serene hideaway to unwind, with views over the city’s Esplanade Park. One of Helsinki finest hotels for historic, traditional luxury.
4. Hotel Haven ★★★★★ (Top)
Helsinki Cathedral, 6 min. on foot
The setting is one of the oldest buildings in Helsinki, the location is in the city’s desirable Market Square. Within Hotel Haven, guest accommodation in 137 luxurious rooms features gold and silver accents and distinctly Finnish designs. Among the dining options is the hotel’s revolutionary Ultima restaurant, where many ingredients are grown on site using futuristic techniques. The hotel’s Bar Haven is the place to relax in front of a roaring fire. One of Helsinki prime hotels for on-trend dining in a perfect location.
5. Hilton Helsinki Strand ★★★★★ (Waterfront)
Helsinki Waterfront
With an enviable location right on the Helsinki waterfront, Hilton Helsinki Strand offers guest accommodation in 190 contemporary, deluxe guest rooms, many with views over the water. An indoor rooftop pool and spa is a major attraction while the hotel’s Restaurant Bro, with panoramic views, offers a wide choice of international cuisine. Many of Helsinki’s main attractions are within easy walking distance. Perfect Helsinki hotel for efficient luxury.
6. Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel ★★★★★ (Popular)
Senate Square, 10 min. on foot
The excellence of Finnish design is celebrated in all 302 rooms of this landmark central Helsinki hotel. Eero Aarnio’s Double Bubble lamp was designed specifically for the hotel, while furniture classics by Alvar Aalto feature in some accommodation. Colours are bright and welcoming, with a choice of a modern approach in the hotel’s new building and more traditional in the original historic hotel. Best of Helsinki hotels for the best of Finnish design.
7. Hotel Katajanokka, Helsinki, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel ★★★★ (Good Value)
Uspenski Cathedral, 8 min. on foot
A unique hotel in every way, set in a redbrick converted Helsinki prison that’s been lovingly transformed into a deluxe guest experience. Hotel Katajanokka revels in the contrast between the soaring open plan dining hall, left virtually untouched, and the deluxe Nordic appointments of the guest rooms, some of which are in former cells, which create cosy, cosseting environments. Best of Helsinki hotels for creating joy in an unlikely setting.
8. Hotel Indigo Helsinki-Boulevard, an IHG Hotel ★★★★ (Good Value)
Helsinki
Elegant and comfortable in the finest Scandinavian design tradition, Hotel Indigo Helsinki-Boulevard is very much at home in a modern building close to the city’s renowned design district. Guest accommodation merges the clean lines of Finnish design with some characteristic quirky colourful touches, such as specially commissioned wallpaper. There’s a gym and fitness centre available to all guests. Low key property with typically Finnish luxury.
9. Hotel Helka ★★★★ (Good Value)
The National Museum of Finland, 10 min. walk
The initially forbidding exterior tells the story of Hotel Helka’s proud history of initially being the local refuge of the YWCA since the 1920s. Converted to a hotel in 1969, guests now enjoy accommodation with both cheerful and classic Finnish design as well as its film star history in movies such as ‘Gorky Park’. Characteristically Finnish saunas for men and women are located on the hotel’s top floor, while the hotel’s ground level bar is a magnet for locals. Best of Helsinki hotels for a proudly independent spirit.
10. Clarion Hotel Helsinki ★★★★ (Very Popular)
Helsinki & Clarion Hotel
Two ultra modern, 16 floor towers on the Helsinki waterfront house the award winning Clarion Hotel Helsinki, with a heated outdoor pool and terrace at the top of one of the towers a star of the show. Top quality Finnish and European contemporary design features in 425 guest rooms with bright or dark accents depending on which tower you stay in. The hotel’s Kitchen & Table Restaurant blends Finnish ingredients with Manhattan flavours. Best of Helsinki hotels for top of the world living.
What are the 3 Best Boutique Hotels in Helsinki?
1. Hotel F6 ★★★★ (Top)
Aleksanterinkatu Street, 4 min. walk
A family run boutique hotel that prides itself on personal service and a distinctly Finnish approach to style and functional design in 66 elegant guest rooms. Hotel F6’s approach is exemplified by a large hidden courtyard with its own greenhouse where the owners grow their own herbs and by hotel dog Runar who gives his name to Hotel F6’s stylish bar. Sustainability is key and breakfast, celebrating local ingredients, is prepared in front of guests.
2. Hotel Fabian ★★★★ (Top)
Helsinki Tram, Public Transport
Hotel Fabian aims to create a luxury home away from home for its guests, while offering a perfect location in the city centre, close to the major attractions and to tram stops. Light, bright accommodation features typically Finnish functional design, punctuated by quirky fabrics. Hotel Fabian is built around a secluded courtyard, flooded with sunlight in the summer months and has won awards for both ambience and service.
3. Hotel Rivoli Jardin ★★★★ (Great Value)
Helsinki Finland
With a central, yet secluded, location handy for main Helsinki attractions and for ferry departures to Stockholm and Tallinn, Hotel Rivoli Jardin promises a low key yet quietly deluxe stay. Accommodation features a variety of decor themes from classically Finnish to Oriental. A roof terrace offers a Helsinki cityscape. There’s the essential Finnish sauna and a dedicated breakfast room.
What’s the Best Hotel with Spa & Pool?
1. Hotel St. George Helsinki ★★★★★ (Luxury)
Helsinki Cathedral, 900m away
The heart of Hotel St George is St George Care, a calming urban retreat which features an elegant heated indoor pool and offers a range of treatments aimed at using traditional Finnish methods to enhance inner equilibrium. Accommodation is equally calming with parquet floors offset by classic Finnish design pieces and a relaxed lobby area centred around a warming wood fire. The hotel also celebrates its famous past as home of the Finnish Literature Society.
What’s the Best Cheap or Affordable Hotel in Helsinki?
1. Forenom Aparthotel Helsinki Kamppi ★★★ (Aparthotel)
Helsinki Finland
Perfectly located in the Kamppi neighbourhood, Forenom Aparthotel Helsinki Kamppi offers affordable accommodation in rooms ranging from those aimed at single occupancy to rooms with a kitchenette suitable for four people. The style is homely in the Finnish manner with wood floors throughout. Many of Helsinki’s main attractions are nearby as are numerous cafes, bars and fashionable restaurants.
Best Value Hotels in Helsinki City Center
Helsinki’s compact city centre is easily traversed on foot, the better to discover you own exclusive boutiques, fashionable bars and hidden restaurants, typically featuring seasonal and foraged ingredients. Reindeer, elk and bear are often on the menu. This is a city that prides itself on great design, and the designated Design District is in the heart of the city. You’ll find for yourself small design stores and even workshops producing one of a kind pieces.
Keep an eye out for architecture by some of the Finnish greats, such as Alvar Aalto’s remarkable Akateeminen Kirjakauppa or the amazing Temppeliaukio, a 1960s church carved out of rock and designed by Tuomo Suomalainen. Finnish National Romanticism, a local take on Art Nouveau, is bestexemplified by the stunning Central Train Station of 1919.
When you need some piece and quiet head to the striking, multiple award winning Kamppi Chapel, a new wooden structure also known as the Chapel of Silence.
Good Value Properties
- Clarion Hotel Helsinki – Luxury
- Radisson Blu Seaside Hotel, Helsinki – Great Value
- Crowne Plaza Helsinki – Hesperia – Great Value
- Hotel Arthur – Affordable
What are the Top Hotels near Helsinki Train Station?
Helsinki’s Central Station (see hotels nearby) is a landmark piece of architecture in Finland’s own National Romantic style and rated as one of the most beautiful railway stations in the world. It’s located in the heart of Helsinki with links throughout Finland as well as to both Moscow and St Petersburg.
Finest Hotels near Central Railway Station
- Holiday Inn Helsinki City Centre – Great Value
- Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna Helsinki – Great Value
- Hotel Finn – Affordable
What are the Best Hotels near Helsinki Airport?
Ultra-modern design welcomes guests at the brand new Clarion Hotel Helsinki Airport, with a location next to Aviapolis station that’s just a two minute ride from airport terminals two kilometres away. Accommodation in 258 guest rooms is in the stripped back Finnish luxury style, with the emphasis on quality materials and clean design. There’s a signature restaurant within the hotel as well as a sauna and gym.
Vantaa International Airport
Vantaa Airport has two terminals depending on your airline of choice. Links to central Helsinki are made simple by a dedicated ultra modern railway system known as the Ring Rail Line. The airport was built for the 1952 Helsinki Olympics and is now considered a design classic, with modern updates. Plenty of excellent hotels are located near Helsinki Airport. Some of the best are listed below.
Outstanding Hotels near Main Airport in Finland
- Hilton Helsinki Airport – Luxury
- Scandic Helsinki Airport – Luxury
- Glo Hotel Airport – Great Value
