Points of interest · Helsinki · Updated on 5 November 2026

Attractions and sights in Helsinki

Helsinki has 177 points of interest on the Outdoor Pitstop map. Most are memorials (82), attractions (32) and museums (26). 13 have a page of their own with a photo and a story. At 13, the app tells the story as an audio tour of about two minutes.

View on the map

All 177 attractions in Helsinki →6 of 177 shown

13 audio tours in Helsinki

At these places the app tells the story on the spot, in about two minutes. Listen in English or Dutch.

AttractionAudio story · 2 min

Helsinki Cathedral

Photo: Hans Hillewaert · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

AttractionAudio story · 2 min

Temppeliaukio Church

Photo: Pertsaboy · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

MonumentAudio story · 2 min

Sibelius Monument

AttractionAudio story · 2 min

Uspenski Cathedral

Photo: Ralf Roletschek (talk) - Fahrradtechnik auf fahrradmonteur.de · Wikimedia Commons · FALView the photo on Wikimedia Commons

AttractionAudio story · 2 min

Market Square

Photo: Tuula Sipilä · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

Presidential PalaceCastle · Audio tour 2:16
The National Museum of FinlandMuseum · Audio tour 2:11
Parliament HouseAttraction · Audio tour 2:17
Military MuseumMuseum · Audio tour 2:03

With Pro you check in at the place and hear the whole story; new users get Pro for their first 4 weeks.

Hear the story of Helsinki Cathedral on the spot with the app

Attractions in Finland →

The 48 best-known attractions in Helsinki

After the places above, best known first.

10TamminiemiMuseum · Audio tour 2:21
11Fortress of SuomenlinnaCastle · Audio tour 2:18
12Marsalkka Mannerheimin ratsastajapatsasMemorial · Audio tour 2:15
13VesikkoMuseum · Audio tour 2:06
14Old Market HallAttraction
15Suomenlinna MuseumMuseum
16Alexander IIMemorial
17Customs MuseumMuseum
18MerkkiMuseum
19Natural History MuseumMuseum
20Ehrensvärd MuseumMuseum
21Hakaniemi Market HallAttraction
22Helsinki City MuseumMuseum
23Mannerheim MuseumMuseum
24Memorial to the Estonian volunteersMemorial
25Tram MuseumMuseum
26Villa HakasalmiMuseum
27Winter GardenAttraction
28AleksanterinkierrosAttraction
29Aleksis Kivi MemorialMemorial
30Architecture & Design MuseumMuseum
31Augustin Ehrensvärd's tombMemorial
32Battle of Pellinki MemorialMemorial
33Finnish Soldiers' GraveMemorial
34Freemason's GraveMemorial
35German soldiers' graveMemorial
36Haagan alppiruusupuistoAttraction
37Helsinki University Museum FlameMuseum
38Hietalahti Market HallAttraction
39Kaisaniemi Botanical GardenAttraction
40Lasipalatsin salavan kantoAttraction
41Malminkartano HillViewpoint
42Memorial to Adolf Erik NordenskiöldMemorial
43Museum of Civil DefenceMuseum
44Puu-VallilaAttraction
45Spring / UKK MonumentMemorial
46Studio AaltoMuseum
47TAHTO Center for Finnish Sports CultureMuseum
48Theatre MuseumMuseum

All points of interest from A to Z

A name with a link has a page of its own with a photo and a story.

100th anniversary memorial to the state railwaysMemorial
Albert EdelfeltMemorial
AleksanterinkierrosAttraction
Aleksis Kivi MemorialMemorial
Alexander IIMemorial
Alvar Aalto's homeMuseum
Architecture & Design MuseumMuseum
Ässärykmentin muistomerkki / Jalkaväkirykmentti 11Memorial
AttractionAttraction
Augustin Ehrensvärd's tombMemorial
Bank of Finland MuseumMuseum
Battle of Pellinki MemorialMemorial
Betula verrucosaMemorial
Burgher's houseMuseum
Commemorative relief for the Dragoon RegimentMemorial
Crescendo / A Memorial to those who fell in the Finnish Civil War 1918Memorial
Customs MuseumMuseum
Dallapé-orkesterin muistolaattaMemorial
Daughter of the Baltic Sea / Maila Talvio MemorialMemorial
Dry dock observation deckViewpoint
East and West / Monument of J. K. PaasikiviMemorial
Ehrensvärd MuseumMuseum
Eino LeinoMemorial
Elias LönnrotMemorial
Fact and FableMemorial
Finnish Soldiers' GraveMemorial
Fortress of SuomenlinnaCastle
Fredrik PaciusMemorial
Freemason's GraveMemorial
Georg MalmsténMemorial
German soldiers' graveMemorial
Grave of the SoldierMemorial
Haagan alppiruusupuistoAttraction
Hakaniemi Market HallAttraction
Hans van Sandenin hautakiviMemorial
Helsingin 400-vuotismuistomerkkiMemorial
Helsingin ensimmäisen kirkon ja hautausmaan muistokiviMemorial
Helsingin rakentajien muistomerkkiMemorial
Helsinki CathedralAttraction
Helsinki City MuseumMuseum
Helsinki University Museum FlameMuseum
Hietalahti Market HallAttraction
HorisonttiObservation tower
HSS (Helsingfors simsällskap) -memorial plaqueMemorial
Johan Ludvig RunebergMemorial
Johan Vilhelm SnellmanMemorial
Juhani AhoMemorial
Julius af LindforsMemorial
JupiterAttraction
K. J. StåhlbergMemorial
Kaisaniemi Botanical GardenAttraction
Käpylän hiidenkirnuAttraction
KarttaMemorial
KirnuAttraction
Kotiharjun saunaAttraction
Kyösti KallioMemorial
Lasipalatsin salavan kantoAttraction
Lauri Kristian RelanderMemorial
Leo MechelinMemorial
Life Cut Short, War graveMemorial
Lightbringer - National Memorial to the Winter WarMonument
M. A. CastrénMemorial
Maamme-laulun muistomerkkiMemorial
Malminkartano HillViewpoint
Malminkenttä birdwatching towerObservation tower
Man rises from rubbish bin / Monument to Arvo Kustaa ParkkilaMemorial
Mannerheim MuseumMuseum
Market SquareAttraction
Marsalkka Mannerheimin ratsastajapatsasMemorial
Memorial commemorating the battle of Gornyi DubnyakMemorial
Memorial for Ingrian and Karelian veteransMemorial
Memorial for SeafarersMonument
Memorial plaque to Katri ValaMemorial
Memorial plaque to Tove JanssonMemorial
Memorial stone to Japan and FinlandMemorial
Memorial to Adolf Erik NordenskiöldMemorial
Memorial to Arvid MörneMemorial
Memorial to Arvo TurtiainenMemorial
Memorial to Jewish Refugees - Hands Begging for HelpMemorial
Memorial to Risto RytiMemorial
Memorial to the day of friendshipMemorial
Memorial to the dead who remained in KareliaMemorial
Memorial to the Estonian volunteersMemorial
Memorial to the Jewish VictimsMemorial
Memorial to the Royal artillery regiment of FinlandMemorial
Memorial to the Ruotsinsalmi Naval Battle of 1790Memorial
Memorial to Women in Times of WarMemorial
Menneet ritaritMemorial
MerkkiMuseum
Military MuseumMuseum
Monument to the Friendship of the PeoplesMemorial
MortuisMemorial
Museum of Civil DefenceMuseum
Myllykallion lintutorniObservation tower
Natural History MuseumMuseum
O. W. LouhivuoriMemorial
Observation towerObservation tower
Observation towerObservation tower
Old Market HallAttraction
P. E. SvinhufvudMemorial
Paavo NurmiMemorial
Päivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Home MuseumMuseum
Pala Teboilin öljysäiliön suojamuuriaMonument
PanoraamaAttraction
Parliament HouseAttraction
Pasilan kivilinnaAttraction
Pihlajamäen hiidenkirnutAttraction
PikajunaAttraction
PlaneettaMonument
Pohjois-Haagan veljeshautaMemorial
Pornaistenniemi bird watching towerObservation tower
Porvarinlahden lintutorniObservation tower
Presidential PalaceCastle
Prisoner-of-war camp memorialMemorial
Purolahden lintutorniObservation tower
Puu-VallilaAttraction
RinkeliAttraction
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
Ruins of Krepost Sveaborg land fortificationsFort
SalamaAttraction
Sibelius MonumentMonument
Silver TreeMemorial
SompasaunaAttraction
Spring / UKK MonumentMemorial
Studio AaltoMuseum
Suomenlinna MuseumMuseum
Surmansa saaneiden punavankien muistomerkkiMemorial
SwingiAttraction
Tahko PihkalaMemorial
TAHTO Center for Finnish Sports CultureMuseum
TaigaAttraction
TamminiemiMuseum
Tanner's Gate / Memorial to Väinö TannerMemorial
Tapio Rautavaara / Kulkurin uniMemorial
Tauno PaloMemorial
Temppeliaukio ChurchAttraction
The Curtain (Memorial to Ida Aalberg)Memorial
The Hotel and Restaurant MuseumMuseum
The Kindergarten MuseumMuseum
The memorial to the shipwreck of S/S HabsburgMemorial
The Museum of TechnologyMuseum
The National Museum of FinlandMuseum
The Pillow StoneMemorial
The Stone of The EmpressMemorial
The Worker MotherMemorial
Theatre MuseumMuseum
Toivo KuulaMemorial
Topelius and childrenMemorial
Torch / Memorial to Miina SillanpääMemorial
Tram MuseumMuseum
TulirekiAttraction
UkkoAttraction
Uspenski CathedralAttraction
Väinö Valveen muistokiviMemorial
VesikkoMuseum
Villa AnnalaAttraction
Villa HakasalmiMuseum
VuoristorataAttraction
VuosaarenhuippuViewpoint
Winter GardenAttraction

Explore further

More attractions

Frequently asked questions

How many attractions are there in Helsinki?

The Outdoor Pitstop map shows 177 points of interest in Helsinki, 13 of them with a page of their own with a photo and a story.

What are the best known attractions in Helsinki?

Among others Helsinki Cathedral, Temppeliaukio Church, Sibelius Monument, Uspenski Cathedral and Market Square.

Which attractions in Helsinki have an audio tour?

13, including Helsinki Cathedral, Temppeliaukio Church, Sibelius Monument, Uspenski Cathedral and Market Square.

How does an audio tour work?

When you are at the place, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells its story in about two minutes, in English or Dutch. With Pro you check in and hear the whole story.

Which memorials are there in Helsinki?

82, including Marsalkka Mannerheimin ratsastajapatsas, Alexander II, Memorial to the Estonian volunteers, Aleksis Kivi Memorial and Augustin Ehrensvärd's tomb.

Nearby

Attractions in the area

Attractions and sights in Helsinki