Hop-On Hop-Off City Tour
Helsinki, Finland
- 1 hour 20 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Explore the highlights of Helsinki at your own pace by opting for a hop-on hop-off bus tour. Available in 24-hours, you can explore the city in your own time, with the flexibility to disembark at over 20 stops. These include Senate Square, the Rock Church, and the Market Square, with audio commentary throughout.
- A hop-on hop-off bus helps you save time and see many highlights in a day
- Avoid tiring full-day itineraries: choose where you hop off
- Learn about Helsinki as you travel with audio guides and free WiFi
- No restrictions—hop on and hop off as many times as you like
What's Included
- The ticket is valid for a 24-hour interval - that can also be divided within 2 days
- Audio commentary during bus tour
- Free WiFi on-board
- Individual headset
- ⚠️ Important: Winter Schedule in Effect From October to end of April only 2 departures operate daily
Meeting and Pickup
Operating hours
Select your preferred tour option to see hours.
Departure Point
- You may start this tour at any of the stops listed.
Itinerary
Hop-On Hop-Off City Tour
21 Stops
43 Points of Interest
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Operating Schedule: Please, note that total duration of the Hop-On Hop-Off tour can vary from 1h 20 minutes, depending on traffic and amount of harbours included in the tour. Changes are possible. Hop-On Hop-Off tours operate May-September 2026: every 30-40 minutes between 10:00 and 16:00 from Stop 1. Extra departures on international cruise ship arrival days.
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Hop-On Hop-Off City Tour
2
Havis Amanda
3
Olympia Terminal
4
Café Ursula
5
Kompassitori
6
Eiranranta
7
Port of Helsinki
8
Hernesaaren laituri
9
Löyly Helsinki
10
Hietalahti Market
11
Bulevardi
12
Kamppi
13
Temppeliaukio Church
14
Sibelius Park
15
Helsinki Tram Museum
16
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
17
Helsinki Winter Garden
18
Kansallismuseo
19
Lasipalatsi
20
Svenska Teatern
21
Esplanadi
Points of interest passed by on this route
Senate Square
University of Helsinki (Helsingin Yliopisto)
Saatytalo
Helsinki Cathedral
Helsinki City Museum
Suomen Pankki
Uspenski Cathedral
Flying Cinema Tour of Helsinki
SkyWheel Helsinki
Allas Pool
Kauppatori
President's Palace (Presidentinlinna)
Czarina's Stone
Havis Amanda
Esplanadi Park
Kaivopuisto
Hietalahden Kauppahalli
Hietalahden Kauppahalli
Synebrychoff taidemuseo
Kamppi Shopping Centre
Temppeliaukio Church
Sibelius Monument
Sibelius Park
Tram Museum (Raitioliikennemuseo)
SEA LIFE Helsinki
Linnanmaki Amusement Park
Talvipuutarha
Olympic Stadium (Olympiastadion)
Toolo Bay (Toolonlahti)
Finlandia Hall
Helsinki Music Centre
The National Museum of Finland
Finnish National Opera (Suomen Kansallisooppera)
Loyly Sauna
Central Library Oodi
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Amos Rex
Parliament of Finland
Mannerheim Statue
Kamppi Chapel of Silence
Forum Shopping Center
Stockmann Department Store
Swedish Theater (Svenska Teatern)
Off-Season Sightseeing tour
1 Stop
5 Points of Interest
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes
Operating Schedule: Off-season tours have TWO departures a day from STOP 1: 10:40 and 13:00. Off-season bus can be operated by our Blue Sightseeing bus depending on weather conditions.
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Hop-On Hop-Off City Tour
Points of interest passed by on this route
Senate Square
Kauppatori
Sibelius Monument
Kaivopuisto
Hietalahden Kauppahalli
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Most travelers can participate
- Wheelchair accessibility is limited during winter. Please, contact us regarding date of your travel to confirm availability.
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
Traveler Photos
Reviews
3.3
based on 74 reviews
Jill_K, Mar 2026
It is a nice way to learn about the city and its landmarks in a warm bus during the colder temps. Our guide was fun and an exceptional driver. Very impressed.
Maree_M, Dec 2025
Always a good way to orientate yourself with the city because it provides a good overall view. This tour was no exception. Didn't operate as a Hop-on-hop-off because they are in winter programme when it is just a guide bus tour with a couple of stops. Good tour.
Response from Host, Jan 2026
Thank you for your 4-star review! We’re glad you enjoyed the tour and found it helpful for getting an overview of the city. We appreciate your feedback and hope to welcome you again soon!
Kristine_G, Oct 2025
Overall good, however be aware there are 2 companies that look alike and they stop at the same places. Red tours has a live bus map
Response from Host, Jan 2026
Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad you had a good experience overall. We appreciate your note about the two similar-looking companies and will make sure our guests are aware of the differences. We’re also happy that you found our CityTour live bus map useful for navigating the tour.
Laura_W, Oct 2025
Make sure you get on the right bus. Listen to the information it's fascinating. Ride it around once and then get off and explore. Helpful drivers.
Response from Host, Jan 2026
Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad you enjoyed the fascinating commentary and found our drivers helpful. Great tip about riding the bus once to get an overview before exploring on your own. We hope to see you on board again soon! 😊
Monette_B, Oct 2025
We were picked up on stated location , ride was perfect and we're back on the boat safely and on time!!
Response from Host, Jan 2026
Thank you for your great review! We’re thrilled to hear that the pickup went smoothly and that you enjoyed a safe and timely ride. We hope to welcome you on board again soon! 😊
Jose_C, Oct 2025
Very good. Stops were very well identified. The audio explanations were clear and illustrative and the WiFi worked.
Response from Host, Jan 2026
Thank you for your wonderful review! We’re delighted to hear that the stops were easy to find, the audio explanations were clear, and that the WiFi worked well. We’re glad you had a smooth and enjoyable experience and hope to welcome you again soon!
James_M, Sep 2025
4 pm end was a bit early for us! Covers a great deal of the Helsinki Finland area! That’s it for the 100 characters
Response from Host, Jan 2026
Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad you enjoyed seeing so much of Helsinki. Just to clarify, the last departure is at 4 pm, with the tour ending about 1½ hours later. We appreciate your comment and hope to welcome you again!
Alla_N, Sep 2025
Our hop-on-hop-off bus tour in Helsinki was a fantastic experience! The buses were consistently on schedule, which made it easy to plan our day without any stress. The tour provided an excellent overview of the city's main attractions and neighborhoods. It was a perfect way to get our bearings and decide where we wanted to spend more time. We found that the tour gave us the confidence to navigate the city independently over the next few days of our trip. Highly recommended for anyone visiting Helsinki!
Response from Host, Jan 2026
Thank you so much for your wonderful review! We’re delighted to hear that the hop-on hop-off tour helped you explore Helsinki with ease and confidence. Keeping our buses on schedule and providing a clear overview of the city are very important to us, so it’s great to know that this made your visit stress-free and enjoyable. We’re especially happy that the tour helped you plan the rest of your stay and navigate the city independently. Thank you for the recommendation, and we hope to welcome you again on a future visit to Helsinki! 😊
AlyceA_S, Sep 2025
you are often past the site when it is explained on the audio. The audio was difficult to use. Would recommend another type of city tour.
Response from Host, Jan 2026
Thank you for your feedback. We’re sorry to hear that the audio timing and usability didn’t meet your expectations. We understand how frustrating it can be when the narration doesn’t align well with the locations, and we appreciate you pointing this out. Your comments help us identify areas for improvement, and we’ll be reviewing the audio experience to make it clearer and more user-friendly for future guests.
Kavya_N, Jul 2025
nice experience, all smooth, we would like to enjoy such tours more often from now on, it is very easy to navigate an unknown city through HOHO tours
Response from Host, Aug 2025
Thank you for your kind feedback! We’re delighted to hear that you enjoyed the tour and found it easy to navigate the city with our hop-on hop-off service. We hope to welcome you on many more tours in the future!
Karen_P, Jul 2025
I love to take hop on hop off tours on my first day in a city. Traveled about key destinations. This one didn’t disappoint!
Response from Host, Aug 2025
Thank you for your feedback! We’re thrilled to hear that our hop-on hop-off tour met your expectations and helped you explore the key destinations in the city. We hope you enjoy the rest of your visit and look forward to welcoming you again!
Barbara_S, Jun 2025
Not informative at all. The commentary stopped and started and there was no indication of where buildings were to identify them. A live guide (I.e.a person) would be much preferable. This was an expensive bus ride round town.
Response from Host, Aug 2025
Thank you for your feedback. We’re very sorry to hear that the commentary did not meet your expectations and caused confusion during the tour. Our audio guide system is designed to provide clear information, but we understand that some guests may prefer a live guide. We appreciate your comments and will review ways to improve the clarity and consistency of the audio experience. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Markbruceuk, May 2025
Audio is shocking, if you are a able it's all within walking.
(We have done hop on off in Dublin, Poland X2, Croatia, Bulgaria) so know what should be on offer))
Response from Host, Jun 2025
Hey,
Thank you for your feedback.
Indeed, 13 kilometers can be peanuts for some - but also heavy for those who are not used to walk.
Kind Regards,
CityTour Sales
Charlie_H, Oct 2024
The bus ride covers most of the popular tourists spots and audio commentary was very helpful in providing some background of the various spots. The drivers were very helpful and friendly.
Response from Host, Oct 2024
Hey Charlie,
Thank you for the review. We would be happy to get some tips how to earn 2 more stars!
Best Regards,
CityTour
Ruta_S, Oct 2024
It was nice to see the most beautiful places of Helsinki in a short time of period! Highly recommended!
Response from Host, Oct 2024
Hey,
Thank you for rating us and sharing your experience!
Best Regards,
CityTour
Saeid_S, Aug 2024
It is worth paying. lots of fun and a good experience. You even enjoy more when getting to the end. Thanks
Response from Host, Aug 2024
Hey Saeid,
Thank you for reviewing us and rating us.
We are happy to know you enjoyed your time in our dear capital and you are warmly welcome to visit Helsinki one day again!
Sunny Regards,
CityTour
richard_P, Jul 2024
The Helsinki hop on hop off was busy but not surprising during peak summer. It's not a huge circuit but visits the highlights of this lovely city. The bus slowly navigates the circuit so there is plenty time to decide where to get off and always time to get to the well advertised stops. Booking via Viator is good vfm especially if you have credits.
Response from Host, Aug 2024
Hey Richard,
Thank you for the review, we are happy to know you enjoyed our dear capital and hopefully one day you will visit our lovely city again!
Kind Regards,
CityTour
Sharon_D, Jul 2024
Couldn’t download tickets. We ended up paying to go with another company when they wouldn’t let me use my booking confirmation as proof of purchase.
Response from Host, Aug 2024
Hey Sharon,
We do not charge our customers if you did not have the tour with us. If you boarded another company Hop-On Hop-Off bus you will be denied entry and will have to pay fee for the tour to the provider you chose. Please, contact us and let us know about this issue in more details.
Our meeting points are marked with CityTour brand (bus stops) and buses are designed with this logo. Customers with our vouchers are always recognized by our drivers.
King Regards,
CityTour
Bonnie_D, Jul 2024
We have been to Helsinki before during the off season so wanted to do this to learn more abou ther areas we visited. However the audio didn’t work in several of the seats we tried. By the time we found some we were well into the tour. But there was a lot of repetition. I learned more doing everything ourselves in the previous visit.
Additionally they had no understanding of the Viator vouchers. I presented the printed paper copy and digital and it was only after heavily scrutinising that it was accepted. With so many issues I’ve had with these Viator hop on hop off bookings that I am nervous about the upcoming ones and hold my breath with all other experiences booked.
Response from Host, Aug 2024
Hey Bonnie,
Our viator voucher has a CityTour logo that is seen on it. If you tryed boarding with this voucher to a different company Hop-On Hop-Off bus, you will be denied boarding. Thank you for sharing your experience regarding this, as it is valuable information for coming visitors to know.
We hope you informed the driver about audio issue, or seller at stop 1. Our staff has a technical support group, where all the issues are being informed so buses go through inspection as soon as information is received.
Kind Regards,
CityTour
david_k, Jun 2024
The worst so called hop on hop off iv ever used and 4 times a day green 😂 and 2 times a day red 😂 so yes of you'd like to hop off somewhere you'll be waiting hours to be picked up and get to stop nowhere else
Response from Host, Jul 2024
Hey David,
Could be great to get detailed information regarding where things have gone wrong about your tour, so we have a chance to see what could be improved. We will be thankful to receive feedback to sales@citytour.fi
Best Regards,
CityTour
Darren_W, May 2024
Absolutely terrible!! We waited at a bus stop for over 40 minutes when they said it was 30 minute intervals and then had to run to make it to our cruise ship in time. He never even responded in the chat when I tried to contact them. They will take your money $134 and leave you stranded!!!
Response from Host, May 2024
Hey Darren,
We replied you 16 minutes after the first message you sent us and refunded over 80 euros back from your ticket. As we mentioned in the conversation, last departure back to the ship was at 16:00 from stop 1, and you contacted us 15:45 from stop 14 which means you were running late to catch the bus, even if you took a bus from that stop 1 hour earlier. As we mentioned, it is sadly the fact that sales staff did not inform you what time you are supposed to reach center to catch last bus when you started using your ticket just before 10 am in the harbour. We have proceeded on a refund amount that only excluded the cancellation process costs.
Best Regards,
CityTour
Eva_M, May 2024
It would have been easier to get the ticket for buses/tram etc..
It was not a hop on hop off bus -- driver just showed the locations, did not allow to get off
Talked over the audio
Response from Host, May 2024
Hey,
As for the schedule before official summer season we operate only 2 departures a day, which means only one chosen location to hop off, as there are not enough travelers in Helsinki to run full summer capacity. We provide all this information in description of a product, so when customer proceeds to a purchase it means that you accept that there will be no frequent service available outside of the tourstic season.
Best Regards,
CityTour
Gerilyn_A, Apr 2024
We have enjoyed the Hop On-Hop Off tours in many other European cities. This was, by far, the worst one we’ve been on.
We hopped off at the stop for the National Museum, only to find out that it is CLOSED until 2027! You would think the tour operators would have mentioned this!
Headphones worked sporadically.
It seemed very few buses were working as we had to wait for almost 30 minutes at another stop.
Save your money and time and skip this.
Jason_R, Apr 2024
Local who could not communicate well in English talked over the recording many times. Needs more of a focus on the history and culture of an area as we travel the route. Many landmarks were driven by with no commentary
Response from Host, May 2024
Hey,
Thank you for the review and sharing your experience with us.
We have taken measures regarding this issue.
Best Regards,
CityTour
Trey_K, Jan 2024
Despite selling tickets, this tour does not operate in January, which I did not find out until the day of.
Response from Host, May 2024
Hey,
For all cancelled tours we provide total cancellation and refund of a ticket.
Unfortunately the winter times in Helsinki have unpredictable temperature outbreakes and on day of your travel the transportation cannot simply operate properly. We face these problems as locals with any transportation including trains. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Best Regards,
CityTour
Virgilio_B, Oct 2023
Did not get the chance to see the tourist attractions as there was only one tour for the day when we took Hop On Hop Off Helsinki Tour.
Response from Host, May 2024
Hey,
Welcome back during summer! It is our favourite time as well, as we have much more travelers and can provide more frequent departures.
Best Regards,
CityTour
james_g, Aug 2023
Beautiful city and great narrator on August 29 morning trip. Great choices of stops, my favorite was the Rock church.
Response from Host, May 2024
Hey,
Thank you for the feedback!
Warm Greetings from Helsinki,
CityTour
Margarita_P, Jul 2023
It was a very nice day. We were able to see what we want and walk around with no rush. The driver was very helpful. Explain to us when we got off exactly where to take the hop on hop off bus.
Dave_D, Jul 2023
The Helsinki HOHO was worth the money. Even though it rained, we were still able to take photos of all the important sites. Some windows were able to be lowered, and the driver opened the roof whenever possible in between showers.
Kyle_C, Jul 2023
This tour was not good. They did not offer any navigation during the drive, which is frequently included in this type of activity. Also, the stops were not very easy to find.
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