{"id":1302410,"date":"2026-09-26T18:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T18:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1302410"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:32:42","slug":"finland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1301190,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-country","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"Finland country guide","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Finland","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"Seventy-five per cent forest, 188,000 lakes, and a capital that is half sea. Expensive to eat in, free to sleep in if you have a tent, and the only country where the sauna is a constitutional-level institution.","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"1302412","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"Pick a city | #cities\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_country_stats":"\u20ac30 | Dorm bed, from\r\n188,000 | Lakes\r\n3.3m | Saunas, for 5.5m people\r\n73 | Days of midnight sun in Lapland","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"Forest, lakes and a very long winter","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"Finland is mostly trees and water. Three quarters of it is forest and there are more lakes than anywhere in Europe, which shapes the whole idea of a Finnish summer: a cabin, a lake, a sauna, and a swim between them.\r\n\r\nHelsinki is the entry point and a genuinely good small capital \u2014 sea on three sides, a design culture that punches far above the population, and island fortresses a short ferry ride from the market square. Two or three days does it, and the ferry to Tallinn takes two hours if you want another country on the same trip.\r\n\r\nLapland is the other Finland and a separate trip. Rovaniemi, on the Arctic Circle, does northern lights, husky sledding and Santa; Levi and Yll\u00e4s do skiing; and the midnight sun runs for over two months in the far north. Between the two halves, the lake district around Savonlinna is where Finns actually go in July.","hw_hub_country_facts":"Languages | Finnish and Swedish, both official. English is spoken almost universally\r\nCurrency | Euro (\u20ac)\r\nEmergency | 112\r\nTap water | Among the cleanest in the world\r\nTipping | Not expected at all\r\nEveryman's right | Jokamiehenoikeus lets you walk, forage and camp on most land\r\nHow long to stay | Three days for Helsinki, a week with Lapland or the lakes\r\nBest months | June to August, or February and March for the lights","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"Where to go","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"Trains are good and the country is long. Helsinki to Rovaniemi is an overnight sleeper.","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"1","hw_hub_country_cities":"Helsinki | Design, saunas, island fortresses and a harbour that freezes. |  | 1302513 | Helsinki is a beautiful place to visit! It is so peaceful and the people are very welcoming! | \nTurku | The old capital, a castle on the river, and the gateway to an archipelago of 20,000 islands. |  | 1302514 | A nice city for a couple of days stay. | \nTampere | Between two lakes, with the best sauna culture in the country and a former industrial centre reborn. |  | 1302515 | We came to sauna and dip in ice cold and we smashed it - 7 different saunas in 2.5 days and all individually amazing. Very hot saunas at 95+ and water temperature of 0.2 - we\u2019ve had the best time. Everyone really friendly, food terrific (especially cinnamon buns), snow like we just don\u2019t have in UK and walking on frozen lakes - lots of snow angels and face plants. Really loved it and if you\u2019re into saunas and cold dipping then this is the place to be! | \nRovaniemi | On the Arctic Circle: northern lights, husky sledding, and the official Santa Claus Village. |  | 1302516 |  | ","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"What kind of trip is this?","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"Finland is an outdoors country in both directions: forest and lake in summer, snow and darkness in winter.","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"City break | blue | city | Three days in Helsinki, on foot, tram and ferry. | Sauna at L\u00f6yly on the waterfront; Ferry to Suomenlinna; The market hall for lunch | Suomenlinna; Design District; Kallio | Helsinki; Turku; Tampere | city-break\nAdventure | green | backpack | Forest, fells and a legal right to sleep in them. | Hike in Koli or Pallas-Yll\u00e4stunturi; Canoe between lakes; Camp under everyman's right | Koli National Park; Nuuksio; Lapland fells | Rovaniemi; Tampere | adventure\nCulture | purple | culture | Design, S\u00e1mi culture and a lot of very good architecture. | The Design Museum; S\u00e1mi museum Siida in Inari; Alvar Aalto buildings | Design District; Siida, Inari; Olavinlinna castle | Helsinki; Rovaniemi; Savonlinna | culture\nBeach | sunset | sunglasses | Lake swimming in summer, and ice swimming in winter. | Swim between saunas; A lake day in the Saimaa district; Ice swim, if you dare | Lake Saimaa; Helsinki islands; Turku archipelago | Savonlinna; Helsinki | beach\nBudget | teal | coin | Expensive country, free beds if you camp. | Everyman's right camping; Lunch buffets at midday; Alko before the bars | Helsinki; Tampere; Turku | Helsinki; Tampere | budget-travel\nNightlife | pink | nightclub | Late, expensive, and better in Kallio than the centre. | A karaoke bar, which Finns take seriously; Kallio bar crawl; Summer terraces | Kallio; Tampere centre; Turku riverside | Helsinki; Tampere | nightlife","hw_hub_country_do_title":"Things to do in Finland","hw_hub_country_do_body":"Sauna is the thing to do first and it is not a spa treatment. There are more saunas than cars in Finland, public ones cost \u20ac10 to \u20ac20, and the sequence \u2014 hot room, cold lake or sea, repeat, talk to strangers \u2014 is the national social ritual.\r\n\r\nIn Helsinki, the ferry to Suomenlinna sea fortress runs on a normal transport ticket and takes fifteen minutes. The Design District, the Oodi library and the Temppeliaukio rock church are all free or nearly so.\r\n\r\nIn Lapland, northern lights run from late August to early April and are never guaranteed; husky and reindeer trips, ice hotels and the midnight sun are the other draws. The lake district in July is where Finns themselves go: cabins, canoes and silence.","hw_hub_country_do_points":"Public saunas | \u20ac10\u201320, and the correct first thing to do\r\nSuomenlinna | Sea fortress, 15 minutes by ferry on a normal transport ticket\r\nNorthern lights | Late August to early April in Lapland. Never guaranteed\r\nEveryman's right | Walk, forage and camp on most land, away from homes","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_country_do_more":"All things to do in Finland","hw_hub_country_food_title":"Eating in Finland","hw_hub_country_food_body":"Finnish restaurants are expensive, so the lunch buffet is the thing to know: most places do a weekday lunch of soup, salad, bread, a hot dish and coffee for \u20ac11 to \u20ac14, which is a third of what the evening costs.\r\n\r\nMarket halls \u2014 Helsinki's Vanha Kauppahalli and Hakaniemi, Turku's and Tampere's \u2014 do salmon soup, reindeer and pastries at reasonable prices in good surroundings.\r\n\r\nKarelian pies, rye pastries with rice filling and butter on top, cost a euro or two and are everywhere. Reindeer is common in Lapland and is very good. Coffee is the other national institution: Finland drinks more per head than anywhere in the world.","hw_hub_country_food_points":"Lunch buffet | \u20ac11\u201314 on weekdays, and a third of the evening price\r\nMarket halls | Salmon soup, reindeer and pastries in every city\r\nKarelian pies | \u20ac1\u20132 each, and the standard snack\r\nAlko | The state off-licence for anything over 8%. Closed Sundays","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_country_food_more":"All food guides for Finland","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"Going out in Finland","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"Helsinki drinks in Kallio, a former working-class district north of the centre where the bars are cheaper and the crowd is younger than in the design-shop streets to the south.\r\n\r\nAlcohol is expensive \u2014 a beer is \u20ac7 to \u20ac9 in a bar \u2014 and anything over 8% comes from Alko, the state off-licence, which shuts early and does not open on Sundays. Finns pre-drink accordingly.\r\n\r\nKaraoke is a genuine national pastime rather than a novelty, sung seriously and often melancholically. In summer, terraces open across the cities and the light lasts until midnight, which changes the whole rhythm of an evening.","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"Kallio | Helsinki's cheaper, younger bar district\r\nA beer | \u20ac7\u20139 in a bar, about \u20ac2 from a supermarket\r\nAlko | State off-licence for drinks over 8%. Closed Sundays\r\nKaraoke | Taken seriously. Join in rather than laughing at it","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Finland","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"Getting around Finland","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"VR runs the trains and the south is well connected: Helsinki to Turku or Tampere in under two hours. Book ahead for the cheaper fares, which rise close to departure.\r\n\r\nThe night train to Lapland is the classic way north \u2014 a twelve-hour sleeper from Helsinki to Rovaniemi that saves a night's accommodation and puts you in the Arctic at breakfast. Cars can be carried on it.\r\n\r\nIn Helsinki, one HSL ticket covers trams, buses, metro and the Suomenlinna ferry. Cycling is easy and flat in summer. In Lapland, distances are enormous and a car or organised trips are usually necessary.","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"Night train | Helsinki to Rovaniemi in 12 hours, and it saves a night's bed\r\nVR advance fares | Much cheaper booked ahead\r\nHSL ticket | Covers trams, buses, metro and the Suomenlinna ferry\r\nLapland | Distances are huge. A car or tours are usually needed","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"All transport guides for Finland","hw_hub_country_money_title":"What Finland costs","hw_hub_country_money_body":"Finland is expensive, though a little less so than Norway or Iceland. Dorms start around \u20ac30 in Helsinki, a restaurant dinner is \u20ac22 to \u20ac35, and a beer is \u20ac7 to \u20ac9.\r\n\r\nThe two levers are the weekday lunch buffet, which gets you a full hot meal for \u20ac11 to \u20ac14, and everyman's right, which makes camping legal and free on most land away from houses.\r\n\r\nLapland in winter is its own economy: husky trips, aurora tours and ice hotels run \u20ac100 to \u20ac300 a go, and Christmas in Rovaniemi is the most expensive fortnight in the country.","hw_hub_country_money_points":"Dorm bed | From \u20ac30 in Helsinki, higher in Lapland in winter\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac60\u201385\r\nLunch buffet | \u20ac11\u201314, the best value meal in the country\r\nLapland activities | \u20ac100\u2013300 each for husky, aurora and reindeer trips","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_country_money_more":"All budget guides for Finland","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"Staying safe in Finland","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"Finland ranks among the safest countries in the world and the cities are comfortable at any hour. Crime against visitors is rare.\r\n\r\nThe risks are cold and distance. Lapland in winter runs to minus 30\u00b0C, and inadequate clothing is the most common problem visitors have \u2014 layers, proper boots and covered extremities are not optional, and tour operators will lend outer gear.\r\n\r\nIn summer, mosquitoes in the north are severe from late June to August, ticks exist in the south, and if you are walking in the forest, mobile coverage is patchy and distances between roads are long. Tell someone your route.","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"Emergency | 112, and the 112 Suomi app gives your location\r\nWinter cold | To minus 30\u00b0C in Lapland. Borrow proper outer gear\r\nMosquitoes | Severe in the north from late June to August\r\nIce | Never walk on frozen lakes without local guidance","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"Entry and documents","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"Finland is in the EU, the Schengen area and the eurozone. EU citizens need an ID card; UK, US, Canadian and Australian passport holders get 90 days in any 180 across the whole Schengen zone.\r\n\r\nPassports need three months' validity beyond departure and to have been issued within the last ten years. ETIAS has been postponed repeatedly \u2014 check the official EU site.\r\n\r\nFinland borders Russia, and those crossings have been closed or heavily restricted in recent years. Do not plan any itinerary that assumes them without checking the current position.","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"Schengen and euro | Both. 90 days in any 180 for non-EU visitors\r\nPassport validity | Three months beyond departure, issued within ten years\r\nETIAS | Repeatedly delayed \u2014 check the official EU site\r\nRussian border | Closed or restricted in recent years. Check before planning","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"Two completely different countries. June to August gives you light, lakes and warmth; December to March gives you snow, darkness and the northern lights.","hw_hub_country_season_note":"Average highs for Helsinki. Lapland is far colder, with polar night in December and midnight sun from late May to late July.","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"January | -3 | 3 | Deep winter. Lights, huskies and minus 20 in Lapland\r\nFebruary | -4 | 4 | The best month for lights with usable daylight\r\nMarch | 1 | 4 | Snow still deep, days lengthening fast\r\nApril | 7 | 1 | Between seasons. Slush in the south, cheap everywhere\r\nMay | 14 | 2 | Spring arrives quickly. Terraces open\r\nJune | 19 | 4 | Midsummer, and light nearly all night\r\nJuly | 22 | 5 | Peak. Finns at their summer cabins, lakes warm\r\nAugust | 20 | 4 | Warm, berries, and the lights return at the end\r\nSeptember | 14 | 3 | Ruska, the autumn colour in Lapland. Excellent\r\nOctober | 8 | 2 | Dark and quiet. Cheap\r\nNovember | 2 | 1 | The bleakest month. Lowest prices\r\nDecember | -2 | 4 | Christmas in Rovaniemi, polar night up north","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel and how long for. Per night, for one person, outside Lapland in winter.","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"Camping under everyman's right takes the bed line to zero in summer. Lapland winter activities add \u20ac100\u2013300 each and are not included.","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 30 | 18 | 5 | 5\r\nMiddle of the road | 42 | 34 | 9 | 18\r\nComfortable | 65 | 58 | 14 | 35","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_country_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"Midsummer empties the cities, and the Lapland Christmas season fills the north.","hw_hub_country_events_source":"api","hw_hub_country_events_country":"finland","hw_hub_country_events_count":"8","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"All events in Finland","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/finland\/","hw_hub_country_events":"Juhannus | Late June | Nationwide | Midsummer. Cities empty entirely as Finns go to lakeside cabins for bonfires and sauna. |  | \nSavonlinna Opera Festival | July | Savonlinna | Opera in a medieval castle on an island in the lake district. |  | \nAir Guitar World Championships | August | Oulu | Exactly what it sounds like, and taken entirely seriously. |  | \nRuska | September | Lapland | The autumn colour in the fells, and the best hiking weeks of the year. |  | \nChristmas in Rovaniemi | December | Rovaniemi | Santa Claus Village on the Arctic Circle, and the busiest weeks in Lapland. |  | \nIce swimming season | January to March | Nationwide | Avantouinti: a hole cut in the ice next to a sauna. A national habit. |  | ","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Finland","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"The highest-rated hostels in the country, live from Hostelworld. Helsinki has the most; Lapland books out months ahead for the Christmas and aurora seasons.","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Finland","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/finland\/","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"country","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"72","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"EUR","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_title":"Finland travel questions","hw_hub_country_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_country_faqs":"How many days do you need in Finland? | Three days for Helsinki, which is enough for the city, a sauna and the Suomenlinna ferry. A week lets you add either Lapland or the lake district, and those are two very different trips.\r\nIs Finland expensive? | Yes, though a little less than Norway or Iceland. Dorms from \u20ac30, dinner \u20ac22 to \u20ac35, a beer \u20ac7 to \u20ac9. Weekday lunch buffets at \u20ac11 to \u20ac14 and free camping under everyman's right are what make it manageable.\r\nWhen can I see the northern lights? | Late August to early April in Lapland, on clear dark nights. February and March combine good odds with enough daylight to do other things. They are never guaranteed and nobody can promise them.\r\nWhat is everyman's right? | Jokamiehenoikeus lets you walk, ski, forage and camp for a night on most uncultivated land, including private property, as long as you stay away from homes, respect fire bans and leave no trace.\r\nDo I have to go in a sauna? | Not obligatory, but it is the single most Finnish thing available and public ones cost \u20ac10 to \u20ac20. Normal etiquette is to wash first, sit naked or wrapped depending on the venue, and cool off in the lake or sea between rounds.\r\nIs Helsinki worth visiting in winter? | Yes, if you accept the darkness. It is cheap, the design museums and market halls are indoors, and the ice swimming and sauna culture make more sense at minus five than at plus twenty.\r\nHow do I get to Lapland? | The night train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi takes about twelve hours, saves a night's accommodation and can carry a car. Flying is faster and often no more expensive if booked ahead.","hw_hub_country_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_country_cta_body":"Compare hostels across Finland \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_country_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Finland | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/finland\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_country_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_country_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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