The Helsinki Card is great in premise. We were denied entry to the panorama bus. Apparently there is a cap on the number that can enter the bus with a Helsinki Card. Paying customers were allowed on. Making money perhaps? Friday’s afternoon all museums are free. We did use the card for things we did not want to see. I can’t recommend this card if it is not honored.

Great value for money, makes using public transport in a “strange” city so easy, as well as free entry into so many museums, Hop-on, Hop-off bus, as well as ferries.

I just picked up the card at the Excess Baggage Store showed her my voucher and voila I have the card. I’m going to use it for museums, hop on, hop off bus and all the cruises. I used it for the train from the airport. It’s great!!

The Helsinki Card was Just OK. If our plan for the card had worked out it might have been worth purchasing, but that didn’t happen. It is difficult to follow the directions for redeeming the voucher at the Helsinki Airport. The location has nothing to do with the baggage claim area at the Helsinki Airport. It is actually at an Excess Baggage Company store in the Arrival Hall after leaving baggage claim and is located on the left side immediately prior to exiting the airport doors. Additionally, they need a Printed Copy of the voucher. It took over 20 minutes to figure out how to get something from the Viator App to a screen shot to a .pdf and to logon to the store’s WiFi to the stores printer in order to get the required printed copy. Using the card wasn’t hard, but some museums must issue a chit or separate barcode to work with their gate equipment or scanner. Our flight arrival was about five hours late, so the first day we just used the Helsinki Card to go from the Helsinki Airport to central Helsinki Central near our hotel. The second day went well with multiple uses, but the last day we only used the card to ride the trams in Helsinki and to visit the National Museum. We planned to do the 1630 departure for The Beautiful Canal Route by Helsinki Sightseeing;however, when we arrived at their kiosk at about 1615 they told us that was cancelled. It was too late to do the Hop On Hop Off Bus and we had already done the other boat option of Helsinki City Highlights. So… I don’t think the card was worth it for us; your mileage may vary.

The Helsinki card was a great bonus to acquire while in Helsinki! I used it for hopping on and off the buses, the boats, entering museums, and public transportation.