Helsinki Art Nouveau Katajanokka and Eira tour
From: 361 €
This 4-hour Helskinki walking private tour, which includes some public transport, is a great private tour for art nouveau followers to discover the best of city highlights and Tamminiemi museum.
At the turn of the 20th century Helsinki was growing at an amazing speed. Between 1895 and 1915 more than 600 buildings were built in Helsinki, most of them in National Romanticism, a style with influences from art nouveau and Jugendstile.
The Katajanokka district with its wide city quarters full of fantastic Art Nouveau buildings is unique in the world. Other neighbourhoods that are particularly rich in Art Nouveau houses are Kruununhaka, Ullanlinna and Eira.
Renowned Jugendstil creations include the eclectic National Museum, the Headquarters of the Pohjola Insurance Company and the former headquarters of the Helsinki Telephone Company.
The Austrian-influenced art nouveau style that manifested itself in Helsinki at the turn of the 19th century as a kind of fairy-tale urbanity. You’ll see buildings with heavy stone rustication as though they’ve been hewn from mountains, carved with decorative flourishes and the occasional gargoyle. Keep your eyes open listening to our guide’s explanations and you’ll discover no end of curious detailing.
Prices (VAT included):
1 – 9 PAX = 361€
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Description
Itinerary
We will start the 4 hour private tour in the Helsinki City Center spending the morning getting to know first hand the most interesting buildings from the Jugendstil times. Katajanokka is the area around the Finnish National Theatre and the Railway station.
From where we could walk to Pohjola, The National Theatre and appreciate other buildings like the National Museum or the Helsinki Telephone Company will be amongst the places visited and explained. (??? which ones we can publish from the list you gave me… Aschan Café Jugend, Eira Hospital, Fabianinkatu 17, Finnish National Theatre, Havis Amanda, Central railway station, City Museum, Kallio Church, National Museum of Finland, New Student House, Nylands Nation, Olofsborg, Otava (publisher), Paasitorni, Pohjola Insurance building, Polytechnic Students’ Union, Rauhankatu 1 (The Pearl of Kruununhaka), Vltava (restaurant),…???)
We will continue our visit to the city and walk to Eira district.
Then taking us to the …
Important aspects of the tour
Physical conditions: Participants should be able to/ willing to walk the distance that goes from Katajanokka to Eira district. The distance is will take around xx minutes of walk in a flat and easy walking streets. If not, we will take a minibus (included in the price).
Duration: 4 hours (or up to 7 hours if the group asks for it – see extras and book at a scroll below the calendar).
Pickup & Drop Off
Tour will start at xxx and end at yyy
Inclusions
Professional fully licensed guiding service, pick up at your hotel and mineral water.
Price of the bus tickets to go from Katajanokka to Eira district (only when the visitors cannot go walking there).
Duration: This tour will take 4 hours. Adding extra hours to the tour you can make this tour up to three hours longer. The extra hours will be added in the walking tour. See extras and book if you are interested at a scroll below the calendar.
Exclusions
Public transport day ticket (6,5€ per person).
Food or additional drinks during the tour.
Languages
You can have the tour in English, German, Swedish or Finnish. Select language in the scroll below the calendar.
Additional Info
The tour is private so there are not any other people in the group only those you travel with. Our tours are not just about sightseeing, they are a unique experience of meeting, learning, discovering and understanding different cultures and returning back home richer than when the journey started.
Our tour is 100% Art Nouveau which means we visit only Art Nouveau buildings (unless you have other request) .
Optionally:
Airport pick-up and / or drop off (extra fee)
Please note:
To book this tour please click on the calendar on the right
Cancellation Policy
Once the tour is confirmed, it can be canceled up to 2 weeks prior to the start date to receive a refund of the amount paid for the booking of the tour cost minus the service fee. Further cancellations and no shows are non refundable. No show: No restitution. All amount pending will be claimed.