Spent 3 hours on a bus with a guide who put most of us to sleep. Best part of the tour was having cappuccino at a small cafe near the market square. ...
We met some friends from the States and they took us to a cool bar called Las Vegas of all things. Great gin drinks! Then we went to lunch. The train/light rail system was easy and reasonably priced. This was our least favorite city of the cruise, but we still had a good time. ...
We started our trip in Helsinki because that is where American Airlines and partner Finn Air fly into. So we saw the main parts of the city before we flew to Copenhagen for the start of the cruise. We booked a shore excursion to Soumenlinna Fortress through the ship but it was cancelled and that turned out to be a great thing! When we docked in Helsinki we knew where to go to get on the boat to ...
We did a hop on and hop bus trip of Helsinki right from where the boat berthed and wandered around the streets and market area around the port. It was a nice clean and pleasant place but not one I would wish to return to in a hurry. ...
Helsinki is great; easy to get around on trams, which run pretty close to the port. Ship docks 3 mi away. Old Market hall has a great soup stall and lots of real coffee. ...