Boutique hotels in Helsinki

Helsinki is a compact, creative capital on the Baltic, known for Art Nouveau architecture, the Design District, saunas on the water and a food scene based on local ingredients. Its small hotels reflect that mix of calm and craft.

Where to stay

Hotel F6 opened in 2016 near Esplanadi park with a sleek, unstuffy look and a well-regarded breakfast, but no restaurant. Hotel St. George is in a 1920s printing and publishing building, with pastel rooms, a spa and pool. Hotel Lilla Roberts has 130 rooms in a 1909 former power plant with Art Deco touches. Lapland Hotels Bulevardi has private in-room saunas, and Hotel Indigo Helsinki Boulevard has murals by local illustrators in each of its 120 rooms. Hotel Finn is a small hotel of around 37 rooms in a historic stone building.

Good to know

The city is walkable. Take the ferry to the Suomenlinna sea fortress, and try a public sauna such as Löyly.