Beyond Helsinki

Helsinki

The Daughter of the Baltic: neoclassical capital and design city.

Espoo

Coastal modernism: Tapiola garden city and Nuuksio's forests.

Rovaniemi

The capital of Lapland: Arctic Circle and the aurora.

Levi

Finland's premier alpine resort: World Cup slalom and fells.

Saariselkä

Far-north wilderness resort: glass igloos under the aurora.

Tampere

Finland's industrial cradle: lakes, rapids and red brick.

Turku

Finland's oldest city: medieval castle and archipelago gateway.

Naantali

The pearl of the archipelago: Kultaranta and the old town.

Porvoo

Riverside medieval town: ochre warehouses and cobbled lanes.

Lake Saimaa

Europe's largest lake labyrinth: the Saimaa ringed seal's home.

Kuopio

Lakeland heart: Puijo tower and the world's largest smoke sauna.

Oulu

Northern tech city on the Gulf of Bothnia: 2026 cultural capital.

Lahti

Ski-jump city and lakeside: gateway to the southern lakeland.

Vaasa

Bilingual Bothnian coast: UNESCO Kvarken archipelago.

Inari

The Sámi heartland: Lake Inari and the Siida cultural centre.

Ylläs

The seven fells of Lapland: Finland's largest ski area.

Koli

The national landscape: Karelian heights above Lake Pielinen.

Jyväskylä

The Aalto city: modernist architecture in the central lakeland.

Savonlinna

Castle of opera: Olavinlinna on the waters of Saimaa.

Pori

Bothnian jazz city and the dunes of Yyteri.

Hämeenlinna

Sibelius's birthplace: medieval castle on Lake Vanajavesi.

Kittilä

Lapland's air gateway: fells and aurora.

Ivalo

Northernmost airport: gateway to Inari and Saariselkä.

Kuusamo

Ruka fells and the Oulanka wilderness rivers.

Ruka

Long-season ski fell in the northeast wilderness.

Pyhä

National-park ski resort beside Lapland's oldest fells.

Luosto

Amethyst-mine fell and forest serenity.

Kemi

The SnowCastle and the Sampo icebreaker cruise.

Tornio

Twin city on the Swedish border at the Bothnian head.

Lappeenranta

Saimaa Canal port and lakeside fortress.

Imatra

The thundering Imatrankoski rapids and Karelian spa.

Joensuu

Karelian capital on the Pielisjoki river.

Mikkeli

Lakeland garrison town: Mannerheim's wartime headquarters.

Rauma

UNESCO wooden old town and Baltic lace tradition.

Kotka

Maritime city: Maritime Centre Vellamo and Langinkoski.

Hanko

Finland's southernmost town: Belle Époque villas and beaches.

Fiskars

Ironworks village turned Finnish design and craft colony.

Ekenäs

Bilingual old town on the Raseborg archipelago.

Kokkola

Ostrobothnian neorenaissance and the Neristan wooden quarter.

Seinäjoki

Aalto civic centre and Tango Festival in southern Ostrobothnia.

Iittala

The glass village: birthplace of Finnish design glass.

Fagervik

Manor and ironworks estate on the Inkoo coast.

Mänttä

The art town: Serlachius museums in the inland forest.

Nokia

Riverside industrial town beside Tampere.

Vantaa

The airport city and the Heureka science centre.

Kauniainen

Leafy garden enclave within Greater Helsinki.

Järvenpää

Lakeside artists' colony: Sibelius's Ainola home.

Kirkkonummi

Coastal municipality with the Hvitträsk studio nearby.

Loviisa

Empire-style coastal town east along the King's Road.

Salla

In the middle of nowhere: wild eastern Lapland fell resort.

Sodankylä

Lapland's Midnight Sun Film Festival under the polar day.

Enontekiö

The Hetta fells and the arm of Finland's far northwest.

Utsjoki

Finland's northernmost: the Teno salmon river and Sámi culture.

Åland

The autonomous archipelago: six thousand Baltic islands.

Kuhmo

Chamber-music wilderness town on the Russian border.

Kajaani

Kainuu capital and the Kalevala epic country.

Stockholm

The Venice of the North: fourteen islands of Nordic grandeur.

Tallinn

Hanseatic old town across the gulf: medieval spires intact.

Oslo

Fjord capital: Munch, the opera house and Nordic design.

Copenhagen

Royal capital of hygge: Noma, Tivoli and harbour design.

Riga

Art Nouveau capital of the Baltic: the largest old town in the region.

Gothenburg

Sweden's seafaring west coast: canals, archipelago and oysters.

Hamburg

The Hanseatic port: Elbphilharmonie and the warehouse city.

St Petersburg

The imperial capital: Hermitage, palaces and white nights.

Gdańsk

Hanseatic Baltic port: amber, brick Gothic and the Long Market.

Vilnius

Baroque old town capital: the largest in the Baltic states.

Bergen

Gateway to the western fjords: the Bryggen wharf.

Tromsø

Arctic Norway: aurora capital above the polar circle.

Malmö

Öresund city linked to Copenhagen by the great bridge.

Uppsala

Sweden's ancient university and cathedral city.

Aarhus

Jutland's cultural capital: ARoS and the rainbow panorama.

Tartu

Estonia's university city on the Emajõgi river.

Pärnu

Estonia's summer capital: Baltic spa town and beaches.

Jūrmala

Latvia's seaside resort: wooden villas on the Gulf of Riga.

Reykjavík

The northernmost capital: geothermal Iceland's gateway.

Warsaw

Poland's rebuilt capital: Chopin and the royal route.

Berlin

Germany's cultural capital: museums island and Mitte.

Amsterdam

Canal-ringed capital: Rijksmuseum and the golden age.

Vienna

The imperial Habsburg capital: opera and coffee houses.

Prague

The hundred-spired city on the Vltava.

Munich

Bavarian capital: alpine gateway and Pinakothek galleries.

Brussels

Europe's capital: the Grand-Place and institutional gravity.

Luleå

Swedish Lapland on the Bothnian coast: Gammelstad UNESCO.

Kiruna

Swedish Arctic: the Icehotel at Jukkasjärvi.

London

The capital of restraint and grandeur: Mayfair to Belgravia.

Paris

The Maison de l'Élégance: Place Vendôme to Avenue Montaigne.

Dubai

The desert metropolis: gold, towers and Arabian luxury.

New York

The capital of the world: Manhattan grids and Central Park.

Monaco

The Principality: Casino, the Grand Prix and the Riviera.

Geneva

Lake Léman: watches, banks and alpine discretion.

Singapore

The Lion City: the gateway between Asia and the world.

Zurich

Bahnhofstrasse, the lake and Swiss private banking.

Rome

The Eternal City: antiquity, the Vatican and la dolce vita.

Milan

Italy's design and fashion capital: the Quadrilatero d'Oro.

Madrid

The Spanish capital: the Prado and the Golden Triangle.

Barcelona

Gaudí's Catalan capital on the Mediterranean.

Istanbul

Where Europe meets Asia: the Bosphorus and the bazaars.

Doha

The Gulf's cultural capital: the Museum of Islamic Art.

Tokyo

The Japanese capital: precision, tradition and the future.

Hong Kong

Victoria Harbour and the gateway to Greater China.

Los Angeles

The Pacific metropolis: Beverly Hills and the coast.