Thankfully, quite a few new hostels and budget hotels have popped up in Helsinki over the past five years or so. Accommodation is still pricier than in the city’s eastern European counterparts, but sleeping places are generally clean, well-staffed, and well-located throughout the city. A rule of thumb is that you stay in Kallio if you like grungy rock bars and somewhat ‘nouveau hipster’ hangouts, around Punavuori if you’re into slightly finer food, small, funky cafes and cute designy stores, and in the city centre if you just want quickest access to everything. But the truth is that these days pretty much every suburb of Helsinki hosts a diverse and interesting crowd and an endless range of things to do and see and you’re rarely, if ever, more than a 5min walk away from the speedy and efficient metro or regularly running trams and buses. It’s a very liveable city, and this holds true for tourists as well as locals.
Academica Hostel
Out with the old, in with the you!
Sarah Hudson /
University dorm rooms during the school year and a clean, neat and comfortable hostel ...
Euro Hostel
Euro-nto something here (Sorry!)
Sarah Hudson /
Multilingual staff, family, single, twin and triple rooms and dorms, and of course, a sauna. A ...
Hostel Erottajanpuisto
Central hostel
Sarah Hudson /
This is the most central hostel we can think of in terms of Kaartinkaupunki. Perhaps the ...
Cheap Sleep Hostel
Sleep it up in Kallio!
Sarah Hudson /
A great location for those who like to party on the more alternative side of town, it's one of ...
Hostel Suomenlinna
Hostel on an artisan's island
Sarah Hudson /
Reachable by a 15 min ferry ride from the centre, staying here is really something special ...
