How Expensive is Helsinki Finland? | What I spent on a day in Helsinki | Is Helsinki affordable?

[maeranni]

An Hki inhabitant here. Live like a tourist, pay like a tourist.

[xoxo]

I solo traveled to Helsinki last year and, coming from Portugal, I was expecting it to be super expensive. Turns out it was not. I visited whatever I wanted to visit, went to cafes like Regatta, visited museums, had lunch in markets, bought food from supermarkets, etc. If you want to stay on budget, it's definitely possible. Hotels and flights are the expensive part. Also, if you want to go out everyday to a nice restaurant, ofc you'll pay a lot. But there's also some details people tend to forget: here, for example, we pay for water and bread. In Helsinki I had free water every meal and a slice of delicious rye bread for 0€.

[saniterexa]

If you go there as a tourist for a couple days or a week and plan to visit different kind of places, then it'll cost you a lot, but if you're planning on living here it's not that much.

I travelled to Helsinki from North Finland a few weeks ago. I bought 3 days HSL public transportation ticket for like 9€ and spent 8-20€ to food daily (really depends on whether u buy ingredients and make ur own food, buy ready food and just heat it up or eat in restaurants). My biggest expense during my trip was the wristband to Linnanmäki for like 50€. Other than that, you can really survive with like 25€ per day max.

[livinginthetropics]

That's about $104 Aussie dollars. The big expense is the airfare cost - in August 2023 it will be about $3, 000 for return ticket from SYD to HEL. That's with Qantas & FinnAir via Japan.

[sket]

Day pass for zones AB (enough for all the attractions) is 9€ and not 15€. If you need to cover the airport train too, then it's zones ABC and price for 1 day is 11€. So you can shave 6€ off from the total.

[StrikerEureka]

i went to helsinki right in the middle of summer of 2023. i had some of the grilled salmon and veggies from the stands by the harbor. it was something like 18 Euros. A bit pricey but worth every penny. It was the most delicious salmon I ever had. Still crave it every now and then and I'm not even a fish guy.

[Alexandros.Mograine]

People who say Finland is expencive have never been to Norway :D When in norway we ordered 2 pizzas with delivery, and it cost like 45 euros. you could get 4 pizzas for that price with delivery in Finland :D

[rpi-vtbj]

in philippines $10 - $15 a day or less than $10 but nowehere to go

[doedarling]

So like $70? Hmm still seems a little much for one day.

[joshuaclementino]

70 bucks for bread and coffee 3 times a kinda pricy

[cameronj]

As someone who lives in Canada, I see this as overall pretty reasonable!

[katehill]

I have been to Finland 70 pounds is good I also went to America £150 a bit too much for me.

[OneLieForTruth]

The only best thing about Helsinki is the people are nice and You can ask us enything finlands are good with english Since im 14 And know much english

[henriikkak]

I don't understand why Finland specifically gets called out for being expensive when Oil Money Norway is right there. Not to even mention places like Switzerland or Iceland. Gee wizz.

Finland is in the same reference group as Sweden, Austria, and Ireland. A bit more expensive than the UK or Germany because they're smaller and more remote. Incomes and living standards are comparable in this group too.

Estonia and the Baltics have come so far and I'm so proud of them, but they are post-Soviet countries and therefore cheaper still. This is not the correct frame of reference for Finland. It could have been had Stalin managed to occupy Finland but gladly that didn't happen.

[ryandyson]

It’s like America in cost I see but I’m sure if not in the capital more rural it be cheaper especially for homes and rent

[developerninja]

Wow 😮
I didn't think it's that expensive
~6439 rubles a day for a Russian just to eat is mind-blowing 🤯 Not taking in account monthly bills, etc
Just to compare, in Russia it's 8000 rubles for public utilities a MONTH

[VampiraVonGhoulscout]

Honestly, Helsinki isn't that bad, price wise. In the UK, the inflation is pretty bad right now so it's not that much more. It's more expensive but still reasonable.

[ismaelpalomino]

Some weeks ago I was in Helsinki and I found it expensive. After in a souvenir shop there were different stickers about how they feel about the rest of neighbours, so other european north countries, and one was wrotten: "Norway is expensive" Lol 😅

[randomness]

I believe HK is more expensive. Most people live in a very tiny spaces but very expensive rents & bills

[E-toca]

Ik it sounds expencive but you dont need to make it that expensive in Finland she just bought some expencive things like i dont spend that much money in finland