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City Card
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Helsinki Card is a city card of-fering you an easy way to discover the major sights all year around. Helsinki Card holders get free unlimited travel in Helsinki pub-lic transport, free entries to sights and museums, free city tour (worth 26 €) and dozens of other discounts.
Helsinki Card prices, 2011:
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24 H
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48 H
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72 H
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Adult
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34 EUR
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45 EUR
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55 EUR
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Child
(up to 7-16 years)
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13 EUR
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16 EUR
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19 EUR
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You can buy the Helsinki Card online at: www.helsinkicard.fi
The Helsinki Card is sold throughout the city, e.g. at Tour-ist Information, airport, hotels and Helsinki Expert Sales Points.
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Language
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Finnish and Swedish are the official languages of Finland
English is widely spoken
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Currency
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Euro
1 Euro = 100 cent.
www.xe.com/ucc
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Opening hours shopping/ banking
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Shops:
Weekdays: 9:00 am - 21:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Sunday: 12 noon - 6:00 pm
Banks:
Weekdays: 9:15 am - 4:15 pm
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Climate
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Helsinki is a city of four distinct seasons. The moderate weather is influenced by both maritime and continental climate patterns. Summer in Helsinki begins in May and lasts until mid-September.
The average summer temperature - for day and 'night' - is around 15°C. On hot days the temperature can rise to around 30°C.
Helsinki is usually at its warmest in July. During the summer equinox in late-June there at least 19 hours of daylight between sunrise and sunset.
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Tipping/Tax
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Tipping is not expected.
Sales tax (VAT) is always included in prices.
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Website
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www.visithelsinki.fi
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Transportation to/from the airport
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Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport is located 19 km (25 minutes) from the city center.
Airport buses and regular buses operate between the airport and the Central Railway Station.
Transportation to/from city cen-tre:
Shuttle service available on request by the cruise line.
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