Beaches in Helsinki or near Helsinki?

PredatoR · Post by **PredatoR** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 7:50 pm

Hello,

I am looking beaches in Helsinki or near Helsinki. what can you offer me except Hietaniemi??

How is beach at Vuosaari? or Suomenlinna? if i have travel card, do i need to pay something extra for Suomenlinna?

thank you

**Sponsor:**

Mark I. · Post by **Mark I.** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:19 pm

search.php?search_id=egosearch

ajdias · Post by **ajdias** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:30 pm

PredatoR wrote:How is beach at Vuosaari?

No pirates...

or Suomenlinna? if i have travel card, do i need to pay something extra for Suomenlinna?

No you don't. It's very nice.

You do have to pay if you want to go Pihlasaari off the southern cost of HKi. Been there once, years ago, pretty good; I think Mark posted before about that too - he was trying to suggest you browse his old posts on the subject but the link does not work out that way (only for him

). But yeah, search the forum, there's a few threads.

PredatoR · Post by **PredatoR** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:06 pm

ajdias wrote:
PredatoR wrote:How is beach at Vuosaari?
No pirates...

or Suomenlinna? if i have travel card, do i need to pay something extra for Suomenlinna?
No you don't. It's very nice.

You do have to pay if you want to go Pihlasaari off the southern cost of HKi. Been there once, years ago, pretty good; I think Mark posted before about that too - he was trying to suggest you browse his old posts on the subject but the link does not work out that way (only for him ). But yeah, search the forum, there's a few threads.

thank you for answer.

How much do i need to pay for Pihlasaari and from where the ferry goes?

carolinemaher · Post by **carolinemaher** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 9:35 pm

The beach at Aurinkolahti/Vuosaari is great, its a very long wide beach with a couple of nice cafes directly on the beach, with a nice harbour to one side and an 'open air gym' you can use for free .

The beach at Herttoniemi is also really nice and a good one for if you have kids, there is a boat for the kids to play in and a play park just behind the beach.

There is a nice little beach in Marjaniemi too, small but sheltered with a little Kiosk selling ice cream and stuff and has a 'swimming in a hole in the ice club' (whatever that's called in Finnish?) in the winter with changing block and benches to sit and picnic.

Helsinki really does have lovely beaches, get out there while the sun is still shining!

luckykitty · Post by **luckykitty** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:35 pm

What about Hietaniemi? A lot of people there, but still good

.

Ps. Does anyone know what time the changing room at Hietaniemi closes? I noticed it was locked at some point, forgot if it was 6pm or so.

ajdias · Post by **ajdias** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:53 pm

PredatoR wrote:How much do i need to pay for Pihlasaari and from where the ferry goes?

5 eur for a return trip. See http://www.pihlajasaari.net/liikenne.html in finnish for information on the island (take a look at the pics) and prices&times in english at http://www.jt-line.fi/eng/pihlajasaari_aikataulut.htm

franci en helsinki · Post by **franci en helsinki** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:53 pm

I have in my Spanish blog some pictures of Vuosaari beaches:
http://francienhelsinki.blogspot.com/20 ... sinki.html
http://francienhelsinki.blogspot.com/20 ... lahti.html
http://francienhelsinki.blogspot.com/20 ... ya-26.html

luckykitty · Post by **luckykitty** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:04 pm

franci en helsinki wrote:I have in my Spanish blog some pictures of Vuosaari beaches:
http://francienhelsinki.blogspot.com/20 ... sinki.html
http://francienhelsinki.blogspot.com/20 ... lahti.html
http://francienhelsinki.blogspot.com/20 ... ya-26.html

nice pics, thanks

Finland Forum

Find information about moving to, living in and life in Finland