Where a car takes you from Helsinki
These are the day trips from Helsinki on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Porvoo Porvoo, Finland's second-oldest town, is a 50-minute bus east, its riverside Old Town of red wooden warehouses full of cafes, chocolatiers and runeber
- Suomenlinna The UNESCO-listed Suomenlinna sea fortress is a 15-minute ferry from the Market Square, with island cafes, a brewpub by the quay and ramparts for a pi
- Fiskars Village Fiskars Village, a 17th-century ironworks turned craft community, is about 90 minutes west, its restored mills holding rustic cafes with summer terrac
- Nuuksio National Park Nuuksio National Park, around 40 minutes away, is the city's nearest wilderness; pack a rye-bread-and-berry picnic, with a cafe near the reindeer park
- Tallinn (Estonia) Tallinn is a two-hour ferry across the gulf, an easy day trip to Estonia's medieval capital, with Old Town restaurants and the Balti Jaam market hall
Booking a car in Helsinki
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 23.77 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Green Motion, Hertz, Keddy, Sixt
- Pick up at
- Helsinki Airport · Helsinki Train Station
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.