11 1-Day Tours in Finland to Build a Winter Day Around

1.Nuuksio National Park Half-Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 688 reviews · 5 hours · from $66Our pick

Review of Helsinki’s Nuuksio half-day hike, with a biologist guide, forest lakes, public transport tips, costs, trails, and practical advice.

“A wonderful couple of hours hiking through the wilderness of the Nuuksio National park. Our guide Mikheil was very knowledgeable and we learned a lot about the landscape, the foliage, mushrooms, birds and animals on the forest. If you like nature trails then this is a must to do. This is a bit of an intensive hike with lots of climbs (I think the highest was ~340 stair steps) up and down though so at least medium level of fitness and very good knees required.”

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2.Riisitunturi National Park Day Trip with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 313 reviews · 9 hours · from $223

Review of Rovaniemi’s Riisitunturi day trip, with snowy spruce trees, a 4-kilometre hike, campfire lunch, and small-group guiding.

“an experience must be done when you come to Rovaniemi highly recommended 👌”

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3.1 Day Pass Lapland Winter Park in Rovaniemi

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 36 reviews · 1 day (approx.) · from $82

Spend a full winter day at Lapland Winter Park in Rovaniemi with sledding, reindeer, ice skating, skiing, snowshoeing, and a free shuttle.

“A great place for fun in the snow with your children. Sledges / rings provided for going down the main slope, kids loved it. Little wooden huts dotted about with log fires lit you could just go and sit in. Moss to feed the reindeers which the kids enjoyed doing. Restaurant is lovely, fire, lovely big windows looking out on the snow, good wines available and lovely food- staff really lovely too. Kids books etc & packs of cards available to use. Couldn’t do the ice skating as had rained the day before and warmed up a bit (was above freezing) so ice skating not on. Didn’t do the sauna…”

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4.Luxury Day Trip to Tallinn with superior cabin VIP guide and lavish buffet

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 27 reviews · 10 to 12 hours (approx.) · from $360

Review of Helsinki to Tallinn day trip with hotel pickup, private ferry cabin, buffet meals, and a guided walk through Tallinn Old Town.

“Great experience! Definitely get the cabin and dinner buffet option. Well worth it and surprisingly good food on the return ferry! Guide was informative, friendly, and helpful. Highly recommend this!”

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5.VIP Private Half-Day Trip to Medieval Porvoo from Helsinki

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 9 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $394

Explore medieval Porvoo on a private half-day trip from Helsinki, with hotel pickup, a local guide, cathedral, red warehouses, and free time.

“Amazing guide, very knowledgeable and flexible, was happy to show me things I was interested in seeing in Porvoo and discuss other off topic subjects related to Finland in general. I highly recommend this tour to Porvoo, especially the museum and Holm House. A quaint little village full of charms and nostalgia, an important city in Finland's history. Well worth a visit.”

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6.Day Trip to Santa Claus Village with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 8 reviews · 8 hours · from $423

Travel from Levi to Santa Claus Village, meet Father Christmas, cross the Arctic Circle, visit Snowman World, and enjoy lunch in Rovaniemi.

“Het is veel geld voor wat je krijgt. Wij hadden een busje voor onszelf, we waren met 6 personen. Lunch was karig en pas om 2 uur, half 3 vertrokken we alweer terug naar ons hotel. Gids was er niet, maar goed, bezoek aan Santa was fantastisch. Let op tijdens het bezoek aan Santa mag je zelf geen foto’s maken. Als je ze wilt moet je kooen. Je koopt dan een link zodat je ze zelf kunt downloaden. 2 foyo’s en een videoflimpje, € 60,00.”

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7.Ranua Wildlife Park Private Day Trip

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 6 reviews · from $146

Visit Ranua Wildlife Park from Rovaniemi with private transport, a guide, polar bears, Arctic species, nature trails, and photo stops.

“We liked the guide very much, he was helpful and sociable. The park is not that great, many animals were not seen, not even the polar bears that we hoped to see.”

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8.Guided Day Trip to Tallinn by Ferry & VIP Car

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $446Top rated

Cross the Baltic from Helsinki to Tallinn for Old Town sights, Balti Jaam Market, Kadriorg Park, and a private VIP car tour.

“The guide and driver were wonderful and very informative/funny. They took us around Tallin and explained each neighborhood and stopped at key sites so we could walk around before taking us to the Medieval City. She also pointed out places to go when we had free time and made sure we knew the route to the pickup spot and where our restaurant was for our dinner reservations. We learnt a lot about Estonia, its history and culture during our visit.”

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9.Bear and Arctic Animals 2 Day Trip from Rovaniemi

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $939

Spend two days with reindeer, Greenland dogs, Arctic wildlife, and bears on an overnight wilderness trip from Rovaniemi.

“This was an amazing experience! We were able to see 5 bears, including a mom with two young cubs, that were super cute!!! The whole trip was a great experience since we stopped at a reindeer farm and a dog (Greenland dogs) farm, anRead more”

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10.Half-Day Trip to Ranua Wildlife Park from Rovaniemi

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · 5 hours (approx.) · from $193

Review of the Ranua Wildlife Park trip from Rovaniemi, with polar bears, reindeer, lunch, small groups, costs, timing, and practical tips.

“Nous avons eu l'occasion de faire plusieurs activités pendant la semaine 9 avec Nordic Odyssey (cascades gelées, visite ferme de rennes et hôtel de glace, circuit en motoneige et visite zoo).”

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11.Day Trip to Ranua Arctic Wildlife Park from Rovaniemi

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $157

Spend six hours from Rovaniemi at Ranua Arctic Wildlife Park, with winter gear, transport, barbecue lunch, reindeer views, and free time.

“The trip was seamless with full transport and bbq lunch and interesting tour given by our guide Gustav. He is knowledgeable and kind to offer to take pictures for all of us.”

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