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Are you visiting Helsinki, Finland, and looking for accommodation near the downtown?
Undoubtedly, Hotel Helka is the best choice for your stay in Helsinki. It’s located near the central train station and is highly accessible by public transport. You can also easily access other main landmarks by foot and public transport from the hotel.
Hotel Helka provides a very comfortable experience and welcomes everyone to their unique hotel. Despite wherever you are from or whatever your belief is. Helka is one of the most liberal hotels in Finland and welcomes all its guests without discrimination.
Hotel Inspiration:
The Hotel Helka has a unique history. The hotel building was founded by the YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) of Finland. The organization focuses on empowering women, and the hotel used to be a safe place for women to work and live in the 1920s.
The Helka building was designed by the first woman architect in Finland, Wivi Lönn. The Hotel Helka opened its doors to its guests for the first time in 1969.
Some fun facts about the Hotel Helka:
The American filmmakers couldn’t shoot in the Soviet Union in 1983, so Hotel Helka played Hotel Budapest in Gorky Park.
The hotel was featured on Finish National television in 2015 when they celebrated the name day Helka with other ladies with the same name.
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Exhibition at Helka Hotel:
Are you one of those who admire Art and paintings? Then, how about imagining yourself staying at the Boutique hotel and enjoying the incredible artwork by local artists from Helsinki inside your hotel?
Hotel Helka is heaven for art lovers. The hotel is collaborating with many local street artists and currently displaying an art exhibition that depicts different messages and stories through the artwork.
The hotel corridor and lobbies are filled with masterpiece paintings and artwork. They also exhibit 6 hotel rooms with funky paintings on different themes.
Our Room at Helka Hotel:
Whether you are a solo, couple, or traveling with family, the hotel has different room sizes according to your preferences. The hotel offers a Loft room, a Junior suite, comfort, and a smart room with different bedding size options.
We stayed in Comfort's twin room, and the room theme is the meaning of life in indigo and yellow colors. The room is very spacious, along with the comfy sofa. One of the walls has a painting of a girl.