Anna

Helsinki & Porvoo Tour Expert & Artist

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  • I live in Helsinki
  • I speak English, Русский, Suomi
  • Verified Local host
  • Response time less than 7 hours

Hi there! Nice to meet you

Anna

Hi, my name is Ann, and I offer Helsinki and Southern Finland tours in English to individual travelers, families, and friend groups. My style is educative and entertaining, meaning that you will have a lot of facts presented in an easy, fun, and friendly manner. I am knowledgeable in various fields, but my tours are not boring history lessons. Instead, we will have a lively narrative and discussion, and I promise you will WANT to know more!

I conduct all sorts of tours: sightseeing-, thematic-, tailored-for-your-interests, customized tours; walking and biking tours, and tours with the use of public and private transport. You name it! Whatever you will select, I can ensure you that you will have great memories when you are back home!

I am Russian-born Finnish. 18 years ago, I moved from one beautiful city to another, from St. Petersburg to Helsinki. Back in St. Petersburg, I worked as a tourist guide, and following my passion for this profession, I studied for and received the authorized tourist guiding diploma in Helsinki as well.

Through these years, my knowledge of modern life in Finland, the language, people, mentality, traditions, culture, etc. has naturally deepened. All curiosities which make up Finnish culture, have become part of me, and Finland has become my dear, beloved home. As an international person living in Finland myself and having an international family (at home, we speak English, Finnish, and Russian), I would like to offer you a tour where I am going to tell you about Helsinki, its history and traditions, its modern vibe and the international diversity of it before and today.

What is the place of Finland in this fast-changing world? Let's talk about it, and compare it to your home country if you will.

My other occupation is a multimedia artist, which is why on my tours I love to point out architectural details and all the man-made beauty of Helsinki.My customers love the way I connect historical facts about Finland and the neighboring country - Russia. Having been an authorized St. Petersburg guide as well, I always find it fascinating to bring up some historical connections.

Well, well, Finland was part of Tsarist Russia for a century, so there are loads of connections here. Now, due to the current situation, people don't travel to St. Petersburg, but many, from my experience, are interested to know about the current state of affairs out there. Through my tours, you can get a touch of it too. Just IF you want!

As a person who is very passionate about history, art, architecture, and overall beauty around us and a person who loves to share her knowledge and inspiration, I also love to meet other cultures and exchange our knowledge about this beautiful and diverse world. So, come to have fun with me on my tour and get a touch of the old and modern sides of the atmospheric Helsinki city!

Looking forward to meeting you!

Your guide,

Ann

  • I live in Helsinki
  • I speak English, Русский, Suomi
  • Verified Local host
  • Response time less than 7 hours

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Reviews

Matt
22 May 2025
Solo traveler and had a great tour with Anna. The tour of the library of all things was the highlight as what a great investment in the community. Anna knows history, the city, culture and has great recommendations for you. Thanks for the city tour Anna.Amazing & helpful tour guide! Thank you.
bruk
3 May 2025
Anna knows her stuff and how to make it interesting. She gave us a great time, easy-going and fact-filled, not overwhelming at all. We were six in our group and we all loved it. Tor from Norway Like reconnecting with an old friend
Loretta
27 April 2025
Anna was wonderful. Very informed about her adopted city. Anna also customized the tour around our interests. We would highly recommend her. A new friend!
Julie
15 March 2025
Thank you Ann for such a wonderful afternoon in Helsinki! We stopped in this city on our way to Paris for an afternoon and an overnight and booked this tour to learn about the city. Ann was our guide and we are lucky for it. She is charming, warm, and taught us so much about this lovely, but cold, part of the world. I felt badly because although the locals thought the weather was particularly nice, I was absolutely freezing from the wind and not properly dressed, so I had to cut our tour short by about 30 minutes. If it hadn't been for that, we could have enjoyed Ann's company for much longer. We are hoping that American's are welcome again in the near future in Russia and hope to reach out to Ann to take us to St. Petersburg! Please book with this guide, she is fantastic and you will be so glad you did.Ann is Fantastic!!
Vivian
12 March 2025
Anna is the best tour guide, she is so much fun to be around and super knowledgeable. We had a wonderful time and learned so much. Thank you so much for a wonderful day Loved our tour!
Markus Wilhelm
7 March 2025
Anna provided a vast range of knowledge about the history, politics, culture, art, architecture and lifestyle of both Helsinki and Finland. Anna's tour's "USP" lies definitely in her personal biography: As she grew up in Russia (St. Petersburg) and later moved to Helsinki, she offers the different angles of views especially on the historical and political topics, which we thought was essential to get (at least a basic) understanding of Helsinki and Finland. On top of that Anna is lively, kind and tries to provide a very personal tour according to your interests. Highly recommendable!Interested in Helsinki? Let Ann take over!
Heather
12 February 2025
Nadja
26 January 2025
Dear Anne, we had a lot of private tours during the last years all over the world. You are a fantastic woman. Warmhearted, open, sheerful, funny, bubbly and you know everything about Helsinki and Finnland. You really showed us hidden gems of Helsinki. I won't tell them. ;-) You brought Helsinki into our heart. Thank you for that. We come back and will defnetly book you for another day. Lovely Greetings NadjaYou are a finnish gem Anne!!!
Jill Nicola
25 October 2024
Anna showed us all the best bits of Helsinki and told us so many interesting things about Finland its peoples and history. She was smiley and engaging, kind, thoughtful and responsive and also gave us great recommendations for things to do in our own time. You could not go wrong with her. A real joy to spend time with herLovely lady and excellent tour
Dave
25 October 2024
Anna was absolutely excellent to tour with. Her knowledge of Helsinki’s and Finlands history was fascinating and meaningful. I feel very grateful to have had the opportunity to tour with Anna. I can’t imagine all the things I would have missed out on without this tour and time with her. I would highly recommend Anna. Her communication skills and knowledge delivered significant value to my visit here.Helsinki Tour

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