How to reach the World Design Capital?

What can I do, see and experience in the World Design Capital? Where should I stay, party and eat? How should I travel? What are the best ways of moving around?

1. Websites of the tourist information offices of Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Lahti:

Visit Helsinki

Visit Espoo

Vantaa Tourist Information

Kauniainen Travel and Transport

Lahti Travel

2. VisitFinland, VisitFinland MAPit! and Discovering Finland

- Information about Finland and Helsinki in 11 languages.
Visit Finland
Visit Finland MAPit!

- Information about Finland and Helsinki in 4 languages.
Discovering Finland

3. Our travel partners

Blue1: A Finnish airline whose services are built around innovation and design thinking
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Blue1 on the WDC 2012 Partner site


Viking Line: A sea travel company for whom traditions and design thinking form a constantly evolving whole.
Viking Line on the WDC Partner site
Reservations

4. Other useful sites for tourists:

Helsinki This Week

- Events, happenings and exhibitions.

Design District Helsinki
 
- Information about a concentration of design shops, exhibitions and events in south Helsinki.

Nopsa Travels: Routes

- Nopsa introduces you to aspects of the World Design Capital that the ordinary tourist might not otherwise find. Routes include for example flea market tours and ghost tours that can be taken independently and free of charge.

We Are Helsinki

- Events, phenomena, people and operators in Helsinki. Also published as a free paper. Their excellent newsletter WAH Weekly can be subscribed here.

We Love Helsinki

- Various urban events in Helsinki, such as old-style dances.

Reittiopas

- Online guide for local public transport in the Helsinki area (Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa).