We stayed here our first night in Helsinki. I wanted to start exploring Helsinki with the fortress and island. What bettter way to do it than to stay on the island? Which we did, even though we arrived late afternoon. But with all that daylight mid-July night time is far, far away. The Suomenlinna Hostel is quite close to the... More

cool location if u want something cheap.and quiet and on the historic island of suomelnina... there is one drawback is that last ferry to island is at 2am so u stay in helsinki till 6am if u miss the last boat :))

This is the cleanest hostel I've ever stayed in and one of the most beautifully designed. It's an old school building and the dorms are mostly converted classrooms. They have paid attention to every detail with this place, everything looked good quality. The hostel was fairly quiet whilst we were there, and I saw guests as young as 2 and... More

Not much to write about the actual hostel itself. It's average in terms of room size and numbers - from memory 6 or 8 per room. There's only one light in the room also, so bring yourself a heard torch if you're wanting to move around at night. With that said, it's clean, the bathrooms are well maintained and breakfast... More

Hostel Suomenlinna, like the island itself is incredibly quiet in winter. However it has a lot of natural beauty and a good nightlife to recommend itself. The heritage listed hostel building offers spacious, comfortable and well lit rooms with very clean shared bathrooms. There is a decent kitchen and eating/social space where you can meet other guests. It only looked... More

I booked this hostel based on recommendations by friends. Honestly I've been the better. The price for a private room was 50 euros and breakfast was NOT included. Also, you have to take a ferry to and from the island to get out to Helsinki and the ferry only runs once or twice and hour! Not very convenient. In addition,... More

I left it til the last minute to book hostel accomodation in Helsinki and as it was the May bank holiday weekend, the only available hostel was on Suomelinna, which is an island about 15 minutes boat ride from Helsinki centre. I was slightly apprehensive about this as I thought I would be quite isolated and it would be difficult... More