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Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna Helsinki

4.0 star property

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Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Parking available
  • Breakfast included
  • Room service
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Pet friendly

Explore the area

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Asema-Aukio 2, Helsinki, 00100
  • Senate Square
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Finlandia Hall
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Helsinki Cathedral
    ‪11 min walk‬
  • Helsinki (HEL-Vantaa)
    ‪40 min drive‬

Room options

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Superior Room, 1 King Bed (extra bed possibility) | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Superior Room, 1 King Bed (extra bed possibility)

  • 323 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Twin Room | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Standard Twin Room

  • 205 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Superior Room, 1 King Bed | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Superior Room, 1 King Bed

  • 269 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Twin Room (extra bed possibility) | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Standard Twin Room (extra bed possibility)

  • 312 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Superior Twin Room (extra bed possibility) | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Superior Twin Room (extra bed possibility)

  • 323 sq ft
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Superior Room, 1 Queen Bed | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Superior Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • 161 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • 172 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Business Suite | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Business Suite

  • 431 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Standard Room, 1 King Bed | Minibar, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

  • 215 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna Helsinki

4-star Helsinki hotel, connected to a shopping center in Helsinki City Centre
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a bar/lounge and a snack bar/deli. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include a sauna, self parking, and dry cleaning. Housekeeping is available on request.
Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna Helsinki offers 340 accommodations with minibars and safes. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms. Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers with deep soaking bathtubs, bidets, and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks, complimentary newspapers, and phones. Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is provided on request.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a sauna.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.

7 meeting rooms are available. This eco-certified hotel also offers a sauna, a terrace, and multilingual staff. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).

Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna Helsinki is a smoke-free property.

A complimentary buffet breakfast is served on weekdays between 6:30 AM and 10:00 AM and on weekends between 7:00 AM and 11:00 AM.
10 Kerros - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Green Key (Foundation for Environmental Education), a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

Languages

English, Finnish, French, German, Russian, Swedish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Self parking on site (EUR 32 per day)

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available 6:30 AM to 10:00 AM on weekdays and 7:00 AM to 11:00 AM on weekends
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • 10 Kerros

Things to do

  • Sauna
  • Shopping mall

Family friendly

  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Guidebooks
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Multilingual staff

Business services

  • 7 meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

More

  • 1 building
  • 10 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1952
  • Communal living room
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Bidet
  • Deep soaking bathtub
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Limited room service
  • Minibar

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Free daily newspapers
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Soundproofed rooms

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 6 PM

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 15 per accommodation, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Specific rooms only; pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
Food and water bowls are available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 20.0 per night

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Self parking fee: EUR 32 per day
  • Pet fee: EUR 15 per accommodation, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Rollaway bed fee: EUR 20.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, a smoke detector, a security system, a first aid kit, and window guards

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Sokos Hotel Vaakuna
Sokos Hotel Vaakuna Helsinki
Sokos Vaakuna
Sokos Vaakuna Helsinki
Vaakuna
Vaakuna Sokos Hotel
Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna Helsinki
Original Sokos Vaakuna Helsinki
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Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna Helsinki Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 523 out of 1001 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 360 out of 1001 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 70 out of 1001 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 31 out of 1001 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 1001 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Damaris

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff is excellent, the location is great right in front of the main train station and the bus. Great hotel with excellent dining the breakfast is the best in town.
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Rina Arip

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel double charged me for my stay. It is such a disappointment to be cheated by a well known hotel chain. it is truly disgusting.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Anne

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great breakfasts! (though, no fish at breakfast buffet??).
Stayed 8 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lottie

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love this hotel in central Helsinki. Friendly staff, great breakfast and you can’t beat the location. Great history too as the hotel was opened for the Helsinki Olympics in the 50s.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marguerite

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay
Great location. Close to sights and shops. Lovely clean room
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

CHANDRACHUR

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

graham

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dennis

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
On previous trips we have stayed at a different hotel in the same area near the train station. This is now our 'go to' hotel when we visit Helsinki!!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marko

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Karen Saunders

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved my stay here! The hotel is literally across from the train station making it easy to get to and from the airport. It is also very close to all the trams. The room was larger than most and even included a bath robe! The bed was very comfortable. I would definitely stay here again!!
Stayed 8 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

JOANN

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved the view, so glad I upgraded to a room with balcony!! Also enjoyed the roof top bar!!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lei

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

SINATH

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good customer service.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

robert

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kirk

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really loved staying here. The room was clean and quiet. Great views (we were on the 8th floor) easy access to buses, trams, trains. 10th floor breakfast was amazing. If you have the chance to meet Adam there he is a wonderful young man. Sauna was excellent. Staff at the hotel were friendly, kind and helpful. All the suites were close by, eating was close by. Korvapuusti is a must and Lidl has them very inexpensive.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Cheri

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We were only here for one night and it's a great location. The check in took forever and it wasn't organized at all (the only real complaint if I had one). They just need to add ropes for a line formation or something. We chose a view of the shopping center and I wish I would've chosen something else. My fault! It's a great location and we walked everywhere, to that's a bonus. The room itself was clean and so was the property.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jeane, Rockford

Traveled with family
Liked: Amenities
The location is perfect with lots of shopping, dining, and attractions very close by. Our room had a magnificent view of the train station. The best part was the fabulous breakfast buffet on the rooftop. Stunning! The staff was helpful and friendly. We had a wonderful stay in Helsinki!
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ann

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Architectural gem in center city
Great location for arrivals from the train, with centre city at your feet and all transit options nearby. For architecture buffs this 1952 era hotel is a must see - the public spaces (lobby, 8th floor elevator space, restaurant) are gorgeously detailed and retain their integrity.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Jack

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Convenient but rooms a little drab even though they are clean and practical. Breakfast congested but a big hotel.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elaine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kim

Traveled with family
Great location when taking the train from the airport. Would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

E

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Right in front of the train station and surrounded by trams. There is a huge store and supermarket right underneath the hotel. The breakfast room is sumptuous and overlooking the city (10th floor) and the buffet (included with the room) is the largest I have seen in a hotel. Our room (2-twin beds and an extra bunk bed) had hard wood floors and was larger than regular 2-twin rooms. I asked for a quiet spot and it was definitely very quiet indeed.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024