Wondering if anyone can provide a little help for what to do / where to go in Helsinki over New years.
My girlfriend and I are staying for 4 nights (29th December 2nd January) and plan to go to Senate Square for the fireworks for New Years Eve. I'm a bit concerned about where to eat that evening as a few people on the forum have said Helsinki can get incredibly busy during new Years. Is it advisable to book a table when we arrive in Helsinki or shall I try and book a table somehow much earlier? We've never been before so have no idea where to go. Could anyone recommend some restaurants that we could possibly go to (nothing too classy!)?
After 12, will it be easy to get into bars? Or will it be ticket only? I can't really face walking round a dozen bars trying to get in somewhere at that time of year! Again. If anyone can recommend a few good places, I would appreciate it!
We would quite like to do a boat tour and see some of the islands, can anyone recommend a good company to go through? Bearing in mind our length of time there we can't really go too far from Helsinki so a tour lasting a few hours would be ideal.
Thanks for taking the time to read!
Steve