What kind of experience are you looking for?
And which city?
ChangeCheckpoint: Senate Square
Navigate to Senate Square (Senaatintori) in front of the white Helsinki Cathedral. Check in.
Checkpoint: Suomenlinna
Take the ferry to Suomenlinna sea fortress and check in once you land on the island.
Checkpoint: Temppeliaukio
Navigate to Temppeliaukio (the Rock Church) and check in.
Helsinki finale
Final challenge. Find a beautiful Helsinki spot (a harbor, a tram view, a sauna sunset) and take an amazing group photo.
Helsinki kick-off
The hunt begins! Find a typical Helsinki backdrop (a tram, a Marimekko window, a sauna sign) and take a group photo with everyone striking a Finnish-cool pose.
Karelian pasty moment
Karjalanpiirakka (Karelian pasty) is the Finnish breakfast classic. Find one at a bakery and take a group photo of everyone biting into one.
Local Helsingin tip
Convince a local to share a tip about the city. Take a photo with your impromptu guide.
Marimekko pattern hunt
Marimekko is Finnish design royalty. Find a Marimekko shop window or a poppy-print bag and take a team photo with the pattern visible.
Market Square food shot
At Kauppatori: find the most colorful market stall (berries, fish, salmon soup) and take a team photo of everyone holding something they're about to taste.
Rock Church pose
Inside or outside the Rock Church: take a group photo where everyone gazes up at the copper-domed ceiling (or a copper-colored pose if outside).
Sauna selfie
Finland has more saunas than cars. Find a sauna sign or a public sauna entrance (Löyly, Kotiharju, anywhere). Take a team photo with the sign in shot. Actually going in is bonus.
Skyline cheers Helsinki
Find a harbor-side terrace, raise a glass (Lapin Kulta is the local beer) and take a group toast photo. Kippis!
Spot a "happy and bizarre" sauna boat or Allas
Find Helsinki's sauna boats, Löyly's sloped roof, or the Allas Sea Pool. Photograph the sauna culture in action.
Spot a coffee cup (kahvi)
Finns are the world's biggest coffee drinkers per capita. Find a freshly brewed mug at a café or kahvila and photograph it.
Spot a Fazer chocolate
Find a Fazer chocolate (the blue Fazer Sininen wrapper, a Geisha bar, a salty-licorice version) in a shop window. Photograph the wrapper.
Spot a Finnish berry bowl
Find a bowl of cloudberries, bilberries or lingonberries at the Market Square. Photograph the colours.
Spot a Finnish design Alvar Aalto curve
Find an Alvar Aalto design (Stool 60, Savoy Vase, Aalto-designed building like Finlandia Hall). Photograph the curved silhouette.
Spot a Finnish design shop window
Find a window with Iittala glassware, Marimekko fabric or Artek furniture. The clean lines say Helsinki. Photograph the window curation.
Spot a Finnish summer cottage poster
Find a Finnish summer cottage reference (a mökki on a postcard, brochure or print). The wooden lakeside cabin is the Finnish dream. Photograph it.
Spot a Helsinki Cathedral angel statue
On Helsinki Cathedral's roof stand 12 zinc apostle statues. Find one and photograph the silhouette against the sky.
Spot a Helsinki Central Library Oodi
Walk to the Oodi Central Library, the curving wood-and-glass building near Parliament. Photograph the timber prow.
Spot a Helsinki Christmas market (Tuomaan Markkinat)
In December find Senate Square's Tuomaan Markkinat Christmas market with wooden stalls and glogi. The rest of the year, find a Christmas-themed shop window or souvenir. Photograph the scene.
Spot a Helsinki Metro M
Find the orange-and-white M sign at any Helsinki Metro entrance. Photograph the sign.
Spot a Helsinki street sausage stall
Find a Finnish makkara (sausage) stall or the salmon-soup pot at the Market Square. Photograph the steaming food.