Accessible Mobility Equipment: Market Square & Rock Church

OVERVIEW

This excursion is for guests who are fully dependent on their mobility device. You will be required to supply your own wheelchair/scooter. Your mobility equipment (manual or electric) must not exceed the following dimensions: W 29", L 29", H 62".

Those guests that are companions, use a cane or walker, or have limited mobility issues must book the companion tour code HEL_A1 ACCESSIBLE-Companion- Market Square & Rock Church.

Tour includes step-free routes, shorter distances and no stairs. Accessible restrooms with wide doors for wheelchairs are present along the tour route. Vehicles are adapted with an access ramp (or lift where available) to accommodate a limited number of wheelchairs and/or mobility scooters. Guides are not allowed to push wheelchairs; therefore, guests needing special assistance must be accompanied by an able-bodied.

See the highlights in Helsinki’s city center and enjoy a stop in Market Square before visiting a contemporary underground church made of rock. As you proceed down the shop-lined boulevards, you will see landmarks such as Senate Square and the red-brick Uspenski Orthodox Church, the largest orthodox church in Western Europe. Completed in the mid-19th century, it features green-and-gold onion domes that are clearly Russian in design. Upon reaching Market Square near the harbor esplanade, you will have free time to browse the open-air stalls. More farmers market than flower market, it is a favorite for locals seeking items ranging from smoked fish to cloudberries. In the Toolo neighborhood, you will visit the Temppeliaukion Church. Built almost entirely underground with modern features such as a copper-wire ceiling, the church is barely visible from ground level. The space for the church was blasted out of solid granite in the 1960s and construction only took a year.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Enjoy a panoramic drive through downtown Helsinki while admiring its many landmarks.
• Browse the open-air stalls in Market Square, a favorite destination among the locals.
• Behold a modern church built almost entirely underground.

HELPFUL HINTS

• Dress in weather-appropriate clothing.