Helsinki-Vantaa Airport Photo Journey

This was our first time transiting though Helsinki. This trip was part vacation, and part tier point run to help us with our British Airways Executive Club Status. This trip would put Erika over the 1,500 tier points needed for Gold status, and help me retain silver status. We organized this trip to make sure we had an extra sector for the extra tier points flying from Helsinki to London. Therefore, we had a long layover in Helsinki that gave us time to go into the city, and time in the morning to get to the airport early to enjoy the lounge.

Being careful, we left Helsinki early in the morning. We stayed at the Holiday Inn Helsinki City Centre, in order to be directly next station. This decision made it very easy for us to get up, checkout, and hop on the train to the airport. Little did we know, that it would be so efficient, and we arrived at the airport maybe a little too early. Since the Finnair Lounge didn’t open until 6:00am, it gave us time to roam around the airport and get some photos.

Helsinki Airport is quite a treat. The nature themes running throughout the terminals definitely creates a calming atmosphere. Its nice to see plants growing all around, natural wood finishes, and bird sounds all around. We had a great time roaming around the terminals while there was hardly anyone else there. Enjoy!

A white and magenta train stopped at an underground airport station platform

An escalator beneath a blue Terminal sign on a concrete wall

Escalators descending through a tall concrete atrium toward a row of blue screens

A glowing blue TRAIN sign above a traveler pulling a white suitcase

A lit BVLGARI display framed by gold rope barriers in a quiet terminal

A wooden Christmas cabin display with flocked trees and a wreath in the terminal

A pale wood cabin interior with a sauna doorway and a Christmas advent calendar

Inside the Christmas cabin, a wooden table, rocking chair, rugs, and string lights

Close-up of a dark advent calendar with one door open on a Santa photo

A nearly empty terminal corridor with a polished floor and flight information screens

An empty gate area signed London Heathrow and 42, with desks and a luggage cart

A spacious gate lounge at night with tall windows, an oval rug, and low seating

Black benches and log stools under orange barrel lights beside tall terminal windows

Orange benches in a windowed gate hall beside a Finnair screen for London Heathrow

A traveler with a rolling bag browsing the pastry case at an R-kioski shop

A long lime-green sofa shaped like a mountain range under hanging pendant lights

A corridor of angular green seating, log stools, and parked luggage carts

Hexagonal benches on a circular rug between night windows and a wood-block wall

Glass entrance to the Maja Living Room, with forest murals visible inside

Black lounge chairs and log-stump stools beside forest photo panels

A Pre-flight Yoga poster beside beige beanbags on a green carpet

A Quiet Room with a wooden bench, slatted ceiling, and textured wood wall

A Quiet Room notice posted in English, Finnish, and Swedish

The Finnair Lounge name on a white wall beside a closed metal grille

White spherical pod chairs facing a lounge bar backed by a wood-slat wall

A curved blue sofa under a cloud of hanging lights near the lounge buffet

A circular granite bar stocked with bottles, ringed by stools and blue seating

Blue curved sofas filling a dim lounge beside a granite bar and dark windows

Glass bowls of cookies arranged around a pineapple on a speckled tray

Two glasses of pink drink and a bowl of grapefruit and kiwi on a side table

A restroom hallway lined with light wood stall doors and oval mirrors

A long restroom sink counter with oval mirrors and tall vertical lights

Wall-mounted pump bottles of L:A Bruket hand wash and hand cream

Gray sofas and sage armchairs divided by partitions beneath white curtains

A close view of a white spherical chair with a black cushioned interior

A Finnair jet parked at a jet bridge on a cloudy apron