Hotel Indigo Boulevard, Helsinki
Expert reviews
“Opened in 2015, the 120-room Hotel Indigo Helsinki is in the central Design District and features made-in-Helsinki details ranging from decorative murals painted by local artists to the Pelago bikes available for guests to ride around town.”
Featured in 36 Hours in Helsinki by The New York Times.
What guests liked
- Top location
- Comfortable beds
- Private parking
- Excellent Wifi
- Friendly staff
- Buffet breakfast
All you need to know
Only 1,950 feet from the Kamppi Metro Station, Hotel Indigo is located in the trendy Punavuori neighborhood, on the historic Bulevardi Avenue. This hotel feels luxuriously contemporary with modern decor, hardwood floors, and rainfall showers. Rooms feature plenty of natural light, accentuated by Scandinavian furniture. There are room options for every kind of traveler, including king rooms, queen rooms, double twin rooms, and suites.
Hotel Indigo is eco-friendly and provides plenty of fantastic amenities, such as in-room bathrobes, electric car-charging stations, free WiFi, a free 24-hour gym, and a complimentary Finnish sauna. The Brod Punavuori, the onsite restaurant, serves a mix of Scandinavian, European, and Helsinkian fare. This urban bistro offers each guest freshly-baked bread in baking tins, and everything on the menu is sourced from local and seasonal ingredients.
In addition to the many amenities and elegant atmosphere, Hotel Indigo is located in one of Helsinki’s top neighborhoods. Nestled in the Design District, the nearby streets have some of the best local boutiques in the city, along with larger stores like Stockmann Department Store, only a ten-minute walk to the hotel.
Other nearby attractions include the Design Museum, Sinebrychoff Art Museum, Old Church Park, the Swedish Theatre, and the Museum of Finnish Architecture. Several restaurants are also located within walking distance, including Ekbergs, Hemingway’s Bar and Cafe, and Kaarle XII. Hotel Indigo is a fantastic option for unbeatable prices, an excellent Helsinki location, and friendly, English-speaking staff.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
27 August 2024
Perfect location for sightseeing
Excellent facilities to use in the hotel, breakfast was brilliant, lots to choose from
Dairy free/ vegetarian food options were limited
12 August 2024
Excellent room, location, breakfast and very helpful staff. Would recommend to anyone.
The room was spacious and well designed, breakfast was excellent.
11 August 2024
Thankyou! Staying here made my time in Helsinki even better.
Everything! The location, comfort, staff, breakfast, sauna! All amazing
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11 August 2024
Excellent
Good location, helpful staff and good breakfast
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11 August 2024
Exceptional
Loved our accommodation. Modern, clean and close to everything..
11 August 2024
If in Helsinki again, we will stay there and recommend to others we may know who are visiting.
Breakfast staff were very pleasant and helpful and there was a personal touch to the breakfast. It was nice that coffee and tea were brought to the table in pots. We liked the big bowl of fruit salad and was kept topped up. Location - fairly central served well by the local frequent tram service to many parts of the city.
9 August 2024
Very happy - would recommend
Good size rooms. Clean, great amenities & centrally located.
7 August 2024
A good place to stay in Helsinki
Really nice hotel with good amenities and very comfortable. Great location and the staff were really friendly and always helpful.
Air conditioner didn’t really cool the room down. But given it wasn’t really hot, it wasn’t so bad. I popped the window and it was fine.
5 August 2024
Overall a perfect stay in Helsinki - and I will gladly come back.
We got an extraordinary good price incl breakfast (est 120 Euros/night), the location was perfect for both walking and using the tram to the city center and various museums and sights, good breakfast, spacy rooms, all personell servicemindet and cosy cafes near by. Would I be back? Definitely!
When asking for taxi to the airport (fixed price in Helsinki of 35 Euros) they could have told us upfront, that the 'taxi' which was ready was their own hotel car at 45 Euros. Extra price is normal for such car service - but we were not aware until the mercedes was holding out side.
4 August 2024
Would recommend.
Rooms well furnished and comfortable. Great location.
Strange smell on room, and room too hot.
4 August 2024
Lovely hotel, friendly staff, top-notch breakfast
Very friendly staff, amazing breakfast and a really nice room. Location is great and I appreciated a quiet room as per request.
It took a while to check in due to a long queue and only one person at the reception. A/c wasn't efficient in the room, was a bit too warm for my liking.
3 August 2024
Loved it and will be back.
Great location, super clean, modern new decor and had a free room upgrade!
Didn’t have breakfast so can comment on quality, but price did seem pretty steep.
1 August 2024
Exceptional
Location, nice comfy bed, nice breakfest,
31 July 2024
Exceptional
We had a great time staying in the hotel Indigo. The hotel is very clean and has a nice modern style. Staff was really helpful and friendly. We were allowed to check in early which really made it easy for us just to head out to explore Helsinki. We absolutely loved the comfortable beds and the bathroom with roomy shower. We started our day with their breakfast of great variety. They offer a buffet and also ordered warm breakfast from a menu, so you'll be sure to find something you'll like. The breakfast was available until 11 am and late checkout at 12 suited us perfectly. We have absolutely nothing to complain about and hence we're happy to leave an honest high rate review for the hotel. Looking forward to stay here again!
29 July 2024
Very good hotel for a short visit to Helsinki
Nice staff and excellent central location just next to a tram stop. Good breakfast and reasonable room.
The extras on offer for breakfast were on delivery a bit disappointing - lukewarm eggs benedict are not terribly exciting.
29 July 2024
Excellent!
Excellent breakfast! Hotel is in walking distance to the all the lovely spots in Helsinki!
24 July 2024
I give you a B- and I just stayed at an Indigo jewel in Krakow
Location. Breakfast. Staff are courteous and always smiling. Housekeeping is very attentive. Love the sauna.
No ac which is understandable given it’s location (far north). However, the windows have restrictions on how wide you can open them which really does limit airflow. You can ask for a fan and you’re given a very small desk fan.
19 July 2024
Good central hotel
Location good. Excellent breakfast. Friendly efficient staff. Good wifi.
Could hear some kind of mechanical noise possibly extracter fan or central aircon unit at the end of floor 5 I was located on. It was irritating and slightly sleep disturbing.
19 July 2024
Fabulous
The international atmosphere. The coziness. The excellent bed. The quietness.
17 July 2024
Exceptional
Central location. Sauna available (gender separated). Sizable room. Friendly staff.
15 July 2024
Exceptional
Super friendly staff, very clean and stylish room, comfy mattress, nice view.
12 July 2024
Indigo stay
Location was great. Staff were very helpful and friendly
Squat rack in gym, would have been superb! Little too basic for my strength training needs. Both most hotel gyms are. This is not a complaint, merely a preference.
12 July 2024
In one word, perfect.
All went well, this hotel exceeding our expectations and will defintely make this our go to hotel in the cities we visit.
All was good, keep up the good work.
7 July 2024
Great visit overall!
Breakfast was really delicious. Linen and things were comfortable.
I love sauna, and I was only able to have sauna once in my three days visit because of the opening hours. That was the only minus thing during my visit.
5 July 2024
Fabulous
Very good breakfast and kind people
Gym with few tools
4 July 2024
Exceptional
We truly enjoyed our stay in this hotel. Perfect location, super friendly staff, breakfast is exceptionally good, the room is spacious and clean and the food at their Brod restaurant is incredibly good! Hats off to the chef who serves only fresh products and excellent tasteful food. I genuinely and highly recommend this hotel. To the IHG Corporate, you must reward the team from Hotel Indigo Helsinki for bringing your brand an impeccable image.
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2 July 2024
Fabulous
Clean, comfortable rooms in a great location
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2 July 2024
Very pleasant
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29 June 2024
Absolute top stay
Excellent breakfast, very modern clean and comfortable room, insanely comfy bed
Nothing, our stay was perfect!
28 June 2024
Perfectly comfortable and pleasant.
The location was incredible! The staff were all so friendly as well. Room was cosy but well organised so it felt like you had plenty of room. Very clean room.
On my last day there was an unpleasant smell downstairs and in the lift on the right hand side. Smelt like sewage.
27 June 2024
Exceptional
Clean and quiet, with all comforts provided. Very friendly staff, and the breakfast was great. The location is 15 mins from the main station, 10 mins from the harbor and easy to access with public transport. Would definitely recommend it.
25 June 2024
Great location and very comfortable rooms with breakfast included.
During my recent travels and stays at many different hotels, this was my favorite. Our room was very spacious, comfortable and clean. We had no problems whatsoever and the staff was very helpful and accommodating. In addition, we felt the location was very good as we were able to walk to many different sites, restaurants, etc.
Our first morning we missed the included breakfast by 10 minutes. Totally our fault but it would have been nice if we could have just grabbed a croissant or something. Fortunately there was a wonderful bakery across the street. I can't think of any negatives and as I said earlier, this was our favorite hotel of our recent travels.
23 June 2024
Amazing hotel in the heart of Helsinki
I loved the decor of the hotel, the cleanliness and the location. The location was better than I thought it would be. Beautiful street, close to everything. The comfort was enjoyable in my amazingly clean and bright designer room, I felt really good and it was hard to leave. I loved sitting in the comfy, huge lounge chair sipping coffee. I got to pick the room I wanted, with a view over Bulevardi. The windows are well soundproofed. Reception staff was amazing and nice. A special thank you to Barbara, the cleaning lady who was always smiling and nice. I would stay there again.
The ladies' slots for the sauna were only 2 hrs per day, I guess due to renovation, which I did not know about beforehand when I booked the hotel. For my part, 8 am (on weekends) is way too early in the morning when you are on a holiday, and 5 pm (weekdays) is the time when you are still out exploring the city. So that's why I missed the sauna and I was disappointed.
20 June 2024
Greate!
The room was clean and comfortable. The breakfast was amazing!
18 June 2024
Would stay again!
Nice location, very clean rooms, helpful staff.
13 June 2024
Fabulous
Pricy but a good property.
View. Breakfast was 30+ Euros!
13 June 2024
Fantastic hotel, would love to return
Great modern, clean and spacious room, fantastic breakfast with many choices and the staff are really friendly and approachable.
Nothing - I travelled around Europe for three weeks and this was the best room I had on the trip (price was similar to the others I stayed at).
10 June 2024
It is a simple, but rather cosy hotel with a quite modern design.
I enjoyed the breakfast very much. There is a buffet breakfast, but some of the dishes are made to order. You can choose one dish from the menu, e.g. either omlet, poached eggs, pancakes, etc
10 June 2024
Lovely stay, great location for us, staff were great. Would highly recommend.
Staff were welcoming on arrival, chatty and friendly. All staff were great.
We didn’t have a sign to put on the door saying do not disturb or make the room up. A small thing but we did have to answer the door a couple of times when the cleaner knocked on.
6 June 2024
good funky place to stay
very comfortable especially after we paid to upgrade our room to a bigger one. excellent breakfast
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2 June 2024
Exceptional
Always love it here! The Staff is the best 😊 The new breakfast including the buffet is very good! The coffee from Kaffa Roastary, yummy warm options, fruits, smoothie… everything for a good start into the day! Can’t wait to be back in September!!!
30 May 2024
Fabulous
there was no toothbrush. nice for the rest.
26 May 2024
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Can’t go wrong here as it’s in a great location - itself smart and tidy and next to a nice hotel with an authentic restaurant where we ate like royalty! Had breakfasts at the Ekberg 1852.
Slowest check-in considering it’s an IHG hotel and I’m an Ambassador.
25 May 2024
Tours with Apoo
Hospitality was outstanding... Gave all information with a smile
Breakfast should have better options. Sauna was impractical to use
19 May 2024
A very pleasant stay. Good food, efficient and helpful staff. Great location for places of interest.
Complimentary minibar with our room rate; staff; design features; location; outstanding breakfast choices.
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17 May 2024
Exceptional
Breakfast was good.
5 May 2024
Fresh and comfortable hotel in central Helsinki
This was a great experience! I slept so comfortably that I had to ask in the reception what kind of bed it was! The breakfast was also fantastic, my 16-year old daughter and I really enjoyed it!
Everything was perfect!
3 May 2024
Fabulous
The room was excellent, comfortable and quiet. I love the sauna. Very nice breakfast.
24 April 2024
comfortable
Friendly staff, attentive cleaning, comfortable throughout our stay. Breakfast was of good quality and well prepared, and the hot meals to choose from were very tasty with a good variety. I would stay here again next year.
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Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Facilities for disabled guests
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
- - Designated smoking area
- - Shared lounge/TV area
- - Pet basket
- - Pet bowls
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Express check-in/check-out
- - Luggage storage
- - Invoice provided
Activities
- - Sauna
- - Fitness centre
- - Cycling
- - Steam room
- - Fitness
- - Temporary art galleries
- - Bicycle rental
Outdoors
- - Terrace
- - Outdoor furniture
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Entertainment and family services
- - Board games/puzzles
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Electric vehicle charging station
- - Accessible parking
Transport
- - Public transport tickets (additional charge)
Accessibility
- - Wheelchair accessible
- - Toilet with grab rails
- - Higher level toilet
- - Lower bathroom sink
- - Emergency cord in bathroom
Miscellaneous
- - Key card access
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Breakfast takeaway containers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Thermometers for guests provided by property
- - Face masks for guests available
29 August 2024
Fabulous