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Helsinki Expert 's hotel-booking service, with branches at the TI and the
train station, can reserve a hotel room for you (€8 booking fee for walk-ins, no
fee for requests by phone or email, www.helsinkiexpert.com , also see here ) .
Central Hotels
$$ Hotel Anna is comfortable and feels like home. Its 64 rooms are effi-
ciently run as a fundraiser for the Finnish Free Church. For more air in the
rooms, ask at the desk for a key to open the larger windows (Sb-€110/€80,
Db-€145/€115, extra bed-€15, reserve by email and mention this topic for
these prices, often €15-25 per room cheaper in winter or when slow, worth
checking website for deals, free Wi-Fi and Internet access, non-smoking,
4 blocks south of the top of the Esplanade—take tram #2/#3 to Iso Roob-
ertinkatu, Annankatu 1, tel. [phone], fax [phone], www.hotelanna.fi ,
[e-mail] ).
$$ Hotel Arthur, a five-minute walk from the train station on a quiet
street, is run by the YMCA, with 182 forgettable, industrial-strength rooms
(S-€65/€55, Sb-€110/€80, small twin Db-€130/€100, nicer Db-€150/€120, ex-
tra bed-€20, weekend rates also valid Sun night, free Wi-Fi, sauna-€6/hour,
non-smoking, by Kaisaniemi tram stop at Vuorikatu 19, tel. [phone], fax
09/626-880, www.hotelarthur.fi , [e-mail] ) .
$$ Hotelli Finn is inexpensive, newly renovated, and wonderfully central.
It's stowed quietly on the sixth floor of an office building near the top of the
Esplanade. It's also consciously short on amenities: no shower curtains in the
tiny bathrooms, no desks or chairs in the rooms, no breakfast (though a nearby
bakery offers a €7 buffet spread), no real lobby or common space. The price
and location are right, though, and it's a good value for a quick stay when oth-
er places aren't discounting (Sb-€69, Db-€79-99, third or fourth person-about
€15, best to reserve on website, free Wi-Fi, Kalevankatu 3B, tel. [phone],
fax [phone], www.hotellifinn.fi , [e-mail] ) .