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Frommer's Highly Recommended

Despite its somewhat stern appearance (resembling a bulky and anonymous-looking office building), this hotel is one of the best in Helsinki, conveniently located in the city's commercial core opposite Stockmann's department store. Originally built in 1962 and much renovated since, it offers comfortable rooms outfitted with unusual textures, modern furniture, and good beds. Units within the hotel's original core are roomier (and hence at the higher end of the below-noted price scales) and somewhat better decorated. Some are within a neighboring annex connected by a passageway to the hotel's original core. Each of the rooms has dark wood furnishings, adequate work space, and patterned fabrics. Bathrooms throughout have neatly kept tub/shower combos. About 10 rooms boast a private sauna.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Scandinavia, 22nd Edition, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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