Basic Finnish for tourists and travelers: Difference between revisions

→‎At the airport / port / terminal: fix linking + link to HSL app homepage
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At an R-kioski you can purchase single tickets, or much better: Get a (multi)day public transport pass ('''matkakortti''') for the public transport system as the single tickets are expensive and inconvenient for the traveler as they are valid for only 69 minutes (Helsinki internal) and 80 minutes (Helsinki-region).  
At an R-kioski you can purchase single tickets, or much better: Get a (multi)day public transport pass ('''matkakortti''') for the public transport system as the single tickets are expensive and inconvenient for the traveler as they are valid for only 69 minutes (Helsinki internal) and 80 minutes (Helsinki-region).  


Download the '''HSL App''' (HSL == Helsinki Region Transport Authority) for [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fi.hsl.app Android] or [https://itunes.apple.com/fi/app/apple-store/id1340229182 iOS]. Within the app you can access the in-house '''traveler router''' and also '''purchase tickets''', once you have registered your credit card in the app. For people with Finnish postpaid sims also payment in the phone bill is possible.
Download the '''[https://www.hsl.fi/en/app HSL App]''' (HSL == Helsinki Region Transport Authority) for [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fi.hsl.app Android] or [https://itunes.apple.com/fi/app/apple-store/id1340229182 iOS]. Within the app you can access the in-house '''traveler router''' and also '''purchase tickets''', once you have registered your credit card in the app. For people with Finnish postpaid sims also payment in the phone bill is possible.


Lets get your luggage to the hotel and you to enjoy the Finland.
Lets get your luggage to the hotel and you to enjoy the Finland.
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'''Ride-hailing apps'''
'''Ride-hailing apps'''
Operating in the Helsinki region are at least the following ride-hailing services: [[w:Uber|Uber]], [[w:Bolt]] and Yango ([[w:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandex.Taxi#In_Finland|Yandex.Taxi]]).
 
Operating in the Helsinki region are at least the following ride-hailing services: [[w:Uber|Uber]], [[w:Bolt (transportation platform)|Bolt]] and Yango ([[w:Yandex.Taxi#In_Finland|Yandex.Taxi]]).


'''Taxis'''
'''Taxis'''