The city is located in the Uusimaa region in the southern part of the country, on the shores of the Gulf of Finland.

It is called the “Daughter of the Baltic” or the “Pearl of the Baltic Sea” and lies at the tip of a peninsula and on 315 islands.

The main Helsinki islands are: Seurasaari, Vallisaari, Lauttasaari, Korkeasaari.