Fennia Palace stands at Lapuankatu 4 in central Helsinki. Guest accommodation, a full gaming floor, several dining halls and quiet wellness areas operate under one roof. Open year-round for overnight stays and day visits.
Book a RoomA working casino hotel resort in Helsinki with overnight rooms, table games, machine areas, meal venues and recovery spaces. Everything is reachable on foot inside the building.
Two hundred forty rooms across eight floors. Quiet corridors, blackout curtains, work desks and city or courtyard views. Housekeeping twice daily on request.
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Eighty-five thousand square feet of tables and machines. Separate zones for cards, roulette and electronic play. Staff hosts available for registered overnight guests.
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Six separate venues ranging from early breakfast service to late-night kitchen. Local ingredients where possible. Open seating and reserved tables both available.
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Thermal pools, quiet rooms and treatment cabins. Open from morning until evening. Day passes sold to non-residents when capacity allows.
Wellness details →Opened in 2012 after three years of construction on a former warehouse plot near the central railway station. The building was planned as a combined hotel and gaming house from the first drawings.
Site acquisition and initial permits filed with Helsinki city planning. Original warehouse structures cleared.
Main construction phase. Steel frame, façade cladding and internal zoning for hotel floors and ground-level gaming areas completed.
First guests checked in during autumn. Gaming floor opened the same week under Finnish regulatory oversight.
Expansion of wellness wing and addition of two new dining halls. Room count increased from 180 to 240.
Full interior refresh of public corridors and gaming zones. New ventilation and acoustic treatments installed.
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"Checked in after a long train ride from Turku. Room was ready, quiet, and the desk lamp actually worked for evening work. Gaming floor was easy to find from the lobby. Staff at the front desk answered questions without rushing."
"Came for a weekend table-game session and ended up staying two extra nights. The late kitchen stayed open past midnight which helped. Pool area in the wellness wing was clean and not overcrowded on a weekday morning."
"Location near the station is practical. Room size matched the description. Breakfast service started early enough for an airport transfer. Would book again for a mid-week visit."
"First time staying at a casino hotel in Finland. The separation between gaming areas and sleeping floors works well. No noise reached our room on the sixth floor. Concierge helped with tram tickets."
Reception operates twenty-four hours. Luggage storage is free for registered guests on departure day. Early check-in requests are handled when rooms become available after cleaning cycles. Same-day laundry and pressing can be arranged through the desk.
Three meeting rooms on the second floor hold between twelve and forty people. Basic audiovisual equipment is included. Catering from the main kitchen can be ordered for morning or afternoon sessions. Bookings are accepted up to ninety days ahead.
Helsinki central railway station is a short walk. Tram lines stop near Lapuankatu. Taxi ranks operate outside the main entrance during peak evening hours. Airport transfers can be arranged through the reception team for a fixed fee schedule available at the desk.
Step-free access from street level to lobby, gaming floor and restaurant levels. Several guest rooms are configured for wheelchair users. Lifts serve all floors. Staff receive regular training on assisting guests with mobility or sensory needs.
Lapuankatu 4, 00100 Helsinki, Finland. The building faces a quiet side street a few blocks from the main railway station and the central business district.
Walking distances: central railway station approximately eight minutes, Kamppi shopping area twelve minutes, waterfront promenade fifteen minutes. Parking is available in an adjacent multi-storey facility with direct covered access to the hotel lobby. Bicycle racks are located near the side entrance.
Public transport: tram stops within two hundred metres. Bus connections to the airport run frequently from the station area. Guests arriving by ferry from Sweden or Estonia can reach the property by tram or taxi in under twenty-five minutes from the main terminals.
Operational notes that help first-time visitors understand the layout and schedule.
Central heating and cooling maintain steady temperatures across public and private areas. Fresh-air exchange rates meet Finnish building standards. Smoking is restricted to designated outdoor zones only. All indoor spaces are non-smoking.
Licensed security personnel monitor public floors around the clock. CCTV covers entrances, gaming areas and corridors. Access to guest floors requires key cards after 22:00. Lost property is held at reception for thirty days.
Reception and gaming floor staff speak Finnish, Swedish and English. Additional language assistance can be requested for longer stays. Printed materials are available in Finnish and English.
During summer months the outdoor terrace near the pool area remains open later. Winter operations focus on indoor spaces. Holiday periods may bring extended restaurant hours and additional staffing on the gaming floor.
Guest floors are separated from the gaming and dining levels by two intermediate service floors. Acoustic insulation was upgraded in 2022. Quiet hours are observed from 23:00 to 07:00 on the accommodation levels. Soft-close doors and carpeted corridors reduce corridor noise.
Wireless network covers all rooms and public areas without additional charge for registered guests. Bandwidth is shared and prioritised for basic browsing and video calls. A small business centre with printing facilities sits next to the second-floor meeting rooms.
Families are welcome in the hotel section. Gaming areas are restricted to adults aged eighteen and over in accordance with Finnish regulations. High chairs and extra beds can be requested at booking. A small play corner is available near the breakfast hall during morning hours.