Hotel St. George sits beside Helsinki’s peaceful Old Church Park and is within easy walking distance of the city centre yet far enough away to enjoy a less-hurried, more suburban style stay.

Each of the guest rooms and suites have been decorated individually in a Nordic style, to enhance their unique features such as stunning period architecture, a tower with cupula and an impressive private terrace. Artwork by renowned Finnish artists add pops of colour throughout and sometimes even a slightly theatrical note in a hotel that is otherwise relatively understated.

There’s a choice of drinks and dining options including, The Wintergarden, which is deserving of its name; a glass-roofed room is built around an open fire, the kind of place that welcomes guests for cocktails – so good that one is never enough. By morning St Georges Bakery takes centre stage, serving bread and pastries still warm from the oven. Downstairs, St. George Care, the hotel spa offers guests tailored treatments and well-being experiences. It’s a place to enjoy slow, do-nothing moments that a city break rarely leaves room for.