Nordic Hotel Forum

The hotel is in a great location. I arrived on the Tallink ferry from Helsinki and walked towards the Viru hotel tower (less than 10 min walk). The Nordic is right across the street from this tower so it is easy to find. From the hotel there is one street to cross and you are at the Viru Gate to old town (this is the location of the hop on hop off bus). It felt safe to walk to the bus, tram, ferry terminal, and to old town. The staff was professional and very helpful when asked questions about the hotel or about their city. The hotel room was nice (carpet has been written up in other reviews) and seemed to have a little more room than some other European rooms. The bathroom had a stand up shower with a high shower head and no tub (which works great for me). The slippers, bars of soap and bottles of shampoo made you feel like you were levels ahead of most of the other hotels in Europe. There is a safe and the tv has a clock on the bottom of it. The pool was smaller but was very nice. One of the reasons I picked this hotel was because it is written up as a quiet hotel with comfortable beds and both of those things are true. This hotel is a true 4 star European hotel.