Scandic Simonkenttä

Not a comfortable night's sleep. We were three adults sharing a standard triple room. With the sofa bed out there was very little floorspace. However, the poor sleep was due to the room being too hot. The hotel advertises air conditioning, but it is really a sort of feeble climate control. The black knob on the wall will not cool the room much because it can't. This was explained twice on enquiring at separate times by the reception staff, with a shrug of the shoulders, and the comment that it was hot outside and there was nothing more to be done. Well, you could try opening the small side window, if you could cope with street noise at 2am of cars and motorcycles backfiring, trams squealing by and drunks on their way home. The windows were filthy on the outside, so opening one inwards wasn't pleasant either. Rooms are not cheap so one expects to sleep well as a minimum. Breakfast was good and the downstairs lounge areas very spacious and comfortable. If you have kids beware the nuts and sweets placed on the shelf above the mini bar (they are not a free welcome gift)