Helsinki, Your Uber is Arriving Now!

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Helsinki — Daughter of the Baltic, pioneer of mobile technology, gateway to the Northern Lights and the midnight sun — your Uber is arriving now!

We are rolling into the Finnish capital in time for Slush Conference, where entrepreneurs, investors and policy makers from all over Europe gather for the Nordics’ most important tech conference.

Former  Minister of Parliament Jyrki Kasvi snagged the first Uber, when he was picked up and chauffeured to Messukeskus.

UberBLACK is your on-demand private driver. Uber partners with the licensed limousine professionals, driving luxury vehicles like a Mercedes E or S-Class. Pricing is consistent and transparent, and riders can get a fare estimate for a given route before requesting a ride. When the ride is over, hop out and be on with your way, because the fare is automatically charged to your credit card. A receipt is automatically emailed to you with the traveling time and GPS data of the route. Both the rider and driver rate each other from 1 to 5 stars, which allows us maintain the highest service quality.

Following the success of uberPOP in Sweden and across Europe, Uber is beginning a 6 month pilot phase of the platform in Helsinki. The view will be limited to a restricted set of users, and we will share the results of this experiment with the public. uberPOP is a friendly, low-cost ridesharing platform. uberPOP enables car owners to make better use of their cars and to recover the costs of owning it while helping the community and the environment. All drivers hold a valid driving license, are vetted and insured, and screened by Uber. Every car, driver, and trip is fully insured.

During our testing phase, car availability will be limited and ETAs may be longer than usual. Don’t worry — we’re working hard to get more Ubers on the system. Try again after a few minutes and you’ll be on your way! Shoot a note to support.helsinki@uber.com, follow us on Twitter — we’ll get back to you as soon as possible! Your Uber Helsinki Team