The Milahti Disc Golf Course is located in the area behind the Allergy Hospital. Luckily, my Uber driver had actually played a few times and dropped me off close to hole one. The terrain throughout the course is a mix of wooded and granite outcropping. The wooded areas are underused (and there quite possibly could be a reason for this) and IMO, the granite outcroppings were overused. Except for # 12, I think, every basket was placed on the granite with most of them basically open. This partial of land with all it's outcropping is really an ideal piece of property for a disc golf course.

I didn't see a course sign. The area around the # 1 tee pad had two plastic chairs. I correctly deduced that this was the start of the course. The tee pads are mostly painted on the granite in the smoothest part possible. There is usually a hole # painted as well. There are arrows painted sporadically about leading you to the next tee. I found navigation to be fairly easy although I missed # 2 completely. Hole 12's tee is marked on a fallen tree near Hole 14. Hole 15's tee is just a number on a tree on the park's main path. The baskets are old and rusty but they catch well enough.

I didn't find the course to be that terribly physically challenging. There are a few spots where you want to be careful coming off the granite. Golf wise, it's a recreational level course. Although thickly wooded with many blind baskets, you're not going to get into serious trouble. Even with a couple of really poor drives, I was able to save par. The short distances (most holes were in the 160' to 200' range) readily negated the extreme wilderness conditions.

My favorite hole was # 16. It plays 67 m needing an anhyser throw around a big tree. The basket sits on a granite floor (naturally) with a slight drop behind the basket. I overthrew the hole, landed down in this drop off and was still easily able to pitch up for the par 3.

I was really disappointed in the design here. This is a great piece of land but too many holes played similar. That was teeing from a granite slab to a blind basket set in the open 180' away, too often up hill. The basket placements were very vanilla. More than half of the holes featured a blind basket placement. With all this wonderful granite rock to work with, some wild, creative, risk/reward basket placements should have been incorporated into the design.

There were no flat tee pads. They ranked from OK to very bad (# 12).

I felt a couple of holes just didn't have a fair line. Just poke and pray holes.

No tee signs.

Long walkout from 1 to 2 lost me.

I played here on a Sunday morning on a beautiful sunny, summer day (especially by Helsinki, Finland standards) and had the course to myself. If these crazy Fins have constructed over 400 courses, is a sunny 70 degree day too hot for them? Are they all waiting for December so they can bundle up in their muklocks and wool sweaters and face the elements?

I was hoping to find some locals here to guide me around. This is a course that could be enjoyed much more with some guidance. Deduct one Finnish disc golf point for an empty course on a beautiful July morning. However, add one Finnish point for every tall, beautiful, sexy Finnish girl I see on the streets and Helsinki is way over the top. If you're a single male disc golfer, you just might want to consider Finland for your next disc golf vacation spot.

This is one of the most beautiful courses I have played. Helsinki is great in the summer. It was in the mid 60's and light until 10:00P. The locals are very friendly and most speak enough English to help out when you get lost.

It looks like the area has been used for picnics and partying for a long time. There are way too many cans and butts.
This is a very physically demanding course. It is basically a hike in the mountains. You don't need ropes and pitons, but it isn't like any course I have seen. Be ready to spend the day scampering up and down rock outcroppings like a mountain goat.

The first challenge of this course is finding it. If you are coming from central Helsinki, take the 4T tram to the Meilahden Sairaala tram station. The station is on Tukholmankatu Street in front of the Meilahti hospital campus. Walk west on Tukholmankatu until it turns then walk SW across the street and parking lot and take the path south to the Meilahden Liikuntapuisto, a Tennis and sports club. If you look on Google map, the area to the southwest between the gym (identified as "Unisport") and the sea is a mix of exposed granite bedrock, small cliffs, dense woods, and footpaths. This is the golf course.

The whole area is crisscrossed with foot paths for jogging and smaller paths beaten down by people looking for the Tee pads and their discs. There are no fairways. There is a Tee pad, then a bunch of forest and rock, then a basket. Finding the next Tee is also difficult but most have a helper sign painted on the ground near the previous pin. I never did find #1 after 20 minutes of searching, so I started at #2.

Most of the holes are short. I don't know if a map exists, but I would guess 180' - 240'. Two were maybe 280'. Most of the Tee pads are a relatively level spot on the granite with a painted line. Sometimes it is just a fallen tree (see pictures). In all but a few cases you cannot see the Pin and must hike the hole to the end to plan your drive. Unfortunately, this also means that you can throw up into other players that you didn't know were ahead of you. (I understand that "Se on alle kori" means "It is under the basket".)

The course is characterized by extreme elevation changes, dense woods, and blind shots. It is safest just to aim for some exposed rock and try for a par. Birdies are possible, but risky. I was lucky to leave with all my discs. The forest is very thick. There are tons of wild blueberries, so at least you probably will not starve to death finding your drive.

If you suspend your preconceptions about what a disc course should look like, then you will have a great time. It is a beautiful hike in the woods with your discs.