Guidebook for Helsinki

Tomas & Katri
Tomas & Katri
Guidebook for Helsinki

Food Scene

For coffee geeks and lovers.
34 locals recommend
Kaffa Roastery
29 Pursimiehenkatu
34 locals recommend
For coffee geeks and lovers.
You'll find some nice design products as well as a nice lunch menu.
40 locals recommend
Moko Market Café & Store Punavuori
10 Perämiehenkatu
40 locals recommend
You'll find some nice design products as well as a nice lunch menu.
Good/Cheap daily Finnish menu. Big portions, salad bar and coffee included.
40 locals recommend
Ravintola Amigo
15 Aleksanterinkatu
40 locals recommend
Good/Cheap daily Finnish menu. Big portions, salad bar and coffee included.
Best Meatballs in town or at least the neighborhood.
46 locals recommend
Ravintola Tori
2 Punavuorenkatu
46 locals recommend
Best Meatballs in town or at least the neighborhood.
try the pepper steak or the fried noodles!
67 locals recommend
Café Bar No 9
9 Uudenmaankatu
67 locals recommend
try the pepper steak or the fried noodles!
Great bar food & brunch and nice atmosphere, a walking distance from the apartment. Kitchen open until 10.
Högbergsgatan 2
2 Korkeavuorenkatu
Great bar food & brunch and nice atmosphere, a walking distance from the apartment. Kitchen open until 10.
Very good lunch menu under 10 EUR. VGood burgers, also offers brunch. Summer time nice terrace facing to the park.
17 locals recommend
Southpark
40 Bulevardi
17 locals recommend
Very good lunch menu under 10 EUR. VGood burgers, also offers brunch. Summer time nice terrace facing to the park.
Restaurant concentrates on organic ingredients and uses ingredients from the nature and from Fairtrade. Amazing staff. Reservations needed, and a bit pricey..
Huvilakatu 28
28 Huvilakatu
Restaurant concentrates on organic ingredients and uses ingredients from the nature and from Fairtrade. Amazing staff. Reservations needed, and a bit pricey..
Probably the best falafels in town.
49 locals recommend
Fafa's Iso Roba
2 Iso Roobertinkatu
49 locals recommend
Probably the best falafels in town.
Authentic Mexican Kitchen
Annankatu 20
20 Annankatu
Authentic Mexican Kitchen
a.k.a. Keittiö & Baari Juuri (= Kitchen & Bar Root ) Traditional Finnish food in a "fresh, new way". Specialty: "Sapas", i.e. Finnish Tapas.
80 locals recommend
Ravintola Juuri
27 Korkeavuorenkatu
80 locals recommend
a.k.a. Keittiö & Baari Juuri (= Kitchen & Bar Root ) Traditional Finnish food in a "fresh, new way". Specialty: "Sapas", i.e. Finnish Tapas.
food is amazing, but be prepared to fork out the big money. great patio.
52 locals recommend
Artek Helsinki
1 B Keskuskatu
52 locals recommend
food is amazing, but be prepared to fork out the big money. great patio.
If you're looking for some of the best soup in Helsinki, Soppakeittiön is the place to go
20 locals recommend
Vanha Kauppahalli
125 Eteläranta
20 locals recommend
If you're looking for some of the best soup in Helsinki, Soppakeittiön is the place to go
Excellent food. The only downside is that it's pricey
17 locals recommend
Saslik
12 Neitsytpolku
17 locals recommend
Excellent food. The only downside is that it's pricey
The Sea Horse warms hearts with its simple Finnish comfort food. Recommended and featured in Monocle Magazine.
97 locals recommend
Sea Horse
11 Kapteeninkatu
97 locals recommend
The Sea Horse warms hearts with its simple Finnish comfort food. Recommended and featured in Monocle Magazine.
Restaurant Juuri's "sister restaurant". A great place to sample wines and eat sapas (Finnish tapas/hors d’oeuvre).
Högbergsgatan 25
25 Korkeavuorenkatu
Restaurant Juuri's "sister restaurant". A great place to sample wines and eat sapas (Finnish tapas/hors d’oeuvre).
HOKU is a small casual restaurant located in the Helsinki Punavuori.
Merimiehenkatu 18
18 Merimiehenkatu
HOKU is a small casual restaurant located in the Helsinki Punavuori.
Lungberg is a new restaurant on Punavuori, literaly on our door step. It’s a very nice, very Punavuorian place, with Punavuori interior, Punavuori food.
Båtsmansgatan 16
16 Pursimiehenkatu
Lungberg is a new restaurant on Punavuori, literaly on our door step. It’s a very nice, very Punavuorian place, with Punavuori interior, Punavuori food.
Coffee shop called Birgitta Hernesaari, recently constructed in Eira and on the Hernesaari side. It is built in wood and with a burnt/scorched black wooden facade. Good food.
Hernesaarenranta 2
2 Hernesaarenranta
Coffee shop called Birgitta Hernesaari, recently constructed in Eira and on the Hernesaari side. It is built in wood and with a burnt/scorched black wooden facade. Good food.
Good pizzas, salads and organic wines
Erottajankatu 11
11 Erottajankatu
Good pizzas, salads and organic wines
Good pizzas, salads and wine in nearby island.
Liuskaluoto
Good pizzas, salads and wine in nearby island.
The island is a short 3-minute boat ride from the Kaivopuisto Park beach. Winter time there is a bridge. The swimming beach is supervised. Ice swimming in winter. The Uunisaari has restaurant.
24 locals recommend
Restaurant Uunisaari
2 Pohjoinen Uunisaari
24 locals recommend
The island is a short 3-minute boat ride from the Kaivopuisto Park beach. Winter time there is a bridge. The swimming beach is supervised. Ice swimming in winter. The Uunisaari has restaurant.
Demo serves high class home made food basing its cooking to French and Skandinacian kitchens. Despite of the Michelin star demo is relaxed restaurant with personal and friendly service.
Uudenmaankatu 11
11 Uudenmaankatu
Demo serves high class home made food basing its cooking to French and Skandinacian kitchens. Despite of the Michelin star demo is relaxed restaurant with personal and friendly service.
Excellent place for brunch or lunch. Good vegetarian and vegan options
37 locals recommend
Sandro Eira
34 D Tehtaankatu
37 locals recommend
Excellent place for brunch or lunch. Good vegetarian and vegan options

Essentials

Here you can get all the basics for your stay in Helsinki. Milk, Eggs, OJ etc..
13 locals recommend
Alepa Iso Roobertinkatu
21 Iso Roobertinkatu
13 locals recommend
Here you can get all the basics for your stay in Helsinki. Milk, Eggs, OJ etc..

Drinks & Nightlife

young crowd OK music.
15 locals recommend
We Got Beef
21 Iso Roobertinkatu
15 locals recommend
young crowd OK music.
Mexican bar with a touch of Finnish. Come early to grab a spot to sit.
30 locals recommend
Bar Llamas
14 Iso Roobertinkatu
30 locals recommend
Mexican bar with a touch of Finnish. Come early to grab a spot to sit.
Open Daily. Good Brunch + Nightlife. A bit out of the way but you could be there in 15 minutes by tram.
6 locals recommend
Hämeentie 13
13 Hämeentie
6 locals recommend
Open Daily. Good Brunch + Nightlife. A bit out of the way but you could be there in 15 minutes by tram.
Musta Kissa is a place in the heart of Kallio, Helsinki, where Finnish 70's vintage, conviviality, and good music meet. Nice atmosphere.
25 locals recommend
Musta Kissa Bar
15 Toinen linja
25 locals recommend
Musta Kissa is a place in the heart of Kallio, Helsinki, where Finnish 70's vintage, conviviality, and good music meet. Nice atmosphere.

Shopping

clothing for men and women.
12 locals recommend
beam.
15 Erottajankatu
12 locals recommend
clothing for men and women.
nice store for men.
My o My
33 Pohjoisesplanadi
nice store for men.
http://www.indiansummerstore.com/
Berggatan
Vuorikatu
http://www.indiansummerstore.com/

Everything Else

Finnish designers and more.
149 locals recommend
Design Museum Helsinki
23 Korkeavuorenkatu
149 locals recommend
Finnish designers and more.
Shop Shop Shop!
7 locals recommend
Design Forum Finland
16 B 27 Annankatu
7 locals recommend
Shop Shop Shop!
Here you'll be able to buy wine and others since it's not sold in regular stores.
Sandvikskajen 5
5 Hietalahdenranta
Here you'll be able to buy wine and others since it's not sold in regular stores.
Brooklyn Cafe is a small charming cafe with some great bagels and nice atmosphere.
Southern Finland
Brooklyn Cafe is a small charming cafe with some great bagels and nice atmosphere.
Public neighbourhood sauna since 1929.
50 locals recommend
Sauna Arla
15 Kaarlenkatu
50 locals recommend
Public neighbourhood sauna since 1929.
The island Lonna has an interesting history. In the 1880s it was used by the Russian Navy to store mines. Restaurant and coffee shop (also to purchase ready-packed picnic basket).
40 locals recommend
Lonnan sauna
40 locals recommend
The island Lonna has an interesting history. In the 1880s it was used by the Russian Navy to store mines. Restaurant and coffee shop (also to purchase ready-packed picnic basket).
The newest common sauna in Helsinki is an art project by the architect Tuomas Toivonen and his wife, Japanese designer Nene Tsuboi. Here you can swim in the sea, even during winter.
8 locals recommend
Hakaniemenranta 17
17 Hakaniemenranta
8 locals recommend
The newest common sauna in Helsinki is an art project by the architect Tuomas Toivonen and his wife, Japanese designer Nene Tsuboi. Here you can swim in the sea, even during winter.
The Market Square is a central square in Helsinki, Finland, and one of the most famous market places and tourist attractions in the city.
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The Market Square is a central square in Helsinki, Finland, and one of the most famous market places and tourist attractions in the city.
Big department store with excellent grocery store and Alko (to buy wine)
256 locals recommend
Stockmann Helsingin keskusta
52 Aleksanterinkatu
256 locals recommend
Big department store with excellent grocery store and Alko (to buy wine)

Sightseeing

Traditional public wood-heated sauna. Feel the spirit of times gone by, a time when public saunas played an important role in hygiene as well as social life.
Åstorgsgatan
Harjutorinkatu
Traditional public wood-heated sauna. Feel the spirit of times gone by, a time when public saunas played an important role in hygiene as well as social life.
Nearest public beach with a deck.
39 locals recommend
Eiranranta
Eiranranta
39 locals recommend
Nearest public beach with a deck.
Suomenlinna was inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991 to preserve it for future generations as an example of 18th century fortress architecture in Europe.
61 locals recommend
Sveaborg
61 locals recommend
Suomenlinna was inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991 to preserve it for future generations as an example of 18th century fortress architecture in Europe.