Guidebook for Helsinki

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Guidebook for Helsinki

Food Scene

A nice café that serves lunch and good cakes.
50 locals recommend
Bergga
14 Viides linja
50 locals recommend
A nice café that serves lunch and good cakes.
Vietnamese kitchen next to a bar and a club.
12 locals recommend
Lie Mi Kamppi
1 Urho Kekkosen katu
12 locals recommend
Vietnamese kitchen next to a bar and a club.
For fast thai food. Big portions for a reasonable price. Definitely not fine dining.
9 locals recommend
Du Dii
7 Viides linja
9 locals recommend
For fast thai food. Big portions for a reasonable price. Definitely not fine dining.
A very good vegetarian restaurant. Go for the burgers.
33 locals recommend
Ravintola Soi Soi
9 Vaasankatu
33 locals recommend
A very good vegetarian restaurant. Go for the burgers.
Vegetarian pitas, burgers and meze plates. Good stuff that fills you up.
34 locals recommend
Just Vege
15 Vaasankatu
34 locals recommend
Vegetarian pitas, burgers and meze plates. Good stuff that fills you up.
An almost legendary pizza place in the Kallio district. It's open late and serves cheap pizzas that aren't bad at all. Very local, very Kallio.
21 locals recommend
Ravintola Mäkikupla
2 Torkkelinkatu
21 locals recommend
An almost legendary pizza place in the Kallio district. It's open late and serves cheap pizzas that aren't bad at all. Very local, very Kallio.
A vegetarian vietnamese restaurant. Go for the Fried Udon and the rolls. The other things on the menu are so-and-so.
11 locals recommend
Sen Vegetarian Restaurant
3-5 Siltasaarenkatu
11 locals recommend
A vegetarian vietnamese restaurant. Go for the Fried Udon and the rolls. The other things on the menu are so-and-so.
Great Vietnamese rolls!
Rulla
4 Annankatu
Great Vietnamese rolls!
The best Chinese restaurant in the city. Highly recommended. It has moved and is now located in Vuorikatu 20 in Kaisaniemi.
Dong Bei Hu - Chinese Restaurant
20 Vuorikatu
The best Chinese restaurant in the city. Highly recommended. It has moved and is now located in Vuorikatu 20 in Kaisaniemi.
Try some Finnish food in this Finnish restaurant which has been serving it's Finnish food since 1934. It's like going into an Aki Kaurismäki film.
97 locals recommend
Sea Horse
11 Kapteeninkatu
97 locals recommend
Try some Finnish food in this Finnish restaurant which has been serving it's Finnish food since 1934. It's like going into an Aki Kaurismäki film.
If you like barbecue, then try this place, owned by two Finnish filmmakers. There's also a bar here called B-Side so it's a win-win.
17 locals recommend
B-Smokery
2 R1 Työpajankatu
17 locals recommend
If you like barbecue, then try this place, owned by two Finnish filmmakers. There's also a bar here called B-Side so it's a win-win.
Maybe the best thai place in the city. At least the best in Kallio. It's close by, so there's no reason not to go.
13 locals recommend
Pinto B'Staurant
3 Vilhonvuorenkatu
13 locals recommend
Maybe the best thai place in the city. At least the best in Kallio. It's close by, so there's no reason not to go.
Avoid bad life and get your coffee from this small and respectable café. They now roast their own coffee and serve it to you so I don't see why you're not there already.
58 locals recommend
Good Life Coffee Oy
17 Kolmas linja
58 locals recommend
Avoid bad life and get your coffee from this small and respectable café. They now roast their own coffee and serve it to you so I don't see why you're not there already.

Drinks & Nightlife

When in Kallio, go to the Kallio bars and get to know the local way of drinking from 9 in the morning to two in the morning. There are many places like this close by. Also recommended are the bars over at Vaasankatu.
11 locals recommend
Ravintola Roskapankki
20 Helsinginkatu
11 locals recommend
When in Kallio, go to the Kallio bars and get to know the local way of drinking from 9 in the morning to two in the morning. There are many places like this close by. Also recommended are the bars over at Vaasankatu.
A cool bar with DJ's and live shows.
119 locals recommend
Onda
13 b Hämeentie
119 locals recommend
A cool bar with DJ's and live shows.
The always popular and crowded Kaiku Club is very close by.
140 locals recommend
Kaiku
4 Kaikukatu
140 locals recommend
The always popular and crowded Kaiku Club is very close by.
It's a beer bar. It has a great selection of beers. If you like beer, try a beer here.
10 locals recommend
Oluthuone Kuikka
32 Helsinginkatu
10 locals recommend
It's a beer bar. It has a great selection of beers. If you like beer, try a beer here.
A wide selection of beers, ciders and wines, including their speciality range from Solmu brewery.
22 locals recommend
Solmu Pub
8 Vaasankatu
22 locals recommend
A wide selection of beers, ciders and wines, including their speciality range from Solmu brewery.

Sightseeing

A great historical place to hang out and have a picnic in the summer. Just walk around the island and find your spot.
430 locals recommend
Suomenlinna
430 locals recommend
A great historical place to hang out and have a picnic in the summer. Just walk around the island and find your spot.

Parks & Nature

What you need to do is take a boat (you can find some here http://www.jt-line.fi/eng/index.php) and spend some time in the Helsinki archipelago. You can find different islands to go to from the JT Line site.
49 locals recommend
Pihlajasaari
49 locals recommend
What you need to do is take a boat (you can find some here http://www.jt-line.fi/eng/index.php) and spend some time in the Helsinki archipelago. You can find different islands to go to from the JT Line site.
If you're looking to go to a proper forest not too far away, try here.
111 locals recommend
Central Park
111 locals recommend
If you're looking to go to a proper forest not too far away, try here.

Entertainment & Activities

This small island next to Suomenlinna is now a cool place to eat, drink and hang out.
40 locals recommend
Lonnan sauna
40 locals recommend
This small island next to Suomenlinna is now a cool place to eat, drink and hang out.
It's a local sauna. You gotta go, right?
151 locals recommend
Kotiharjun Sauna
1 Harjutorinkatu
151 locals recommend
It's a local sauna. You gotta go, right?
Another sauna with a touch of culture. Everyone loves a good sauna, right?
113 locals recommend
Kulttuurisauna
17 Hakaniemenranta
113 locals recommend
Another sauna with a touch of culture. Everyone loves a good sauna, right?
Washing people clean since 1929. Watch out for the hot steam when throwing water in the stove.
50 locals recommend
Sauna Arla
15 Kaarlenkatu
50 locals recommend
Washing people clean since 1929. Watch out for the hot steam when throwing water in the stove.
A beautiful old cinema showing classics, rare gems and recent releases.
30 locals recommend
Orion
15 Eerikinkatu
30 locals recommend
A beautiful old cinema showing classics, rare gems and recent releases.

Arts & Culture

The Museum of Modern Art.
384 locals recommend
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
2 Mannerheiminaukio
384 locals recommend
The Museum of Modern Art.
An art museum.
253 locals recommend
Ateneum
2 Kaivokatu
253 locals recommend
An art museum.

Essentials

It's Lidl. It has food and stuff. Cheapest place to get those is your local Lidl.
62 locals recommend
Lidl Sörnäinen
33 Hämeentie
62 locals recommend
It's Lidl. It has food and stuff. Cheapest place to get those is your local Lidl.
This one's open 24/7.
61 locals recommend
Alepa Hämeentie
25 Hämeentie
61 locals recommend
This one's open 24/7.
A nice market hall close by.
185 locals recommend
Hakaniemi Market Hall
1 Hämeentie
185 locals recommend
A nice market hall close by.