Guidebook for Helsinki

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Guidebook for Helsinki

Essentials

Get some food. Open usually until 11pm. Excellent selection of veggie snacks.
K-market
6 Arabiankatu
Get some food. Open usually until 11pm. Excellent selection of veggie snacks.
Yet another grocery store, located at a small shopping mall. The place is bigger and a bit cheaper than the K-market that is next to my place.
S-market Arabia
111 Hämeentie
Yet another grocery store, located at a small shopping mall. The place is bigger and a bit cheaper than the K-market that is next to my place.

Food Scene

A lovely old villa with a cosy cafeteria inside (and on a sunnu weather you can enjoy your cup outside as well). They offer lunch, coffee, tea, buns and breads. See opening hours on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaffilabokvillan/
Kaffila Bokvillan
125 Hämeentie
A lovely old villa with a cosy cafeteria inside (and on a sunnu weather you can enjoy your cup outside as well). They offer lunch, coffee, tea, buns and breads. See opening hours on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaffilabokvillan/

Sightseeing

A romantic riverside area with an old hydroelectric plant and tiny waterfalls.
21 locals recommend
Vanhankaupunginkoski
9 Katariina Saksilaisen katu
21 locals recommend
A romantic riverside area with an old hydroelectric plant and tiny waterfalls.

Parks & Nature

A little island waiting for explorers! An excellent place to have a picnic. You can access it by walking along duckboards, no need for a boat. :)
65 locals recommend
Fårholmen
65 locals recommend
A little island waiting for explorers! An excellent place to have a picnic. You can access it by walking along duckboards, no need for a boat. :)
Annala estate area has lovely gardens filled with flowers and trees. There might be horses grazing somewhere nearby.
Annalan huvila
1 Waseniuksen puistotie
Annala estate area has lovely gardens filled with flowers and trees. There might be horses grazing somewhere nearby.
Here's a beach for swimming! The easiest way to get there is to walk along the river. The distance is 3km and it takes around 35 minutes to get there.
Pikkukosken uimaranta
23 Pikkukoskentie
Here's a beach for swimming! The easiest way to get there is to walk along the river. The distance is 3km and it takes around 35 minutes to get there.
Botanical gardens of Kumpula
24 locals recommend
Kumpula Botanic Garden
1a Kalervonkatu
24 locals recommend
Botanical gardens of Kumpula

Entertainment & Activities

Here are some "open air swimming pools". :) Cost is 4€ per swimmer and the opening hours are 6:30AM–8PM. You can rent a (trendy, eh?) swimming suit for 4€.
47 locals recommend
Kumpula Outdoor Swimming Pool
1 Allastie
47 locals recommend
Here are some "open air swimming pools". :) Cost is 4€ per swimmer and the opening hours are 6:30AM–8PM. You can rent a (trendy, eh?) swimming suit for 4€.

Getting Around

Tram stop (6 to the city center)
Arabiankatu 2
2 Arabiankatu
Tram stop (6 to the city center)
Bus stop, lines 68, 71 and 74 to city center / railway station.
Hämeentie 134
134 Hämeentie
Bus stop, lines 68, 71 and 74 to city center / railway station.

Arts & Culture

Free WLAN here! There's a coffee shop also in the same building. And you can buy some Iittala and other design stuff here too.
Arabianranta Library
135 A Hämeentie
Free WLAN here! There's a coffee shop also in the same building. And you can buy some Iittala and other design stuff here too.