Guidebook for Helsinki
Food Scene
Fafa's Mikonkatu
8 MikonkatuFresh falafels, great pitas and friendly service.
Good, organic food for a good price. They make their own breads. It is quite a small place so it's more of a take away place.
34 locals recommend
Just Vege
15 Vaasankatu Good, organic food for a good price. They make their own breads. It is quite a small place so it's more of a take away place.
Ravintola Soi Soi
9 Vaasankatu Asian vegetarian food. A small, cozy, fast food restaurant.
European, Mediterranean food in Punavuori, trendy area in Helsinki.
46 locals recommend
Ravintola Tori
2 PunavuorenkatuEuropean, Mediterranean food in Punavuori, trendy area in Helsinki.
Ipi Kulmakuppila
13 PorthaninkatuA cute two-floored café in the middle of Kallio, Helsinki.
An art school cafe meets grandma's kitchen table. I used to go there during school breaks just to sit and wonder about life.
6 locals recommend
Taikalamppu
An art school cafe meets grandma's kitchen table. I used to go there during school breaks just to sit and wonder about life.
Drinks & Nightlife
Kaiku is a nightclub with a very open-minded crowd and great programming. The people behind this place are in it for all the right reasons and pure love of music – and you will notice it when you’re there.
140 locals recommend
Kaiku
4 KaikukatuKaiku is a nightclub with a very open-minded crowd and great programming. The people behind this place are in it for all the right reasons and pure love of music – and you will notice it when you’re there.
An old factory building that throws the best underground parties in Helsinki.
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68 locals recommend
Ääniwalli
13 PälkäneentieAn old factory building that throws the best underground parties in Helsinki.
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Tenho is a chill bar in middle of Kallio, hippy area in Helsinki. Sometimes there are interesting gigs going on, too.
85 locals recommend
Tenho Restobar
15 HelsinginkatuTenho is a chill bar in middle of Kallio, hippy area in Helsinki. Sometimes there are interesting gigs going on, too.
If you want to go to the most luxurious bars in Helsinki, this is the one. I hope you get my sarcasm. There is something about this place, though.
Bar Flemari 13
13 FleminginkatuIf you want to go to the most luxurious bars in Helsinki, this is the one. I hope you get my sarcasm. There is something about this place, though.
A fresh, just opened bar with a beautiful open terrace just next to our apartment.
42 locals recommend
Holiday Bar
7 KanavarantaA fresh, just opened bar with a beautiful open terrace just next to our apartment.
Parks & Nature
Tähtitorninvuoren puisto
Toloviken
Töölönlahti is a park that goes round the huge pond in Töölö, Helsinki.
Arts & Culture
If you want to be like a true finn, go to the public sauna in Sompasaari. It is really nice to take your own beer and enjoy them outside the sauna and watch the sea. You'll meet the locals here for sure!
69 locals recommend
Sompasauna
6 VerkkosaarenkujaIf you want to be like a true finn, go to the public sauna in Sompasaari. It is really nice to take your own beer and enjoy them outside the sauna and watch the sea. You'll meet the locals here for sure!
Shopping
And old market hall in Hakaniemi/Kallio. You can shop fish, awesome smelly cheese, bread, have a nice cup of coffee...
185 locals recommend
Hakaniemi Market Hall
1 HämeentieAnd old market hall in Hakaniemi/Kallio. You can shop fish, awesome smelly cheese, bread, have a nice cup of coffee...
Essentials
Alepas are the cheapest grocery stores in Finland. There are many of them in Helsinki, but this one is close to our place. Good selection of everything.
Alepa Gloet
9 AleksanterinkatuAlepas are the cheapest grocery stores in Finland. There are many of them in Helsinki, but this one is close to our place. Good selection of everything.