Guidebook for Helsinki

Simo & Liisa
Guidebook for Helsinki

Food Scene

Traditional, abundant Finnish dishes. Enjoyed for decades by locals, such as the former president Tarja Halonen.
53 yerel halk öneriyor
Cella
15 Fleminginkatu
53 yerel halk öneriyor
Traditional, abundant Finnish dishes. Enjoyed for decades by locals, such as the former president Tarja Halonen.
118 yerel halk öneriyor
Döner Harju
23 Fleminginkatu
118 yerel halk öneriyor
Simple and delicious food for lunch or dinner, authentic Ukranian keepers
7 yerel halk öneriyor
Pelmenit
7 Kustaankatu
7 yerel halk öneriyor
Simple and delicious food for lunch or dinner, authentic Ukranian keepers
Thai food
28 yerel halk öneriyor
Tuk Tuk
19 Vaasankatu
28 yerel halk öneriyor
Thai food
Bakery for take away or eat in
Fazer Food Services Oy
15 Elimäenkatu
Bakery for take away or eat in
Delicious pastries and such. Especially the brunch on Sundays (not summer time).
26 yerel halk öneriyor
Cafe Cardemumma
15 LH 99 Kaarlenkatu
26 yerel halk öneriyor
Delicious pastries and such. Especially the brunch on Sundays (not summer time).
Nice bay-side restaurant with a outdoor terrace and good brunch served on the weekends.
33 yerel halk öneriyor
Cafe Piritta
12 Eläintarhantie
33 yerel halk öneriyor
Nice bay-side restaurant with a outdoor terrace and good brunch served on the weekends.
Great but small sushi restaurant! Often quite packed but great for take-away meals.
10 yerel halk öneriyor
Mikura Sushi
13 Viipurinkatu
10 yerel halk öneriyor
Great but small sushi restaurant! Often quite packed but great for take-away meals.
Nearest fast food place that is open 24/7.
35 yerel halk öneriyor
McDonald's
6 Satamaradankatu
35 yerel halk öneriyor
Nearest fast food place that is open 24/7.
Nice cafe / restaurant by the Brahe sports fields. Serves salads, antipasti, pasta, desserts and a few other dishes... as well as coffee.
6 yerel halk öneriyor
Kahvila-Ravintola Nuppu
12 Läntinen Brahenkatu
6 yerel halk öneriyor
Nice cafe / restaurant by the Brahe sports fields. Serves salads, antipasti, pasta, desserts and a few other dishes... as well as coffee.
Similar to 7-eleven, sells e.g. SIM cards, small snacks and drinks.
63 yerel halk öneriyor
R-kioski
22 Munkkiniemen puistotie
63 yerel halk öneriyor
Similar to 7-eleven, sells e.g. SIM cards, small snacks and drinks.
Delicious and affordable Russian restaurant serving blinis, pelmenis etc.
15 yerel halk öneriyor
BLINIt
9 Sturenkatu
15 yerel halk öneriyor
Delicious and affordable Russian restaurant serving blinis, pelmenis etc.

Parks & Nature

Scenic walk around the bay. You can spot the opera house, Alvar Aalto's Finlandia house, charming artist villas, summer cafes, urban joggers and picnicers. Supping is a recommendable activity.
97 yerel halk öneriyor
Toloviken
97 yerel halk öneriyor
Scenic walk around the bay. You can spot the opera house, Alvar Aalto's Finlandia house, charming artist villas, summer cafes, urban joggers and picnicers. Supping is a recommendable activity.
Large, lively park with water ponds. People come here for meet each other, picnics, slack lining, juggling, listening to music, sometimes for the whole day. There are free festivals and concerts in the summer.
46 yerel halk öneriyor
Alppipuisto
Viipurinkatu
46 yerel halk öneriyor
Large, lively park with water ponds. People come here for meet each other, picnics, slack lining, juggling, listening to music, sometimes for the whole day. There are free festivals and concerts in the summer.
Helsinki central park, more like an urban forest. Perfect for walking, jogging, running, horse riding, relaxing, and purifying your lungs. Tens of kilometers of jogging trails.
111 yerel halk öneriyor
Central Park
111 yerel halk öneriyor
Helsinki central park, more like an urban forest. Perfect for walking, jogging, running, horse riding, relaxing, and purifying your lungs. Tens of kilometers of jogging trails.

Drinks & Nightlife

For the beer selection
22 yerel halk öneriyor
William K. Kurvi
2 Helsinginkatu
22 yerel halk öneriyor
For the beer selection
A local favourite, some have probably not left the bar for a couple of decades, ask them :)
11 yerel halk öneriyor
Ravintola Roskapankki
20 Helsinginkatu
11 yerel halk öneriyor
A local favourite, some have probably not left the bar for a couple of decades, ask them :)
A nice small bar that recently appeared in a TV show 'Kynsin hampain'
40 yerel halk öneriyor
Rupla
16 Helsinginkatu
40 yerel halk öneriyor
A nice small bar that recently appeared in a TV show 'Kynsin hampain'
For beers
11 yerel halk öneriyor
Olutravintola Hilpeä Hauki
7 Vaasankatu
11 yerel halk öneriyor
For beers
This place doubles as a popular, bohemian bar at night and a great lunch place on day time. Check out the brunch on Saturdays.
119 yerel halk öneriyor
Onda
13 b Hämeentie
119 yerel halk öneriyor
This place doubles as a popular, bohemian bar at night and a great lunch place on day time. Check out the brunch on Saturdays.
Good bar and nightlife, popular among the locals.
30 yerel halk öneriyor
Bar Loosister
50 Hämeentie
30 yerel halk öneriyor
Good bar and nightlife, popular among the locals.

Entertainment & Activities

Entry to the area is free so you may stroll around and soak in the atmosphere. There are free concerts every once in a while in the summer, and a light show in September.
220 yerel halk öneriyor
Linnanmaki
1 Tivolikuja
220 yerel halk öneriyor
Entry to the area is free so you may stroll around and soak in the atmosphere. There are free concerts every once in a while in the summer, and a light show in September.
Traditional public sauna which is worth experiencing.
151 yerel halk öneriyor
Kotiharjun Sauna
1 Harjutorinkatu
151 yerel halk öneriyor
Traditional public sauna which is worth experiencing.
A public sauna that has been there since 1929.
50 yerel halk öneriyor
Sauna Arla
15 Kaarlenkatu
50 yerel halk öneriyor
A public sauna that has been there since 1929.

Essentials

The nearest grocery store.
65 yerel halk öneriyor
S-market Vallila
11 Aleksis Kiven katu
65 yerel halk öneriyor
The nearest grocery store.
The government monitored alcohol store (the regular supermarkets only sell alcohol up to vol 4.7 %)
31 yerel halk öneriyor
Alko Helsinki Kallio
15 Helsinginkatu
31 yerel halk öneriyor
The government monitored alcohol store (the regular supermarkets only sell alcohol up to vol 4.7 %)
Nearest pharmacy.
7 yerel halk öneriyor
Flemingin apteekki
2 B Firdonkatu
7 yerel halk öneriyor
Nearest pharmacy.
The nearest gas station.
Shell
2 Itäinen Brahenkatu
The nearest gas station.