Guidebook for Helsinki

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Guidebook for Helsinki

Food Scene

One of the nicest coffee shops in Helsinki; relaxed atmosphere, friendly service and interesting people
46 locals recommend
Johan & Nyström - Kanavaranta
Kanavaranta
46 locals recommend
One of the nicest coffee shops in Helsinki; relaxed atmosphere, friendly service and interesting people
Tiny italian coffee shop, absolutely favoured by everyone living in Katajanokka ! Owner on duty himself. Italian delicatessen can be bought
11 locals recommend
Signora Delizia
5 Satamakatu
11 locals recommend
Tiny italian coffee shop, absolutely favoured by everyone living in Katajanokka ! Owner on duty himself. Italian delicatessen can be bought
Street with several nice restaurants and coffee shops and some small shops, visited by locals living in the neighbourhood. Especially lively on Saturdays. Some coffee shops may be closed on Sundays
14 locals recommend
Högbergsgatan
Korkeavuorenkatu
14 locals recommend
Street with several nice restaurants and coffee shops and some small shops, visited by locals living in the neighbourhood. Especially lively on Saturdays. Some coffee shops may be closed on Sundays
Nice decor and relaxed atmosphere & good italian food (obviously pizzas included !) Used to be a school. Live jazz & Brunch on Sunday mornings 11-16
8 locals recommend
Pjazza
18 B Yrjönkatu
8 locals recommend
Nice decor and relaxed atmosphere & good italian food (obviously pizzas included !) Used to be a school. Live jazz & Brunch on Sunday mornings 11-16
Small restaurant with relaxed atmosphere and easy going customers
24 locals recommend
Skiffer Erottaja
11 Erottajankatu
24 locals recommend
Small restaurant with relaxed atmosphere and easy going customers
Very authentic café by the sea worth visiting. In summer, you can easily bike over there.
225 locals recommend
Regatta
8 Merikannontie
225 locals recommend
Very authentic café by the sea worth visiting. In summer, you can easily bike over there.
The Boom Room Small, cozy, raw cakes, great lunches, quality coffee Iso Roobertinkatu 46 c From 8-17
11 locals recommend
The Boom Room
46 Iso Roobertinkatu
11 locals recommend
The Boom Room Small, cozy, raw cakes, great lunches, quality coffee Iso Roobertinkatu 46 c From 8-17
Relaxed, lively, also Finnish food
47 locals recommend
Ravintola Rafla
9 Uudenmaankatu
47 locals recommend
Relaxed, lively, also Finnish food
Fine Libanese kitchen Yrjönkatu 6
Ливански ресторант "Фарудж"
6 Yrjönkatu
Fine Libanese kitchen Yrjönkatu 6
Finnish - italian food, Walking distance from appartment http://www.ravintolapresto.fi/en
Presto
14 Eteläesplanadi
Finnish - italian food, Walking distance from appartment http://www.ravintolapresto.fi/en
Café facing on the Esplanade Boulevard, restaurant serving also typical finnish food. Cozy lounge bar. Target group 35 +
10 locals recommend
Strindberg
33 Pohjoisesplanadi
10 locals recommend
Café facing on the Esplanade Boulevard, restaurant serving also typical finnish food. Cozy lounge bar. Target group 35 +
Restaurant serving typical finnish food. Target group 35 +.
40 locals recommend
Ravintola Amigo
15 Aleksanterinkatu
40 locals recommend
Restaurant serving typical finnish food. Target group 35 +.
Trendy café in Kaivopuisto, where people go to enjoy glass of sparkling wine or coffee in the nice summer weather
70 locals recommend
Kaivopuiston Mattolaituri Oy
3 A Ehrenströmintie
70 locals recommend
Trendy café in Kaivopuisto, where people go to enjoy glass of sparkling wine or coffee in the nice summer weather
Oldest café terrasse in Helsinki. Often pretty crowded in sunny days. Also lunch served
56 locals recommend
Café Ursula
3 Ehrenströmintie
56 locals recommend
Oldest café terrasse in Helsinki. Often pretty crowded in sunny days. Also lunch served
Small coffee shop in the heart of Punavuori. Great coffee and truly cozy atmosphere
42 locals recommend
Brooklyn Cafe
25 Fredrikinkatu
42 locals recommend
Small coffee shop in the heart of Punavuori. Great coffee and truly cozy atmosphere
Really nice coffee shop in the second floor. Great sandwhiches for lunch!
20 locals recommend
La Torrefazione
50 Aleksanterinkatu
20 locals recommend
Really nice coffee shop in the second floor. Great sandwhiches for lunch!
Good food, minimalistic decoration, popular among the people living in the neighbourhood . http://maxill.fi
29 locals recommend
Maxill
4 Korkeavuorenkatu
29 locals recommend
Good food, minimalistic decoration, popular among the people living in the neighbourhood . http://maxill.fi
Coffee shop with large terrasse facing to the sea. Also lunch served
71 locals recommend
Cafe Carusel
10 Merisatamanranta
71 locals recommend
Coffee shop with large terrasse facing to the sea. Also lunch served
Deli shop where you can eat lunch or have the possibility for take away. Organic or loally produced food.
13 locals recommend
SIS. Delicatessen Oy
6 a Korkeavuorenkatu
13 locals recommend
Deli shop where you can eat lunch or have the possibility for take away. Organic or loally produced food.
Traditional coffee shops where they have the biggest ´korvapuusti´, sweet roll with cinnamon in town
31 locals recommend
Café Succès
2 Korkeavuorenkatu
31 locals recommend
Traditional coffee shops where they have the biggest ´korvapuusti´, sweet roll with cinnamon in town
Outdoor café along Töölönlahti Bay. Stop here for coffee and cinnamon roll
73 locals recommend
Sinisen Huvilan Kahvila
11 H Linnunlauluntie
73 locals recommend
Outdoor café along Töölönlahti Bay. Stop here for coffee and cinnamon roll
Bohemian restaurant and bar next to Kom theatre.
Kom-Ravintola Oy
26 Kapteeninkatu
Bohemian restaurant and bar next to Kom theatre.
Big bistro restaurant with loung bar in the entrance. http://ravintolabronda.fi/en/
24 locals recommend
Bronda
20 Eteläesplanadi
24 locals recommend
Big bistro restaurant with loung bar in the entrance. http://ravintolabronda.fi/en/
Restaurant STORY is great spot to have lunch inside the old market hall, situated some 50 m south of the open air market. NOTE ! Sign in the map indicates the open air market, not the market hall.
125 locals recommend
Kauppatori
Eteläranta
125 locals recommend
Restaurant STORY is great spot to have lunch inside the old market hall, situated some 50 m south of the open air market. NOTE ! Sign in the map indicates the open air market, not the market hall.
Nice place both for lunch and dinner. Interior is cozy. http://boulevardsocial.fi/en/
47 locals recommend
Ravintola Rafla
9 Uudenmaankatu
47 locals recommend
Nice place both for lunch and dinner. Interior is cozy. http://boulevardsocial.fi/en/

Essentials

Little grocery shop with pretty wide assortment. Open Mon-Sat 7-21, Su 10-21
K-market Katajanokka
3 Satamakatu
Little grocery shop with pretty wide assortment. Open Mon-Sat 7-21, Su 10-21

Everything Else

Bike rental in very convenient location, close to the appartment http://www.bicycleanhelsinki.com/
7 locals recommend
Bicyclean Helsinki
14 Luotsikatu
7 locals recommend
Bike rental in very convenient location, close to the appartment http://www.bicycleanhelsinki.com/
Kullttuurisauna ´Culture sauna´, gives you an opprtunity to experience a true finnish sauna by the sea.
113 locals recommend
Kulttuurisauna
17 Hakaniemenranta
113 locals recommend
Kullttuurisauna ´Culture sauna´, gives you an opprtunity to experience a true finnish sauna by the sea.
In Kino Orion they show also old movies and the tickets are not too expensive (around 5 euros) Eerikinkatu 15 https://kavi.fi/fi/ohjelmisto
30 locals recommend
Orion
15 Eerikinkatu
30 locals recommend
In Kino Orion they show also old movies and the tickets are not too expensive (around 5 euros) Eerikinkatu 15 https://kavi.fi/fi/ohjelmisto
During summer there are screenings outside at 11pm. Very close to the apartment! Sofiankatu 4 http://www.cinemamondo.fi/
17 locals recommend
Kino Engel
4 Sofiankatu
17 locals recommend
During summer there are screenings outside at 11pm. Very close to the apartment! Sofiankatu 4 http://www.cinemamondo.fi/
Venue, small bar and "attic" http://www.korjaamo.fi/en
41 locals recommend
Kulttuuritehdas Korjaamo
51 B Töölönkatu
41 locals recommend
Venue, small bar and "attic" http://www.korjaamo.fi/en
Large bookstore where you can find also english books. Building and interior has been designed by Alvar Aalto
10 locals recommend
Academic Bookstore
39 Pohjoisesplanadi
10 locals recommend
Large bookstore where you can find also english books. Building and interior has been designed by Alvar Aalto
Bay in the hard of the city. Famous for Surrounded by several nice cafés. Take a bike from the Bike rental ( Bicyclan close to the appartment ( Luotsikatu 14 , see below )
97 locals recommend
Toloviken
97 locals recommend
Bay in the hard of the city. Famous for Surrounded by several nice cafés. Take a bike from the Bike rental ( Bicyclan close to the appartment ( Luotsikatu 14 , see below )
Large Park in the costline in th emost southersn part of Helsinki. Easy to reach by bike or by walk. Cafe Ursula is located by the sea, next to Kaivopuisto park.
189 locals recommend
Kaivopuisto
189 locals recommend
Large Park in the costline in th emost southersn part of Helsinki. Easy to reach by bike or by walk. Cafe Ursula is located by the sea, next to Kaivopuisto park.

Sightseeing

Historical site in an island, 25 minutes by ferry from Kauppatori ( market place ). Very popular in sunny days for wandering around and for enjoyning picnics. Visit Helsinki from another view !
430 locals recommend
Suomenlinna
430 locals recommend
Historical site in an island, 25 minutes by ferry from Kauppatori ( market place ). Very popular in sunny days for wandering around and for enjoyning picnics. Visit Helsinki from another view !

Shopping

In and around Punavuori you will find Design district of Helsinki with small shops and cafés. Design District: More "hip" and design http://www.designdistrict.fi/news
20 locals recommend
Punavuori
20 locals recommend
In and around Punavuori you will find Design district of Helsinki with small shops and cafés. Design District: More "hip" and design http://www.designdistrict.fi/news
Big department store with 4000m2 grocery department in the basement floor.
256 locals recommend
Stockmann Helsingin keskusta
52 Aleksanterinkatu
256 locals recommend
Big department store with 4000m2 grocery department in the basement floor.

Arts & Culture

Yrjönkatu 27 Mon, Thu & Fri 10–18, Tue closed, Wed 10–20, Sat–Sun 11–17
12 locals recommend
Amos Anderson Art Museum
22-24 Mannerheimintie
12 locals recommend
Yrjönkatu 27 Mon, Thu & Fri 10–18, Tue closed, Wed 10–20, Sat–Sun 11–17
Modern Museum, our ´Guggenheim´, designed by Steven Hall. . Year 2015 exhibitions : http://www.kiasma.fi/nayttelyt-ja-ohjelmisto/
384 locals recommend
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
2 Mannerheiminaukio
384 locals recommend
Modern Museum, our ´Guggenheim´, designed by Steven Hall. . Year 2015 exhibitions : http://www.kiasma.fi/nayttelyt-ja-ohjelmisto/
Interesting exhibitions of Finnish designers. Check : http://www.designmuseum.fi/fi/
149 locals recommend
Design Museum Helsinki
23 Korkeavuorenkatu
149 locals recommend
Interesting exhibitions of Finnish designers. Check : http://www.designmuseum.fi/fi/
93 locals recommend
Oodi Central Library
4 Töölönlahdenkatu
93 locals recommend