Guidebook for Helsinki

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Guidebook for Helsinki

Food Scene

Awesome boutique restaurant
34 locals recommend
Restaurant Grön
36 Albertinkatu
34 locals recommend
Awesome boutique restaurant
On the top floor of Helsinki's central mall, a brand new food court with many different great restaurants.
8 locals recommend
Kortteli
1 Urho Kekkosen katu
8 locals recommend
On the top floor of Helsinki's central mall, a brand new food court with many different great restaurants.
French style bistro, ideal for a late dinner if you can get a table. Restaurant usually close their kitchen early in the evening, but not this one.
56 locals recommend
Baskeri & Basso Bistro
56 locals recommend
French style bistro, ideal for a late dinner if you can get a table. Restaurant usually close their kitchen early in the evening, but not this one.
Amazing small café, ideal for a sunset view. You can even grill sausages on the barbecue during summer!
225 locals recommend
Regatta
8 Merikannontie
225 locals recommend
Amazing small café, ideal for a sunset view. You can even grill sausages on the barbecue during summer!
An authentic sushi place
13 locals recommend
Umeshu
15 Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu
13 locals recommend
An authentic sushi place
Amazing fine dining
39 locals recommend
Farang
6 Arkadiankatu
39 locals recommend
Amazing fine dining
Great for a cozy breakfast
26 locals recommend
Kuuma
54 Jollaksentie
26 locals recommend
Great for a cozy breakfast
Nice for dinner or a drink, with a big terrasse and sea view. Great burgers!
55 locals recommend
Birgitta
2 Hernesaarenranta
55 locals recommend
Nice for dinner or a drink, with a big terrasse and sea view. Great burgers!
A big café with a nice view
71 locals recommend
Cafe Carusel
10 Merisatamanranta
71 locals recommend
A big café with a nice view
Skiffer is an amazing pizzeria on an island, one of my favorite places. They have a few places around town, but I definitely recommend this one, the original one on the island
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Skiffer is an amazing pizzeria on an island, one of my favorite places. They have a few places around town, but I definitely recommend this one, the original one on the island
A great restaurant / bar, open late in the night. In one of the oldest buildings in Helsinki, the big basement floor is really nice.
27 locals recommend
The Cock
17 Fabianinkatu
27 locals recommend
A great restaurant / bar, open late in the night. In one of the oldest buildings in Helsinki, the big basement floor is really nice.
An amazing barbecue place, launched by a few famous Finnish movie directors because of their passion for slow-cooked meat. Taste their barbecue that has been slow-cooked for many many hours!
17 locals recommend
B-Smokery
2 R1 Työpajankatu
17 locals recommend
An amazing barbecue place, launched by a few famous Finnish movie directors because of their passion for slow-cooked meat. Taste their barbecue that has been slow-cooked for many many hours!
Best burger in town
Roslund Hietalahden kauppahalli
34 Lönnrotinkatu
Best burger in town
A chain of super tasty falafel fast-food, many around town these days. Ideal for a late night snack, or a vegetarian fast lunch!
49 locals recommend
Fafa's Iso Roba
2 Iso Roobertinkatu
49 locals recommend
A chain of super tasty falafel fast-food, many around town these days. Ideal for a late night snack, or a vegetarian fast lunch!
Super nice italian restaurant, with a great selection of tasty & cheap (but still sizeable) antipasti.
9 locals recommend
Trattoria Sogno
60 Runeberginkatu
9 locals recommend
Super nice italian restaurant, with a great selection of tasty & cheap (but still sizeable) antipasti.

Drinks & Nightlife

An awesome speakeasy hidden in central Helsinki. Great cocktails and atmosphere. Walk in the white door with completely blacked out windows, pick up the old school phone (it will ring a secret doorbell), and wait for a waiter to welcome you
19 locals recommend
Trillby & Chadwick
Katariinankatu
19 locals recommend
An awesome speakeasy hidden in central Helsinki. Great cocktails and atmosphere. Walk in the white door with completely blacked out windows, pick up the old school phone (it will ring a secret doorbell), and wait for a waiter to welcome you
Just next door, amazing beer selection
10 locals recommend
Oluthuone Kuikka
32 Helsinginkatu
10 locals recommend
Just next door, amazing beer selection
The most amazing modern wooden building in Helsinki these days. A bar with incredible terrasse and a public sauna!
322 locals recommend
Löyly Helsinki
4 Hernesaarenranta
322 locals recommend
The most amazing modern wooden building in Helsinki these days. A bar with incredible terrasse and a public sauna!
The most famous club in Helsinki, with Berlin kindof vibe
140 locals recommend
Kaiku
4 Kaikukatu
140 locals recommend
The most famous club in Helsinki, with Berlin kindof vibe
A nice bar with a great sea view
70 locals recommend
Kaivopuiston Mattolaituri Oy
3 A Ehrenströmintie
70 locals recommend
A nice bar with a great sea view
A cool bier bar
6 locals recommend
Bier-Bier
13 Erottajankatu
6 locals recommend
A cool bier bar
A local brewery, one of my favorite "easy-going" Finnish beer maker
20 locals recommend
Stadin Panimo
1 Kaasutehtaankatu
20 locals recommend
A local brewery, one of my favorite "easy-going" Finnish beer maker
Another great Helsinki brewery!
8 locals recommend
Bryggeri Helsinki
2 Sofiankatu
8 locals recommend
Another great Helsinki brewery!
A cool wine bar
13 locals recommend
Vin-Vin
6 Bulevardi
13 locals recommend
A cool wine bar

Shopping

Biggest mall right in the center
99 locals recommend
Kamppi
99 locals recommend
Biggest mall right in the center
The Gallerie Lafayette of Finland
256 locals recommend
Stockmann Helsingin keskusta
52 Aleksanterinkatu
256 locals recommend
The Gallerie Lafayette of Finland
Nudge is a really cool boutique that sells only ethical and sustainable products from a variety of brands (and industries). Most brands are either certified or from local creators/producers.
6 locals recommend
Nudge
30 Yrjönkatu
6 locals recommend
Nudge is a really cool boutique that sells only ethical and sustainable products from a variety of brands (and industries). Most brands are either certified or from local creators/producers.

Essentials

A big supermarket open 24/7, a few hundred meters away.
9 locals recommend
S-market Sokos Helsinki
9 Mannerheimintie
9 locals recommend
A big supermarket open 24/7, a few hundred meters away.
A supermarket with a great selection
11 locals recommend
K-Supermarket Postitalo
2F Elielinaukio
11 locals recommend
A supermarket with a great selection
Underground from Stockmann, the best supermarket to find a little fancier/exotic food!
9 locals recommend
Food Market Herkku, Helsinki City Centre
52 Aleksanterinkatu
9 locals recommend
Underground from Stockmann, the best supermarket to find a little fancier/exotic food!

Entertainment & Activities

23 locals recommend
Finnkino Kinopalatsi Helsinki
2 Kaisaniemenkatu
23 locals recommend
A huge complex building with all kinds of indoor activities: climbing, gym, escape room, bowling...
10 locals recommend
Salmisaaren Liikuntakeskus
3 Energiakatu
10 locals recommend
A huge complex building with all kinds of indoor activities: climbing, gym, escape room, bowling...

Parks & Nature

An old fortified island, close to helsinki center and accessible by public transport boats (yeah, that's a thing :) ).
430 locals recommend
Suomenlinna
430 locals recommend
An old fortified island, close to helsinki center and accessible by public transport boats (yeah, that's a thing :) ).
A great national park for hikes, barbecues or a swim
150 locals recommend
Nuuksio National Park
84 Nuuksiontie
150 locals recommend
A great national park for hikes, barbecues or a swim
Awesome hilly park
189 locals recommend
Kaivopuisto
189 locals recommend
Awesome hilly park

Arts & Culture

My favourite museum in Helsinki. Great and fun contemporary art.
384 locals recommend
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
2 Mannerheiminaukio
384 locals recommend
My favourite museum in Helsinki. Great and fun contemporary art.
The classic Ateneum, museum, just right next door from the apartment
253 locals recommend
Ateneum
2 Kaivokatu
253 locals recommend
The classic Ateneum, museum, just right next door from the apartment
Another cool modern art museum, a bit of center, but totally worth it.
47 locals recommend
EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art
5 Ahertajantie
47 locals recommend
Another cool modern art museum, a bit of center, but totally worth it.