Guidebook for Helsinki

Simo & Liisa
Simo & Liisa
Guidebook for Helsinki

Food Scene

Traditional, abundant Finnish dishes. Enjoyed for decades by locals, such as the former president Tarja Halonen.
53 locals recommend
Cella
15 Fleminginkatu
53 locals recommend
Traditional, abundant Finnish dishes. Enjoyed for decades by locals, such as the former president Tarja Halonen.
118 locals recommend
Döner Harju
23 Fleminginkatu
118 locals recommend
Simple and delicious food for lunch or dinner, authentic Ukranian keepers
7 locals recommend
Pelmenit
7 Kustaankatu
7 locals recommend
Simple and delicious food for lunch or dinner, authentic Ukranian keepers
Thai food
28 locals recommend
Tuk Tuk
19 Vaasankatu
28 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Cafe Cardemumma
15 LH 99 Kaarlenkatu
26 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Cafe Piritta
12 Eläintarhantie
33 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Mikura Sushi
13 Viipurinkatu
10 locals recommend
Great but small sushi restaurant! Often quite packed but great for take-away meals.
Nearest fast food place that is open 24/7.
35 locals recommend
McDonald's
6 Satamaradankatu
35 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Kahvila-Ravintola Nuppu
12 Läntinen Brahenkatu
6 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
R-kioski
22 Munkkiniemen puistotie
63 locals recommend
Similar to 7-eleven, sells e.g. SIM cards, small snacks and drinks.
Delicious and affordable Russian restaurant serving blinis, pelmenis etc.
15 locals recommend
BLINIt
9 Sturenkatu
15 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Toloviken
97 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Alppi Park
Viipurinkatu
46 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Central Park
111 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
William K. Kurvi
2 Helsinginkatu
22 locals recommend
For the beer selection
A local favourite, some have probably not left the bar for a couple of decades, ask them :)
11 locals recommend
Ravintola Roskapankki
20 Helsinginkatu
11 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Rupla
16 Helsinginkatu
40 locals recommend
A nice small bar that recently appeared in a TV show 'Kynsin hampain'
For beers
11 locals recommend
Olutravintola Hilpeä Hauki
7 Vaasankatu
11 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Onda
13 b Hämeentie
119 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Bar Loosister
50 Hämeentie
30 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Linnanmaki
1 Tivolikuja
220 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Kotiharjun Sauna
1 Harjutorinkatu
151 locals recommend
Traditional public sauna which is worth experiencing.
A public sauna that has been there since 1929.
50 locals recommend
Sauna Arla
15 Kaarlenkatu
50 locals recommend
A public sauna that has been there since 1929.

Essentials

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