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

Essentials

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