Guidebook for Helsinki

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Guidebook for Helsinki

Getting Around

Tramlines 7&9 to Länsisatama (ferry port) and central railway station.
Malminrinne
Malminrinne
Tramlines 7&9 to Länsisatama (ferry port) and central railway station.
Local and long-haul bus terminals
213 locals recommend
Kamppi Shopping Centre
1 Urho Kekkosen katu
213 locals recommend
Local and long-haul bus terminals
Kamppi metro station
24 locals recommend
Kampen(M) station
24 locals recommend
Kamppi metro station

Entertainment & Activities

Movie theater. By the way: in Finland movies are not dubbed, so don't worry. :)
28 locals recommend
Finnkino Tennispalatsi
15 Salomonkatu
28 locals recommend
Movie theater. By the way: in Finland movies are not dubbed, so don't worry. :)

Food Scene

Cafeteria just downstairs for having breakfast. Opening times: Monday-Friday 07:30 - 20:00 Saturday 09:00 - 19:00 Sunday 10:00 - 19:00
Espresso House Malminrinne
2 Malminrinne
Cafeteria just downstairs for having breakfast. Opening times: Monday-Friday 07:30 - 20:00 Saturday 09:00 - 19:00 Sunday 10:00 - 19:00
Great sushi restaurant next door - one of the best ones in Finland.
50 locals recommend
Sushibar + Wine
42 Fredrikinkatu
50 locals recommend
Great sushi restaurant next door - one of the best ones in Finland.
Selection of excellent restaurant upstairs of Kamppi Shopping Center. Not your regular mall food court though, so don't worry. Worth checking out.
8 locals recommend
Kortteli
1 Urho Kekkosen katu
8 locals recommend
Selection of excellent restaurant upstairs of Kamppi Shopping Center. Not your regular mall food court though, so don't worry. Worth checking out.
Delicious pizza place!
71 locals recommend
Putte's Bar and Pizza
6 Kalevankatu
71 locals recommend
Delicious pizza place!
Naples style pizzeria. Warning: most probably full, does not take table reservations so just prepare to wait. :)
24 locals recommend
Pizzeria Via Tribunali
4 Sofiankatu
24 locals recommend
Naples style pizzeria. Warning: most probably full, does not take table reservations so just prepare to wait. :)
Really nice fine dining restaurant, which you most probably don't find just by accident.
29 locals recommend
Ateljé Finne
14 Arkadiankatu
29 locals recommend
Really nice fine dining restaurant, which you most probably don't find just by accident.
There are a lot of Nepalese restaurants in Helsinki and all of them are extremely delicious. This one is the closest one to the apartment.
8 locals recommend
Mount Everest Kamppi
15 Lapinlahdenkatu
8 locals recommend
There are a lot of Nepalese restaurants in Helsinki and all of them are extremely delicious. This one is the closest one to the apartment.
Finnish style fine dining restaurant. Fresh, pure local area ingredients and tastes.
Ravintola Lonna
Finnish style fine dining restaurant. Fresh, pure local area ingredients and tastes.
Modern Vietnamese fusion kitchen. Please notice that the correct address is at Eerikinkatu 20, Kamppi.
12 locals recommend
Lie Mi Kamppi
1 Urho Kekkosen katu
12 locals recommend
Modern Vietnamese fusion kitchen. Please notice that the correct address is at Eerikinkatu 20, Kamppi.
Great brunch on weekends.
165 locals recommend
Sandro Kallio
17 Kolmas linja
165 locals recommend
Great brunch on weekends.
Great brunch on weekends.
37 locals recommend
Sandro Eira
34 D Tehtaankatu
37 locals recommend
Great brunch on weekends.

Sightseeing

Architectural award winning public sauna with avanto (ice-swimming) and great restaurant!
322 locals recommend
Löyly Helsinki
4 Hernesaarenranta
322 locals recommend
Architectural award winning public sauna with avanto (ice-swimming) and great restaurant!
Historical Helsinki Sea Fortress. 15 minute boat trip from marketplace. Great for outdoors & sightseeing.
430 locals recommend
Suomenlinna
430 locals recommend
Historical Helsinki Sea Fortress. 15 minute boat trip from marketplace. Great for outdoors & sightseeing.
In 1962 the Helsinki city authorities commissioned Aalto to design a concert and congress building as the first part of his great centre plan. The Finlandia Hall was completed nine years later. Even the earliest plans show the main characteristics of the final solution. One of the most conspicuous alterations involved the chamber music room, originally intended to soar like the main auditorium above the main building mass.
56 locals recommend
Finlandia - Talo
13 E Mannerheimintie
56 locals recommend
In 1962 the Helsinki city authorities commissioned Aalto to design a concert and congress building as the first part of his great centre plan. The Finlandia Hall was completed nine years later. Even the earliest plans show the main characteristics of the final solution. One of the most conspicuous alterations involved the chamber music room, originally intended to soar like the main auditorium above the main building mass.
Culture House, designed by Alvar Aalto.
7 locals recommend
Kulttuuritalo station
7 locals recommend
Culture House, designed by Alvar Aalto.
Go for a walk on a weekend, Eira is nice neighbourhood for sightseeing.
Engelinaukio
Engelinaukio
Go for a walk on a weekend, Eira is nice neighbourhood for sightseeing.
Traditional working class neighbourhood public sauna in Kallio.
151 locals recommend
Kotiharjun Sauna
1 Harjutorinkatu
151 locals recommend
Traditional working class neighbourhood public sauna in Kallio.
Traditional working class neighbourhood public sauna in Kallio.
50 locals recommend
Sauna Arla
15 Kaarlenkatu
50 locals recommend
Traditional working class neighbourhood public sauna in Kallio.
Olympic Stadium, functionalist building.
75 locals recommend
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
1 Paavo Nurmen tie
75 locals recommend
Olympic Stadium, functionalist building.
Lonna island has a public sauna & really nice Finnish style fine dining restaurant. Fresh, pure local area ingredients and tastes.
40 locals recommend
Lonnan sauna
40 locals recommend
Lonna island has a public sauna & really nice Finnish style fine dining restaurant. Fresh, pure local area ingredients and tastes.

Drinks & Nightlife

Famous restaurant & bar area in Helsinki.
75 locals recommend
Kallio
75 locals recommend
Famous restaurant & bar area in Helsinki.
Kuudes Linja & Kaiku are the best, hip nightclubs in Helsinki. Entrance is on the yard side.
128 locals recommend
Kuudes linja
13 B Hämeentie
128 locals recommend
Kuudes Linja & Kaiku are the best, hip nightclubs in Helsinki. Entrance is on the yard side.

Arts & Culture

The Studio Aalto is a house in the Tiilimäki neighbourhood of Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, which Alvar Aalto designed during 1955–56 to be the studio of his architect bureau.
15 locals recommend
Studio Aalto
20 Tiilimäki
15 locals recommend
The Studio Aalto is a house in the Tiilimäki neighbourhood of Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, which Alvar Aalto designed during 1955–56 to be the studio of his architect bureau.
Villa Aalto, the home of Academician Alvar Aalto is located in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, at 20, Riihitie. The house is part of the Alvar Aalto Museum, which functions in two cities, Jyväskylä and Helsinki. The other location in Helsinki where the museum functions is Studio Aalto, which is located ca. 450 metres from the house, at Tiilimäki 20.
18 locals recommend
Alvar Aalto's studio
20 Riihitie
18 locals recommend
Villa Aalto, the home of Academician Alvar Aalto is located in Munkkiniemi, Helsinki, at 20, Riihitie. The house is part of the Alvar Aalto Museum, which functions in two cities, Jyväskylä and Helsinki. The other location in Helsinki where the museum functions is Studio Aalto, which is located ca. 450 metres from the house, at Tiilimäki 20.
Design District Helsinki brings together creative people in the heart of Helsinki. The district covers Punavuori, Kaartinkaupunki, Kamppi and Ullanlinna. For more information: https://www.designdistrict.fi/en/
8 locals recommend
Design District
8 locals recommend
Design District Helsinki brings together creative people in the heart of Helsinki. The district covers Punavuori, Kaartinkaupunki, Kamppi and Ullanlinna. For more information: https://www.designdistrict.fi/en/
Classical art museum
253 locals recommend
Ateneum
2 Kaivokatu
253 locals recommend
Classical art museum
Museum of modern art.
384 locals recommend
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
2 Mannerheiminaukio
384 locals recommend
Museum of modern art.
Classical Finnish art
107 locals recommend
The National Museum of Finland
34 Mannerheimintie
107 locals recommend
Classical Finnish art

Parks & Nature

Excellent city get away, you can take a 20 min boat ride there for couple of euros. Great place for swimming. Other side of the island is a beach and south side is more rocky. There is also a nude beach if you prefer less tanlines.
49 locals recommend
Pihlajasaari
49 locals recommend
Excellent city get away, you can take a 20 min boat ride there for couple of euros. Great place for swimming. Other side of the island is a beach and south side is more rocky. There is also a nude beach if you prefer less tanlines.
Former army island, now opened for public. Not yet that crowded. Boat connections leave next to market place.
Isosaari
Former army island, now opened for public. Not yet that crowded. Boat connections leave next to market place.
Former army island, now open for public. Less crowded than Suomenlinna, but already quite touristy. If you want more peace and quiet, go visit Mjölö (Isosaari).
39 locals recommend
Vallisaari
39 locals recommend
Former army island, now open for public. Less crowded than Suomenlinna, but already quite touristy. If you want more peace and quiet, go visit Mjölö (Isosaari).
Helsinki Central Park. Have a walk in a forest in the middle of the city.
111 locals recommend
Central Park
111 locals recommend
Helsinki Central Park. Have a walk in a forest in the middle of the city.