Guidebook for Helsingfors

Jenni
Guidebook for Helsingfors

Food Scene

Great lunch buffet with all the beautiful flavours of Mediterranean style cuisine. Weekend brunches are also great!
165 locals recommend
Sandro Kallio
17 Kolmas linja
165 locals recommend
Great lunch buffet with all the beautiful flavours of Mediterranean style cuisine. Weekend brunches are also great!
Healthy food can be really yummy, this place has proven me. A vegetarian buffet place where you pay by the weight of your portion. This food makes you happy!
79 locals recommend
Silvoplee
3 Toinen linja
79 locals recommend
Healthy food can be really yummy, this place has proven me. A vegetarian buffet place where you pay by the weight of your portion. This food makes you happy!
Tasty Thai food in a cute setting!
90 locals recommend
Lemon Grass
12 Kolmas linja
90 locals recommend
Tasty Thai food in a cute setting!
My regular coffee shop, best coffee in town!
58 locals recommend
Good Life Coffee Oy
17 Kolmas linja
58 locals recommend
My regular coffee shop, best coffee in town!
Tenho has a bit of everything, it's a great bar where you're pretty guaranteed to find a table on the weekends when everywhere gets busy, it's a restaurant with really good food and a kitchen that's open till late and a venue where you can here great live music. What's not to love!
85 locals recommend
Tenho Restobar
15 Helsinginkatu
85 locals recommend
Tenho has a bit of everything, it's a great bar where you're pretty guaranteed to find a table on the weekends when everywhere gets busy, it's a restaurant with really good food and a kitchen that's open till late and a venue where you can here great live music. What's not to love!
Great for some traditional Finnish food accompanied with traditional Finnish rude customer service. For Kaurismäki film fans.
53 locals recommend
Cella
15 Fleminginkatu
53 locals recommend
Great for some traditional Finnish food accompanied with traditional Finnish rude customer service. For Kaurismäki film fans.
Fancy local dining.
51 locals recommend
Restaurant Kolmon3n
11 Kolmas linja
51 locals recommend
Fancy local dining.
This is where I go for those special occasion dinners. Great service, amazing food and a cozy, quiet atmosphere.
29 locals recommend
Ateljé Finne
14 Arkadiankatu
29 locals recommend
This is where I go for those special occasion dinners. Great service, amazing food and a cozy, quiet atmosphere.
Cool yet cute cafe with a modernistic interior. Lunch is not that great but the pastries are amazing.
68 locals recommend
Ipi Kulmakuppila
13 Porthaninkatu
68 locals recommend
Cool yet cute cafe with a modernistic interior. Lunch is not that great but the pastries are amazing.
Really good food in an intimate environment.
40 locals recommend
Gastro Cafe Kallio
7 Fleminginkatu
40 locals recommend
Really good food in an intimate environment.
Best pizza in town.
71 locals recommend
Putte's Bar and Pizza
6 Kalevankatu
71 locals recommend
Best pizza in town.
Döner place, great veggie kebab.
118 locals recommend
Döner Harju
23 Fleminginkatu
118 locals recommend
Döner place, great veggie kebab.

Entertainment & Activities

Amusement park on my doorstep! The entrance is free so you can just go for a wonder. I recommend the wooden roller-coaster, it's a real novelty. Kids LOVE this place! (Closed during winter)
100 locals recommend
Linnanmäki (pohj.)
100 locals recommend
Amusement park on my doorstep! The entrance is free so you can just go for a wonder. I recommend the wooden roller-coaster, it's a real novelty. Kids LOVE this place! (Closed during winter)
Kallio's own cinema. Cute and cozy.
88 locals recommend
RIVIERA
2 Harjukatu
88 locals recommend
Kallio's own cinema. Cute and cozy.
Adventure park where you get to do courses high in the tree tops. Great fun, not for the faint hearted! (Closed during winter)
11 locals recommend
Seikkailupuisto Korkee
8 Mustikkamaanpolku
11 locals recommend
Adventure park where you get to do courses high in the tree tops. Great fun, not for the faint hearted! (Closed during winter)

Getting Around

Closest tram stop to my apartment, trams 1 and 8 stop here. Both of them stop running around 23:00.
11 locals recommend
Borgbacken (södra)
11 locals recommend
Closest tram stop to my apartment, trams 1 and 8 stop here. Both of them stop running around 23:00.
Closest metro station to the apartment.
25 locals recommend
Hakaniemen metroasema station
25 locals recommend
Closest metro station to the apartment.

Parks & Nature

Local botanical garden and green houses. Little haven in the middle of the city.
39 locals recommend
Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden
2 Kaisaniemenranta
39 locals recommend
Local botanical garden and green houses. Little haven in the middle of the city.
Lovely little island with walking trails and a beach for swimming.
86 locals recommend
Mustikkamaan uimaranta
1 Mustikkamaanpolku
86 locals recommend
Lovely little island with walking trails and a beach for swimming.
Beautiful Central Park is a place of meditation for me. You can feel you're in a forest in here. Loads of trails going around though so bring a map!
111 locals recommend
Central Park
111 locals recommend
Beautiful Central Park is a place of meditation for me. You can feel you're in a forest in here. Loads of trails going around though so bring a map!

Essentials

Rather large grocery store with good selection of everything. Do note that if you wish to buy alcohol stronger than a beer you should visit Alko, a dedicated alcohol shop, in the same building.
57 locals recommend
S-Market
18-20 Siltasaarenkatu
57 locals recommend
Rather large grocery store with good selection of everything. Do note that if you wish to buy alcohol stronger than a beer you should visit Alko, a dedicated alcohol shop, in the same building.
Small corner shop 600metres from the apartment. Good for essentials.
7 locals recommend
Alepa Wallininkuja
7 Wallininkuja
7 locals recommend
Small corner shop 600metres from the apartment. Good for essentials.

Drinks & Nightlife

Techno till late.
68 locals recommend
Ääniwalli
13 Pälkäneentie
68 locals recommend
Techno till late.
The party's dying out and you want to continue dancing: this is where you go.
140 locals recommend
Kaiku
4 Kaikukatu
140 locals recommend
The party's dying out and you want to continue dancing: this is where you go.
The beacon of gentrification in Kallio. Good wines, though.
55 locals recommend
Wino
11 Fleminginkatu
55 locals recommend
The beacon of gentrification in Kallio. Good wines, though.
The most iconic live music venue in Finland.
48 locals recommend
Tavastia
4 Urho Kekkosen katu
48 locals recommend
The most iconic live music venue in Finland.
Where the cool adults go.
45 locals recommend
Ravintola Rytmi
2 Toinen linja
45 locals recommend
Where the cool adults go.
My local bar, cozy with good beer selection.
10 locals recommend
Toveri
3 Castréninkatu
10 locals recommend
My local bar, cozy with good beer selection.
Local brewery bar, great selection of beers!
20 locals recommend
Stadin Panimo
1 Kaasutehtaankatu
20 locals recommend
Local brewery bar, great selection of beers!

Arts & Culture

Art is the food of the soul.
135 locals recommend
HAM - Helsinki Art Museum
8 Eteläinen Rautatiekatu
135 locals recommend
Art is the food of the soul.
All you ever wanted to know about Helsinki. Free entry!
38 locals recommend
Helsinki City Museum
16-18 Aleksanterinkatu
38 locals recommend
All you ever wanted to know about Helsinki. Free entry!
Cute little gallery.
Kalleria
10 Kaarlenkatu
Cute little gallery.
One of the most interesting galleries in Hki.
Sorbus
15 Vaasankatu
One of the most interesting galleries in Hki.
Espoo's Modern Art museum, well worth the visit. The building in itself is interesting and the metro takes you there conveniently.
47 locals recommend
EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art
5 Ahertajantie
47 locals recommend
Espoo's Modern Art museum, well worth the visit. The building in itself is interesting and the metro takes you there conveniently.
Interesting contemporary art here.
7 locals recommend
Galleria Huuto
1 Kalevankatu
7 locals recommend
Interesting contemporary art here.
Well curated art gallery.
6 locals recommend
SIC
24 Purpuripolku
6 locals recommend
Well curated art gallery.
Student art.
Exhibition Laboratory
36 Merimiehenkatu
Student art.
This is great.
10 locals recommend
Forum Box
3A Ruoholahdenranta
10 locals recommend
This is great.
Helsinki's contemporary art museum. Big international names and some smaller local ones in beautiful Steven Holl architecture.
384 locals recommend
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
2 Mannerheiminaukio
384 locals recommend
Helsinki's contemporary art museum. Big international names and some smaller local ones in beautiful Steven Holl architecture.
Some the most interesting shows in town.
Kiasma Theatre
2 Mannerheiminaukio
Some the most interesting shows in town.
Performance art. Might change your life.
Eskus - Esitystaiteen keskus ry
1 Kaasutehtaankatu
Performance art. Might change your life.
The contemporary dance venue of Finland. Super interesting programme.
Zodiak Presents Ry
1B Tallberginkatu
The contemporary dance venue of Finland. Super interesting programme.