Food Scene
Bergga
14 Viides linjaWine + snacks + coffee
Sandro Kallio
17 Kolmas linjaExcellent North African food. Booking recommended.
Good Life Coffee Oy
17 Kolmas linjaThey say they make the best coffee in Helsinki.
Cella
15 FleminginkatuAuthentic Finnish restaurant.
New small restaurant around the block. Reservation recommended.
51 locals recommend
Restaurant Kolmon3n
11 Kolmas linjaNew small restaurant around the block. Reservation recommended.
Ravintola Loiste
3 KaivokatuExcellent Finnish food with a rooftop view of the city.
Lemon Grass
12 Kolmas linjaDelicious Thai food.
Kallion Sävel
2 HämeentieCosy restaurant and bar for easy night out near home.
Regatta
8 MerikannontieBeautiful, traditional small café by the sea.
Entertainment & Activities
Helsinki Winter Garden
1 A HammarskjöldintieWinter garden (indoor tropical garden) - free!
Linnanmaki
1 TivolikujaLinnanmäki amusement park.
SEA LIFE Helsinki
10 TivolitieOpen all year around indoor Sea Life.
Natural History Museum has excellent exhibitions suitable both for adults and kids.
89 locals recommend
Finnish Museum of Natural History
13 Pohjoinen RautatiekatuNatural History Museum has excellent exhibitions suitable both for adults and kids.
Leikkipuisto Linja
CastréninkatuFree park for children just around the corner.
Outdoor swimming stadium (open during the summer). Excelent for kids.
62 locals recommend
Helsinki Swimming Stadium
5 HammarskjöldintieOutdoor swimming stadium (open during the summer). Excelent for kids.
Sightseeing
Ooppera station
The Opera house
Musiikkitalo
TöölönlahdenkatuThe Helsinki Concert Hall + restaurant.
Kallio Church
2 Itäinen PapinkatuKallio Church
Suomenlinna Fortress is a World Heritage Site and is accessible with a short ferry ride from Kauppatori. It has beautiful landscape with old military buildings and the sea.
430 locals recommend
Suomenlinna
Suomenlinna Fortress is a World Heritage Site and is accessible with a short ferry ride from Kauppatori. It has beautiful landscape with old military buildings and the sea.
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
1 Paavo Nurmen tieThe Helsinki Stadium where the 1952 Olympics were held.
Summer cafés and beautiful walk through out the year by the Töölö Bay.
10 locals recommend
Linnunlaulu
LinnunlauluntieSummer cafés and beautiful walk through out the year by the Töölö Bay.
All tourist busses check out Sibelius monument - a statue in the honour of our late composer Sibelius.
166 locals recommend
The Sibelius Monument
MechelininkatuAll tourist busses check out Sibelius monument - a statue in the honour of our late composer Sibelius.
Rock Church is an interestingly different kind of church as it's build inside a rock.
258 locals recommend
Temppeliaukio Church
3 LutherinkatuRock Church is an interestingly different kind of church as it's build inside a rock.
Vedkajen
HalkolaituriOld wooden sailing boats live here during the summers.
Everything Else
Hakaniemi Metro Station
Hakaniemi metro stop
Used to be an art school for Finnish master painters and works now as a high quality art museum.
253 locals recommend
Ateneum
2 KaivokatuUsed to be an art school for Finnish master painters and works now as a high quality art museum.
Urheilutalo station
Sports centre & indoor swimming hall.
Sompasauna
6 VerkkosaarenkujaFree public sauna. Open durign the summer every day 24h.
Sauna Arla
15 KaarlenkatuExperience traditional Finnish sauna. Men and Women separated.
Kotiharjun Sauna
1 HarjutorinkatuExperience traditional Finnish sauna. Men and Women separated.
Essentials
Hakaniemi market hall for fresh local and organic groceries and small cafes.
185 locals recommend
Hakaniemi Market Hall
1 HämeentieHakaniemi market hall for fresh local and organic groceries and small cafes.
Hakaniemi market square for outdoor groceries, breakfast or coffee.
10 locals recommend
Hakaniemen torikatu
Hakaniemen torikatuHakaniemi market square for outdoor groceries, breakfast or coffee.
Alepa Kallio
9-11 CastréninkatuNearest grocery store.
Alko
33 VuorimiehenkatuLiquor store Alko.
Shopping
Ympyrätalon apteekki
18 SiltasaarenkatuPharmacy
Shopping mall with metro station. Bus terminal (busses towards Espoo). Long distance bus terminal.
99 locals recommend
Kamppi
Shopping mall with metro station. Bus terminal (busses towards Espoo). Long distance bus terminal.
Fleminginkatu 8
8 FleminginkatuCute independent children's book store.
Made in Kallio
14 VaasankatuBoutique for local design and craft.
Ansa second hand
5 AgricolankatuVintage clothing
Arabia & Iittala & Finnlayson outlet for Finnish designer's glass ware, creamics and textiles. Café. Lunch restaurant. Arabia creamics museum.
Hämeentie 135
135 HämeentieArabia & Iittala & Finnlayson outlet for Finnish designer's glass ware, creamics and textiles. Café. Lunch restaurant. Arabia creamics museum.
Arts & Culture
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
2 MannerheiminaukioModern Art Museum.