29 unforgettable experiences in Helsinki
We leave our senses at the mercy of the rhythm of the city and discover another capital , the one that goes beyond monuments and museums to be seen between their routines and their day to day. And we understand that Helsinki is played on the field , as a great laboratory of experiences.
1. Have a coffee in **Kallio**, the district that is trending right now. You can choose between the modern Bergga , the cultural Ruple , the hipster and biker Good Life Coffee , the natural Kahvila Taikalamppu...
two. Buy new vinyl at levykauppa or second-hand in the great collection of Green Grass Records (and dive into its curious “section” called Other Things... if you dare) . Or go wild with Black & White (and be prepared to spend hours on it).
3. Enjoy a cocktail with a view on the rooftop of **Klaus K Hotel.**
Four. Travel back in time walking among the wooden houses from the early 19th century in Puu-Vallila.
5. Learn all about the ceramic mugs that every Finnish family has at home, Arabian , in your design center .
6. … and let your imagination run wild looking at the exquisite designs of Alvar Aalto for glassware collection Iittala in the same Design Center.
Its covered terrace shows the best skyline of the city
7. Try the “salty sweets” of Robertin Herkku , the candy store that every kid in Helsinki has shopped at.
8. Relax in one of the oldest public saunas in Helsinki, arla , founded in 1929 in the district of Kallio.
9. Live a romantic evening at Passio, at the mercy of the day's desires of its chefs but always with Finnish products (although they never say no to the influences of world cuisines).
Love sometimes hurts but in Passio everything gets better
10. Surround yourself with cats cat coffee : Helkatti awaits you between purrs.
eleven. Live the Kallio community in Rupla, the hot spot in the fashion district (coffee shop, art gallery, clothing and vinyl store... ALL ) .
12. Enjoy a family coffee at Muminkaffe , a tribute to the children's saga of the Mumins (a kind of white hippos created by the writer and cartoonist Tove Jansson).
13. Buy a piece of Finnish design at **Formverk**.
14. Get into the fitting room frankie and fall in love with Finnish designers ( Kiks, Kuula Jylha, Jatuli, Vejits...).
fifteen. Its time to BRUNCH ! Vegetarian and with touches of North Africa at ** Sandro **.
16. Top off the night with a historic cocktail (choose decade and chin chin!) or any one dedicated to Finnish flavors at A21 Decades , the best cocktail bar in the city located in an old sex shop.
Historical cocktails (and with Finnish ingredients)
17. Buy sausages at the art gallery of Feri's . Or take an art bath while the best sausages in town cook.
18. Chase the sunset of the sun living a “Helsinki Henge” on Eerikinkatu street (at the end of this street, on a slope, you can follow the path of the sun until you see it disappear behind the asphalt).
19. Say goodbye to the day watching the sunset from the island of Unisaari , which you can reach on foot from the Marina.
Sunset from Uunisaari
twenty. 315 islands surround Helsinki : the maritime fort of Suomenlinna , declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, is located on six of them. Essential visit.
twenty-one. Saunas, bar in front of the fireplace... and bath in the frozen Baltic? Your place is Löyly.
Loyly
22. The Michelin caprice: dinner at Finnjävel , a restaurant pop-up (it will close in a year, when trends change, to continue evolving, making other gastronomy known) that never ceases to amaze. Your moose is not from this planet.
23.**Escape to silence and nature in Nuuksio National Park**, in Spoo, thirty minutes from Helsinki, to ski, walk in the snowy forest with snowshoes... or sleep in a tentsile (in a tent suspended between trees) .
24 . In Espoo you can also visit Santa's summer home.
Finnjävel, the pop-up Michelin star
25. And don't forget the Nature Center, Haltia, a in a building that has marked a new era from its architecture: sustainability, renewable energy and ode to the surrounding nature.
26. Change your perception of the world and “watch the sounds” with the exhibition in Haltia by the Australian Andy Thomas (who turns the sounds of the birds in Nuuksio Park into visual art)
27. Bathe in the Baltic. Frozen.
Dive into the frozen Baltic and you will be reborn like a Phoenix
Helsinki: forget about Hygge and experience its novelties