Guidebook for Helsingfors
Food Scene
Great lunch buffet with all the beautiful flavours of Mediterranean style cuisine. Weekend brunches are also great!
165 recommandé par les habitants
Sandro Kallio
17 Kolmas linjaGreat 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 recommandé par les habitants
Silvoplee
3 Toinen linjaHealthy 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!
Lemon Grass
12 Kolmas linjaTasty Thai food in a cute setting!
Good Life Coffee Oy
17 Kolmas linjaMy 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 recommandé par les habitants
Tenho Restobar
15 HelsinginkatuTenho 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 recommandé par les habitants
Cella
15 FleminginkatuGreat for some traditional Finnish food accompanied with traditional Finnish rude customer service. For Kaurismäki film fans.
Restaurant Kolmon3n
11 Kolmas linjaFancy local dining.
This is where I go for those special occasion dinners. Great service, amazing food and a cozy, quiet atmosphere.
29 recommandé par les habitants
Ateljé Finne
14 ArkadiankatuThis 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 recommandé par les habitants
Ipi Kulmakuppila
13 PorthaninkatuCool yet cute cafe with a modernistic interior. Lunch is not that great but the pastries are amazing.
Gastro Cafe Kallio
7 FleminginkatuReally good food in an intimate environment.
Putte's Bar and Pizza
6 KalevankatuBest pizza in town.
Döner Harju
23 FleminginkatuDöner 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 recommandé par les habitants
Linnanmäki (pohj.)
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)
RIVIERA
2 HarjukatuKallio'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 recommandé par les habitants
Seikkailupuisto Korkee
8 MustikkamaanpolkuAdventure 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 recommandé par les habitants
Borgbacken (södra)
Closest tram stop to my apartment, trams 1 and 8 stop here. Both of them stop running around 23:00.
Hakaniemen metroasema station
Closest metro station to the apartment.
Parks & Nature
Local botanical garden and green houses. Little haven in the middle of the city.
39 recommandé par les habitants
Jardin botanique Kaisaniemi
2 KaisaniemenrantaLocal 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 recommandé par les habitants
Mustikkamaan uimaranta
1 MustikkamaanpolkuLovely 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 recommandé par les habitants
Central Park
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 recommandé par les habitants
S-Market
18-20 SiltasaarenkatuRather 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 recommandé par les habitants
Alepa Wallininkuja
7 WallininkujaSmall corner shop 600metres from the apartment. Good for essentials.
Drinks & Nightlife
Ääniwalli
13 PälkäneentieTechno till late.
The party's dying out and you want to continue dancing: this is where you go.
140 recommandé par les habitants
Kaiku
4 KaikukatuThe party's dying out and you want to continue dancing: this is where you go.
Wino
11 FleminginkatuThe beacon of gentrification in Kallio. Good wines, though.
Tavastia
4 Urho Kekkosen katuThe most iconic live music venue in Finland.
Ravintola Rytmi
2 Toinen linjaWhere the cool adults go.
Toveri
3 CastréninkatuMy local bar, cozy with good beer selection.
Stadin Panimo
1 KaasutehtaankatuLocal brewery bar, great selection of beers!
Arts & Culture
HAM - Musée des beaux-arts d'Helsinki
8 Eteläinen RautatiekatuArt is the food of the soul.
All you ever wanted to know about Helsinki. Free entry!
38 recommandé par les habitants
Musée municipal d’Helsinki
16-18 AleksanterinkatuAll you ever wanted to know about Helsinki. Free entry!
Kalleria
10 KaarlenkatuCute little gallery.
Sorbus
15 VaasankatuOne 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 recommandé par les habitants
EMMA - Musée d'Art Moderne d'Espoo
5 AhertajantieEspoo's Modern Art museum, well worth the visit. The building in itself is interesting and the metro takes you there conveniently.
Galleria Huuto
1 KalevankatuInteresting contemporary art here.
SIC
24 PurpuripolkuWell curated art gallery.
Exhibition Laboratory
36 MerimiehenkatuStudent art.
Forum Box
3A RuoholahdenrantaThis is great.
Helsinki's contemporary art museum. Big international names and some smaller local ones in beautiful Steven Holl architecture.
384 recommandé par les habitants
Musée d'art contemporain de Kiasma
2 MannerheiminaukioHelsinki's contemporary art museum. Big international names and some smaller local ones in beautiful Steven Holl architecture.
Kiasma Theatre
2 MannerheiminaukioSome the most interesting shows in town.
Eskus - Esitystaiteen keskus ry
1 KaasutehtaankatuPerformance art. Might change your life.
Zodiak Presents Ry
1B TallberginkatuThe contemporary dance venue of Finland. Super interesting programme.