The Best of Helsinki competition gives you the chance to vote for Helsinki’s best tourism experiences. All participants will be entered into a prize drawing for the chance to win the first ever Key to the City, entitling the holder to exclusive experiences in Helsinki! The winner gets all this: 1 night stay for two [...]
This summer top chef Hans Välimäki’s restaurant Chez Dominique has decided to keep its doors open throughout the summer, something that happens only at rare occasions. Besides embellishing Helsinki’s gastonomical summer, it also offer a true summery surprise: Finnish design shine in the restaurant both on the plates and in the interior! Hans Välimäki’s tribute [...]
Helsinki Traveller Info offers young people and youthful visitors tips on how to “live like a local”. The young local staff can also organise a wide range of events for visitors, from glow-in-the-dark minigolf to summer sports, as well as pub crawls and walking tours.
Discover an unforgettable experience of Finnish nature in The Rhododendron Park in Helsinki! The park is an eight-hectare area, which was originally bog. The oldest rhododendrons have been planted in 1975.
Finns will celebrate Midsummer, or “juhannus” as it is known in Finnish, on 22 and 23 June 2012. How to celebrate Midsummer in Helsinki.
The Finnish Design Shop has just opened a new pop up shop for the summer at the Old Customs Warehouse on the waterfront of Katajanokka district, in conjunction with finnishdesignshop.com. The shop offers over 400 items of Finnish and international design, filling the entire ground floor of the grand and picturesque Old Customs Warehouse building. [...]
June 14, 2012 |
Elisabeth Heinrichs |
Filed under:
Cafés,
Tourists.
At a walking distance from the immediate city center of Helsinki, and next to the green Kaisaniemi park, in Kruununhaka, lies café Espresso Edge that has charmed by-passers already for eight years. Belonging to the same café family, there is also 2-year-old Café Summer Edge which is located on the historical center of Helsinki. The [...]
June 8, 2012 |
Kaisa Luukannel |
Filed under:
Cafés,
Events.
Historical Café Empire will be open in the Sederholm House 9–17 June 2012, from 11 am to 6 pm.
Best athletes around Europe gather to compete at the legendary Helsinki Olympic Stadium 27.6.–1.7.2012 when Finland hosts the European Athletics Championships for the third time.
June 7, 2012 |
Elisabeth Heinrichs |
Filed under:
Cafés,
Tourists.
When stepping into Good Life Coffee the customer immediately notices that the wall between the street door and the internal door is decorated with old used coffee bags – the coffees that have left a memory in the life of the café owner. In this Kallio based café coffee is truly appreciated and it feels [...]