Café Köket’s pop up café has reached the Esplanade Park again. The café that already last year delighted the Espa stage and along with that the whole Esplanade Park has got a welcome continuation! This time the pop up café stays on the stage until the 9th of May! See Espa stage’s summer program here. [...]

At the roots of Temppeliaukio Church (also known as the Rock Church), which belongs to the top 5 sights in Helsinki, lies the interesting and exciting café and showroom called Cafetoria. A coffee roasting factory bearing the same name is behind this café and showroom.  The idea that got started during a holiday in Latin-America [...]

Set in a marine surrounding just next to some of the main sights in town, the Uspenski Cathedral and the Bridge of Love, as well as high-class restaurants like Sipuli and Nokka, you’ll find roasting factory and tea merchant Johan&Nyström. Johan&Nyström is a Swedish small roasting factory that has two cafés and concept stores: one in [...]

During the last couple of years Töölö has become a strong contender to Kruununhaka and Punavuori in the restaurant and café scene. Museokatu, which has quickly become a street that locals rely on for good restaurants and cafés, is full of interesting points to visit: among others Kaffecentralen, grocery store Anton&Anton, café Marocco, Petris Chocolate [...]

Close by to the Helsinki city center, on scenic Mustikkamaa Island, lies restaurant Alia in a glorious villa. The name Alia stands for “the other place” and refers to the fact that it was the second restaurant of the Michelin star restaurateurs at Postres. Even Alia has received a Michelin guide honorable mention. The same [...]

Since the beginning of this year, one of Helsinki’s longest streets, Mannerheimintie has been graced by a colorful and fresh café in the middle of the city’s busiest area. Helsingin Kahvipaahtimo is a young but experienced artisan coffee roasting factory which espresso bar Skanno Café operates inside the interior design store Skanno. Thanks to their [...]

World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 appears in many ways in Helsinki’s street view. Some examples are the interesting and new cafés that enrich the city. Hufvudstadsbladet’s media café in remote controlled café Kauko Hufvudstadsbladet, the highest-circulation Swedish-language newspaper in Finland, organized during a one-week-period, 27th of February – 2nd of March, a media café event in café Kauko [...]

Do you already know where to have brunch this weekend? If not, here’s a hint for you! Café Piritta delights both with its location and program variety! The café, located next to the Tokoiranta shore, is accessible from four directions: Hakaniemi, Kallio, Kluuvi and Töölö. I would recommend visitors to approach the café either from [...]

The Helsinkian, as well as the Finnish in general, food culture is seasonal and thanks to this fact Finnish restaurants always offer varying fresh and clean ingredients! In addition to vegetables, mushrooms, berries and fish, Finnish food is typified by simplicity and purity of taste. Helsinki’s own cuisine also features influences from both the East [...]

Finnish Paulig wants to encourage professional coffee makers and therefore awards again the best coffee with its annual coffee competition. The goal is to emphasize the importance of everyday work for good quality concerning coffee. Café Lasipalatsi as the only Helsinkian café has been selected as one of the three finalists concerning the Gruppo price which is [...]