Along with the release of the new Guide MICHELIN Main Cities of Europe 2013 guide, Helsinki did not receive any changes concerning its MICHELIN star ratings. If you want to read previous blog posts about the MICHELIN star restaurants, you’ll find them here and here. However, the new guide mentioned three new restaurants in Helsinki, [...]
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 [...]
On Sunday June 2nd Gustavo Dudamel returns! The Venezuelan dynamo adds a touch of Latin flamboyance to the buttoned-up European musical tradition. In Helsinki he will be conducting the Gothenburg Symphony, the orchestra he led until his departure in 2012. In his capable hands, the orchestra was transformed into one of the most acclaimed Nordic classical musical outfits. With violin mega star Lisa Batiashvili as soloist.
The new Finnish Nature Centre Haltia opens on 31st of May in the Nuuksio national park area. It offers professional trekking information all over Finland. The Haltia Centre combines the latest technology with nature and ecology so that the nature experience starts when you step indoors. The Nature Centre provides detailed information about the routes [...]
One of the most interesting places to visit in Helsinki is the Museum of Contemporary Art. The building, designed by Steven Holl and interior details please the eyes of design-oriented visitors. From February until August you can explore two new exhibitions. Jouko Lehtola’s End of Innocence 8 Feb – 18 Aug: Jouko Lehtola began his [...]
Viapori Winter Blues festival is a celebration of good music and great atmosphere! The intimate ambiance and relaxed pace of this event can be experienced in wintry Suomenlinna Sea Fortress. Ferry ride to the island takes only 15 min from the Market Square. The event takes place in March 6-9, 2013. Performing Honey B duo, [...]
The modernized Hietalahti Market Hall opened as a food market on Monday the 11th of February 2013. The Old Market Hall in the Southern Harbor will remain closed until next year due to renovation. During the renovation the merchants of the Old Market Hall have moved to the esteemed and fully renewed 110-year-old Hietalahti Market Hall. In [...]
In Kruununhaka, one of the city’s most interesting gastronomic pearls, lies breakfast and lunch restaurant Qulma. Fortunately the place has two entrances during the summer – that’s how popular this place is. One understands the popularity because this corner restaurant (the word kulma in Finnish means corner) with 54 customer seats is a personal part [...]
Photographic artist Martti Jämsä (b. 1959) has wandered the streets of Helsinki shooting the city at night and during the day. He does not have an actual method of taking pictures: “I don’t know and I don’t even really want to say what draws my attention. Something worn, lived in, there has to be there, [...]
The Design Museum’s new permanent collection exhibition will be opened in February. Fiber Futures – Japan’s Textile Pioneers is an astounding display of contemporary Japanese textile art. Fiber Futures is a cross-disciplinary exhibition with exciting perspectives on the artistic and technical skills of Japanese textile designers. Japanese textile art is often associated with sensitivity, spirituality [...]
