Guidebook for Helsinki
Essentials
Big supermarket, good selection but no fresh-meat desk. Has also self-service checkout.
57 localnici recomandă
S-Market
18-20 SiltasaarenkatuBig supermarket, good selection but no fresh-meat desk. Has also self-service checkout.
Alepa Hämeentie
25 HämeentieOpen 24/7 with very few exceptions (air raid?).
Hakaniemen Sokos
6-10 SiltasaarenkatuGood selection with fresh-meat desk. No, it's not a pub.
Siwa Hämeentie 42/Hki
42 HämeentieNearest groceries shop. Small, nothing fancy. No caviar.
Everything Else
Kallion apteekki
11 SiltasaarenkatuPharmacy. Get Prozac and other meds you may need.
Kallio Medical Centre
3 D EläintarhantieIt's close by but go early in the morning since it's public service...
Sörnäs
Take the metro to central railway station in just few minutes.
Take the metro to central railway station in just few minutes.
25 localnici recomandă
Hakaniemen metroasema station
Take the metro to central railway station in just few minutes.
Neste Oil Express -asema
Nearest place to fill up your Ferrari.
Biserica Kallion
2 Itäinen PapinkatuGreat architecture. Go check it out and repent.
Excellent 100 year old market hall where you find fresh fish, meat and vegetables and different kinds of gourmet items.
185 localnici recomandă
Piața Hakaniemi
1 HämeentieExcellent 100 year old market hall where you find fresh fish, meat and vegetables and different kinds of gourmet items.
Silver Gym
2 LintulahdenkatuIf you need a work out at the gym after too much beer and sausages.
Mehiläinen Helsinki Ympyrätalo
18 A SiltasaarenkatuPrivate health care, nearest one.
Nice park where people go for a picnic in summer. If you want to try Swedish Surströmming, eat it here in open air.
7 localnici recomandă
Pengerpuisto
14 PengerkatuNice park where people go for a picnic in summer. If you want to try Swedish Surströmming, eat it here in open air.
One of the few traditional public saunas left in Helsinki. Famous for its wood-burning heater which beats modern electric ones hands-down.
151 localnici recomandă
Kotiharjun Sauna
1 HarjutorinkatuOne of the few traditional public saunas left in Helsinki. Famous for its wood-burning heater which beats modern electric ones hands-down.
Megadent Oy
9 HämeentieGet your false teeth fixed here.
Food Scene
McDonald's
6 SatamaradankatuYou already know what this is. Not Whole foods.
Good place for drinks and some food too, though it's doesn't have the cheapest menu.
21 localnici recomandă
Tanner
11 HämeentieGood place for drinks and some food too, though it's doesn't have the cheapest menu.
Arts & Culture
Sometimes has also foreign standup comedians performing in english so you might actually understand something.
Theatrical Comedy Arena (Komediateatteri Arena)
Sometimes has also foreign standup comedians performing in english so you might actually understand something.
Shopping
Silmäasema Helsinki, Ympyrätalo
18 SiltasaarenkatuOptician in case you lost spectacles partying in local bars.
Drinks & Nightlife
Nice place for couple of beers. Good selection, worth stopping in bar-hopping.
22 localnici recomandă
William K. Kurvi
2 HelsinginkatuNice place for couple of beers. Good selection, worth stopping in bar-hopping.
No exotic dancers here, this is a different kind of pub. It's kinda intellectual meeting place with a library-type interior.
35 localnici recomandă
Sivukirjasto
5 FleminginkatuNo exotic dancers here, this is a different kind of pub. It's kinda intellectual meeting place with a library-type interior.