Many of the seaside restaurants and cafés in Helsinki require knowing where to look for them so here is a list to help you find your new favourite spots. I’ve listed all the Helsinki seaside restaurants and cafés I can think of (and a few in Espoo), but if you feel an important spot is […]
To do
To do tips for the near future: Ballet, design, music, food & cleaning
Here are a few to do tips in Helsinki for the next weeks or so: Restaurant Day, (ravintolapäivä) tomorrow, May 21st turns the city to an open-air restaurant. Anyone wishing to do so can run a pop-up restaurant for a day, on every other day, the hygiene & other regulations forbid this. This link should […]
Finnish Vappu or May Day: A short introduction
Next Saturday and Sunday Helsinki will once again be packed with people celebrating Vappu or the Finnish May Day. May 1st continues to be Labour day, and the trade unions usually organise a march or a happening at Hakaniemi square, but nowadays Vappu is most conspicuously a celebration for students and anyone wanting to let […]
Season Film Festival in Helsinki March 3 to April 4 2016
The Season Film Festival is on right now in Helsinki, it gives you an opportunity to see international non-mainstream movies in the best possible theatres. Checkout the schedule through the link provided and enjoy!
Aki Kaurismäki to receive Carosse D’Or at Cannes 2016
The Finnish film director Aki Kaurismäki will receive the Carosse D’or prize at Cannes this year. The prize honours the full ouvre of its recipients. Aki Kaurismäki can be considered an auteur director, a film maker whose work reflects a unique personal style. One of his best known movies is Mies vailla menneisyyttä ”The man without […]
How to buy tickets for cultural events in Finland
The opera, most theatres and orchestras have their own box office. In addition to that there are two main ticket selling services in Finland: www.ticketmaster.fi (formerly called lippupalvelu) and www.lippu.fi . For most cultural or sports events you can buy a ticket from one or the other depending on who the organiser has made a […]
Jazz in Helsinki & April Jazz / Pori Jazz festivals
For Jazz lovers, Finland offers a number of interesting venues and festivals. Here is an introduction of a few of the venues for Jazz in Helsinki and elsewhere in Finland. April Jazz is one of the major Jazz festivals in Finland, it is held in Espoo next to Helsinki, and as the name suggests, it […]
Skiing in Helsinki – last chances for this year
Few things are better fun than cross-country skiing. When you feel your heart pounding as you glide through a beautiful landscape, and get your lungs full of crisp winter air, you certainly feel alive. Soon the season is over but probably for one or two weeks you still have a chance! Here are a few […]
Take a joyride on the hillsides
Right now the conditions are perfect for snow sliding. So grab a pulkka or a liukuri and head to the nearest hill. In case you do not yet have one, you can find them at Etola, Tarjoustalo/Tokmanni, Anttila, Prisma or Citymarket, for example. Some good places in the city centre are Kaivopuisto, the venue for […]