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Welcome to Helsinki!

Discover Helsinki is made for visitors to the city who are looking for information and inspiration about Helsinki. Whether you are planning your visit, new to Helsinki or visiting right now as a tourist, at Discover Helsinki you will find lots of practical tips and information about what to do and how to get around, as well as Helsinki's fascinating history. If you are staying in a hotel room or a 1st-class cabin on one of the major cruise lines, you will find the Discover Helsinki book, which is packed with lots of useful information about must-sees, current events and other hidden gems in the city.

Emergency Information

An outline of where to go or who to call in the event that an emergency situation arises while you are visiting Helsinki. UPDATE: If you suspect that you have contracted the coronavirus please follow the guidelines provided by the city. In case of mild symptoms, self-isolate at home. If your symptoms are worsening, call […]

Let’s Eat, Helsinki! – Design Restaurant Eevert

For table reservations at Design Restaurant Eevert, click here. For discounts at Eevert and other restaurants and cafes in Helsinki, get the Discover Helsinki app. It’s free and no registration is required! Design Restaurant Eevert is a combination of classic Finnish design and quintessentially Finnish food at its best.  Located on Ratakatu in the artsy […]

Beer and More Beer

Finland used to have basically one beer. All the breweries used to make the same type of lager with almost no alternatives. Now, luckily, the trend has changed and Finns have a growing interest in beer in its many varieties. There are several new beer-serving bars with a large selection of craft beers.   Bier Bier (Erottajankatu 13) aims to make beer-tasting […]

Midsummer in Helsinki

Happy Midsummer or Hyvää Juhannusta, as the Finns would say! Apart from Christmas, Midsummer is the biggest celebration of the year. If you’re in Helsinki you’ll undoubtedly notice how quiet the city is, as many of the locals are away at their summer cottages in the woods and islands around Finland. Here are a few […]

Let’s Eat, Helsinki! – Restaurant KarlJohan

Heads up, foodies! If you’ve been searching for traditional Finnish food in the capital but coming up short, then we have a tip for you. Restaurant KarlJohan is a hidden gem that is known mostly by locals, with a menu that contains several hard-to-find Finnish classics. The street-level restaurant is on Yrjönkatu, between the Forum […]

Let’s Eat, Helsinki! – Lehtovaara

This week on Let’s Eat, Helsinki, we visited one of Helsinki’s oldest, classical restaurants Restaurant Lehtovaara, which neighbors the famous Sibelius Monument. To make an online table reservation, click here. Fine Tradition Established in 1916, Lehtovaara was originally located in Vyborg, Russia. The Winter War of 1939 led to the evacuation of Vyborg and the […]
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