Olo
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Tasting menu / Fine dining venue presenting innovative dishes with wine pairings.
Löyly Helsinki
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Scandinavian / Loyly Restaurant is connected to sauna facilities. The experience is top notch. Go for a sauna, polar dip in the Gulf of Finland, shower and freshen up and then eat an amazing dinner by a roaring, indoor fire.
Grön
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Scandinavian / Cozy restaurant offering a menu of creative & seasonal contemporary.
Top Bars
Chihuahua Julep
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Cocktail bar / Agave-friendly cocktail bar with a good selection of tequila, mezcal, bourbon & rum. Look for the doorbell to enter. Mobile phone and photo free area.
Liberty or Death
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Cocktail bar / Dark and swanky cocktail bar with a hip vibe. Drinks are great with gin being a specialty.
Runar
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Hotel bar / Runar could be the best cocktail bar in Helsinki. Set inside Helsinki's Hotel F6, Runar is a very different type of hotel bar.
Top Coffee Shops
Drop, Johan & Nystrom, Kaffekoppen & Cafe Pascal
Activities & Attractions
Finnish Sauna at Löyly
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As mentioned, Loyly has sauna facilities connected to a great restaurant. We'd recommend using the sauna facilities, polar dipping in the Gulf of Finland and then eating food in the restaurant.
Ferry across to the Sea Fortress, Suomenlinna
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This UNESCO World-Heritage site is a military fortress steeped in history. The island is big and as you walk around it, you are transported into a different world and time.
Temppeliaukio Church
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Known as "Church in the Rock," this modern church is carved into rock with a surreal copper dome.
Markets
Kauppatori/Market Square
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An outdoor, harbour side market that is open year-round (with a great Christmas Market).
Vanha Kauppahalli
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Right beside the Kauppatori/ Market Square, this indoor market is a traditional, 19th-century venue with restaurants, shops & stalls selling Finnish specialties.
Hakaniemi Market Hall
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Bi-level red-brick market since 1914, with seafood, produce & other foods, plus crafts & souvenirs.