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Guidebook for Helsinki

Food Scene

A nice café that serves lunch and good cakes.
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Bergga
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A nice café that serves lunch and good cakes.
Vietnamese kitchen next to a bar and a club.
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Lie Mi Kamppi
1 Urho Kekkosen katu
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Vietnamese kitchen next to a bar and a club.
For fast thai food. Big portions for a reasonable price. Definitely not fine dining.
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Du Dii
7 Viides linja
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For fast thai food. Big portions for a reasonable price. Definitely not fine dining.
A very good vegetarian restaurant. Go for the burgers.
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Ravintola Soi Soi
9 Vaasankatu
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A very good vegetarian restaurant. Go for the burgers.
Vegetarian pitas, burgers and meze plates. Good stuff that fills you up.
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Just Vege
15 Vaasankatu
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Vegetarian pitas, burgers and meze plates. Good stuff that fills you up.
An almost legendary pizza place in the Kallio district. It's open late and serves cheap pizzas that aren't bad at all. Very local, very Kallio.
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Ravintola Mäkikupla
2 Torkkelinkatu
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An almost legendary pizza place in the Kallio district. It's open late and serves cheap pizzas that aren't bad at all. Very local, very Kallio.
A vegetarian vietnamese restaurant. Go for the Fried Udon and the rolls. The other things on the menu are so-and-so.
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Sen Vegetarian Restaurant
3-5 Siltasaarenkatu
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A vegetarian vietnamese restaurant. Go for the Fried Udon and the rolls. The other things on the menu are so-and-so.
Great Vietnamese rolls!
Rulla
4 Annankatu
Great Vietnamese rolls!
The best Chinese restaurant in the city. Highly recommended. It has moved and is now located in Vuorikatu 20 in Kaisaniemi.
Dong Bei Hu - Chinese Restaurant
20 Vuorikatu
The best Chinese restaurant in the city. Highly recommended. It has moved and is now located in Vuorikatu 20 in Kaisaniemi.
Try some Finnish food in this Finnish restaurant which has been serving it's Finnish food since 1934. It's like going into an Aki Kaurismäki film.
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Sea Horse
11 Kapteeninkatu
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Try some Finnish food in this Finnish restaurant which has been serving it's Finnish food since 1934. It's like going into an Aki Kaurismäki film.
If you like barbecue, then try this place, owned by two Finnish filmmakers. There's also a bar here called B-Side so it's a win-win.
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B-Smokery
2 R1 Työpajankatu
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If you like barbecue, then try this place, owned by two Finnish filmmakers. There's also a bar here called B-Side so it's a win-win.
Maybe the best thai place in the city. At least the best in Kallio. It's close by, so there's no reason not to go.
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Pinto B'Staurant
3 Vilhonvuorenkatu
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Maybe the best thai place in the city. At least the best in Kallio. It's close by, so there's no reason not to go.
Avoid bad life and get your coffee from this small and respectable café. They now roast their own coffee and serve it to you so I don't see why you're not there already.
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Good Life Coffee Oy
17 Kolmas linja
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Avoid bad life and get your coffee from this small and respectable café. They now roast their own coffee and serve it to you so I don't see why you're not there already.

Drinks & Nightlife

When in Kallio, go to the Kallio bars and get to know the local way of drinking from 9 in the morning to two in the morning. There are many places like this close by. Also recommended are the bars over at Vaasankatu.
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Ravintola Roskapankki
20 Helsinginkatu
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When in Kallio, go to the Kallio bars and get to know the local way of drinking from 9 in the morning to two in the morning. There are many places like this close by. Also recommended are the bars over at Vaasankatu.
A cool bar with DJ's and live shows.
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Onda
13 b Hämeentie
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A cool bar with DJ's and live shows.
The always popular and crowded Kaiku Club is very close by.
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Kaiku
4 Kaikukatu
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The always popular and crowded Kaiku Club is very close by.
It's a beer bar. It has a great selection of beers. If you like beer, try a beer here.
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Oluthuone Kuikka
32 Helsinginkatu
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It's a beer bar. It has a great selection of beers. If you like beer, try a beer here.
A wide selection of beers, ciders and wines, including their speciality range from Solmu brewery.
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Solmu Pub
8 Vaasankatu
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A wide selection of beers, ciders and wines, including their speciality range from Solmu brewery.

Sightseeing

A great historical place to hang out and have a picnic in the summer. Just walk around the island and find your spot.
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Suomenlinna
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A great historical place to hang out and have a picnic in the summer. Just walk around the island and find your spot.

Parks & Nature

What you need to do is take a boat (you can find some here http://www.jt-line.fi/eng/index.php) and spend some time in the Helsinki archipelago. You can find different islands to go to from the JT Line site.
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Pihlajasaari
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What you need to do is take a boat (you can find some here http://www.jt-line.fi/eng/index.php) and spend some time in the Helsinki archipelago. You can find different islands to go to from the JT Line site.
If you're looking to go to a proper forest not too far away, try here.
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Central Park
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If you're looking to go to a proper forest not too far away, try here.

Entertainment & Activities

This small island next to Suomenlinna is now a cool place to eat, drink and hang out.
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Lonnan sauna
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This small island next to Suomenlinna is now a cool place to eat, drink and hang out.
It's a local sauna. You gotta go, right?
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Kotiharjun Sauna
1 Harjutorinkatu
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It's a local sauna. You gotta go, right?
Another sauna with a touch of culture. Everyone loves a good sauna, right?
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Kulttuurisauna
17 Hakaniemenranta
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Another sauna with a touch of culture. Everyone loves a good sauna, right?
Washing people clean since 1929. Watch out for the hot steam when throwing water in the stove.
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Sauna Arla
15 Kaarlenkatu
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Washing people clean since 1929. Watch out for the hot steam when throwing water in the stove.
A beautiful old cinema showing classics, rare gems and recent releases.
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Orion
15 Eerikinkatu
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A beautiful old cinema showing classics, rare gems and recent releases.

Arts & Culture

The Museum of Modern Art.
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Museum för nutidskonst Kiasma
2 Mannerheiminaukio
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The Museum of Modern Art.
An art museum.
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Ateneum
2 Kaivokatu
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An art museum.

Essentials

It's Lidl. It has food and stuff. Cheapest place to get those is your local Lidl.
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Lidl Sörnäinen
33 Hämeentie
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It's Lidl. It has food and stuff. Cheapest place to get those is your local Lidl.
This one's open 24/7.
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Alepa Hämeentie
25 Hämeentie
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This one's open 24/7.
A nice market hall close by.
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Hakaniemen kauppahalli
1 Hämeentie
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A nice market hall close by.