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Zetor Helsinki
32 Reviews Very special atmosphere with funny decorating. Very popular - mostly among tourists so you find crowds of them there. this also makes the prices a little bit higher. Sometimes crowded and hectic. But...
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Plevna - Brevery and pub & Restaurant Tampere
7 Reviews Whether you like dark or pale lager, stout or wheat beer, all these tasty beers, and many more, can be enjoyed in the historic surroundings of the Plevna Brewery Pub & Restaurant. Plevna was...
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Kappeli Helsinki
11 Reviews There are over 600 restaurants in Helsinki. Kappeli is a very famous restaurant (since 1837). Scandinavian cuisine, e.g. the Kappeli sandwich (different Finnish fishes, egg, lettuce), good cakes and...
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Harald Tampere
4 Reviews My favorite restaurant in Tampere! Waitresses are dressed in Viking style, glasses weigh a lot, plates are far from ordinary... names for the portions are funny :) Here you can eat even pheasant,...
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VAPIANO (Old name was Texas & Eatz) Helsinki
12 Reviews Vapiano Helsinki is now open. With its big and sunny summer terrace it is the best place to have lunch or spent the evening with friends in the heart of the city. Lot of choices of fresh pasta, pizza...
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Näsinneula Tampere
5 Reviews The rotating restaurant is in the Näsinneula Observation Tower at the height of 124 meters. From there you see a very wonderful panorama over the city, many lakes, forests and ridges dating back to...
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Lappi Helsinki
10 Reviews This restaurant felt like it was straight of the 1960's to 1970's, which has both good and bad aspects - keep reading. The decor is something like being in a log cabin in Lapland, especially if you...
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Salud Tampere
6 Reviews This spanish-style restaurant has always been and still is the place to eat when I'm in Tampere. ................. To have a glimpse at their fantastic menu check Salud : www.bodega-salud.fi/english
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Cafe Ursula Helsinki
10 Reviews I'll forget the view because so many tips already enthuse about it. However I haven't noticed any reference to its interesting location close to numerous beautiful buildings that house the embassies...
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Pancho Villa Tampere
6 Reviews There are four Pancho Villa restaurants in Tampere and two of them are situated on the main street Hämeenkatu. On my previous trip to Tampere I had a lunch at Hämeenkatu 23, which in on the street...
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Himalaya Helsinki
4 Reviews In Ravintola Aangan restaurant you will always feel like a distinguished guest. Welcome! Ravintola Aangan has become a popular name Finns signify for mouth-watering Nepalese cuisines. The restaurant...
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Ristorante Napoli Tampere
5 Reviews Ristorante Napoli on Aleksanterinkatu is a small italian restaurant with a nice atmosphere. The prices are cheap, especially during lunch hours and the portions are HUGE! There are 100 pizza options...
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Saslik Helsinki
5 Reviews They present themselves with: ´a culinary trip to Czarist Russia´ and they are not exaggerating. It definitely is! When you´re having an incredibly good dinner, no matter which night of the week you...
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Tillikka Tampere
5 Reviews After looking around quite a while for a good place to eat we found this restaurant. The food is nothing really fancy, but typical for Finland. The service was friendly and the prices modest. We ate...
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Cantina West Helsinki
8 Reviews Some people say this is one of best palces in Helsinkin,and some say it is over-rated.I don´t know why it has so different opinions.But we liked it,that I can tell!! It was so popular,that we couldn´t...
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Katupoika Tampere
2 Reviews EDIT! IT´S CLOSED AFTER TENS OF YEARS. wE WEREN´T THE ONLY ONES TO THINK THE NEW OWNERS DIDN´T DO IT RIGHT, AND THEY HAD TO SHUT IT DOWN. This used to be one of our favourites.Now they have a new...
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Teatteri Helsinki
6 Reviews Very ultra modern decor, fresh outta the Superman(chrisopher reeve) home planet JOREL. Cool music from the adjacent bar can be heard(warning, older travellers might not like this.) Staff friendly,...
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Vohvelikahvila Tampere
3 Reviews They have a good selection of waffels,sweet or salty.You can eat them with ice-cream,or whipped cream-with jam or chokolate-sauce,or with smoken salomon or mushrooms,ghevre or taco-flavoured minced...
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Wayne's Coffee Helsinki
8 Reviews Wayne's Coffee offers a nice deal for thos very expensive coffees - buy 9 coffee's get _any_ 10th coffee for free. Unfortunately the offer is valid only in certain Wayne's Coffees and doesn't include...
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Chicos Helsinki
5 Reviews There are several locations around Helsinki and it is a good choice for a price range and food quality somewhere batween fast food and mid priced restaurants. The food is basic american,tex-mex,BBQ....
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Pikku Nepal Helsinki
4 Reviews My visit here was a pleasant experience - I had an enjoyable meal of starter and main course. The portions were large and reasonably inexpensive. The staff were very good and service was excellent....
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Cafe Carusel Helsinki
7 Reviews Unpretentious atmosphere, it is more like a bar with a side facing the street in the second floor that is fairly nice. The food is reasonable Spanish style, you can get self service soup and bread...
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Juttutupa / Marco Polo Helsinki
4 Reviews If you want to eat Pizza but the Marco Polo is full, then you just go to the room which is more like a hall next door. This hall is inbetween the Marco Polo and the pub/bar called Juttutupa. The...
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Papa Giovanni Helsinki
5 Reviews I visited Papa Giovanni Spaghetteria in August 2007 and had a nice enough salad (I think it was Chicken Caesar Salad) there. Although the service was speedy and friendly, I didn't think it was that...
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Perho Helsinki
2 Reviews The Perho, which is run by the Helsinki Culinary School, is located a bit outside the centre near the Rock Church. Future chefs, waiters and waitresses are working at the Perho as part of their...
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this is about something very local! it is about eating out in its real meaning! out by a camp fire, self and ready made food.What fun it can be in good company... ...after hard days hiking and nice meal sleeping outdoors in a Laavuis just perfect....
Inside the market hall (Kauppahalli) of Turku there is a beautiful and very unique cafe which we found by accident. The furniture, windows etc are taken from an old train!! It's beautiful. This is a typical Finnish self service cafe. So grab yourself a cup of coffee and a "pulla" and enjoy being on a train going nowhere.
Zetor is a wild and wonderful place in Helsinki which is hard to describe. Invented by the Leningrad Cowboys this place looks "real" countryside Finland. With lots of wood and tractors - hence the name Zetor which is a tractor factory. The design is amazing, a real Leningrad Cowboys style! You can dance, drink or dine here - or then all of this. The food is Finnish mixed with Russian and very very nice actually. Even reading the menu is a great laugh! Unfortunately this place is a bit on the expensive side. Paid 5.70€ for a Lonkero here which was a bit shocking. Food is expensive too but once you get used to the food prices in Helsinki it doesn't shock you any longer ;)At the weekend it's supposed to be terrible here, but I've been there on an evening during the week twice and it was nice. There's loads of tourists here anytime though. You can buy Zetor and Leningrad Cowboys Merchandise...
Carrols is the Finnish McDonalds. But it's better and cheaper!!! Unfortunately Carrols was bought by Hesburger, the other Finnish McDonalds and therefore there's only a few restaurants left :( Chickenburger Meal and the free and tasty Ketchup!!! The trick is to get a lot of packs of pepper and mix it with the Ketchup. HAHA Finns ;-)
It's not a restaurant but a typical selfservice cafe. I love it there and everytime I have 30 minutes to spend I end up here with an ice tea and some pastry. Watch out, the smokers area in the back is the nicest to hang around, at the front it's not as comfortable! It's also excellent for people watching here as you can see the whole bus station from inside here. Very interesting - especially on midsummer weekend when everybody takes a bus to the countryside. Ice tea and pastry.
It's rather a cafe than a restaurant but it's absolutely amazing: The cafe Majurska at the fortress up the hill in Lappeenranta. It feels like being in a museum, at the wall there's lots of old pictures, you sit on old furniture. I love this kind of cafes and I am always happy to find one when travelling. There's another cafe like this in Lahti which is almost as nice. It's at the waterfront. The apple pie with custard was lovely. And the tea was the most delicious tea I ever had in my life.
Hotel & Restaurant K?g?ne is built in traditional Karelian style and located next to a lake. It's a delightful experience after several stops at impersonal roadside cafes and gas stations.The restaurant (both a la carte and buffet) offers Finnish and Karelian specialities. There is a also a self service cafe.There are also some rooms available (46-64 e). Enjoy the beautiful surroundings (if you can ignore the highway right in front), hiking and cross-country skiing trails 3 - 50 km, and sauna and swimming facilities.Don't worry too much about the right pronounciation of the name. Most Finns have trouble with it too! If you want to give it a try, just say kae-goe-neh.
Bakeries are not so common in Finland as in central Europe, it is hard to find good one and the big companies & cartels make most backing products. However, there are few unique places where you can try special things, in market places or small private cafes. Bakery products are much related also for the seasons, special cakes are made only in certain times, winter is more creamy and sugary and summer the more of the forest fruity type. Great summer pies & cakes are made with blueberries, blackberries, redberries, cranberries, cloudberries, raspberries etc.Also try other salty pies as Lihapiirakka, Lortsy, Karelian pie etc. they can suits well as small snacks.I listed cafes on my cities pages. In the winter, usually on February it is common to have Laskiaispulla which is my favourite.
The quality of restaurants as well as prices varies a lot if Finland. You may find very fancy European style restaurans in Helsinki and then in country side only auto grills and gas stations, not even McDonalds...Most restaurants have very international kitchen, which means influences from French and Italy, but as a tourist I would like to try Finnish specialities. Good choices are fresh sea food, carrot/potato dishes, meat such a moose /rabbit /reindeer, and berry desserts. This is very famous onr, I know, but because everyone wil keep serving it to you, why not bother to try? Mämmi is a Finnish Eastern food, made from rye grains, it is totally dairy and any other animal product free. Some people like to eat it with cream. I'm not a big fand of it, it is pretty sweet.
The Golden RAX Pizzabuffet is a Finish restaurant chain that offers an "All you can eat menu" for 6,99 €. Here you get a rich buffet with pasta, pizza and salad as well as non-alcoholic drinks for free.In every bigger town you find such a restaurant. This place is also very good for family with kids. First, your kids can eat as much ice cream as they want for 1,99 € (or at least until they get bellyache) and second, there is a corner with toys.
Hotel Kamp Helsinki
16 Reviews and 332 Opinions Located on Pohjoisesplanadi, in the heart of Helsinki, Hotel Kämp is one of the city's most...
Sokos Hotel Ilves Tampere
5 Reviews and 59 Opinions I stayed at Sokos Hotel Ilves for one night in July 2011 and had a very pleasant stay in this 4 star...
Radisson Blu Marina Palace Hotel Turku Turku
4 Reviews and 125 Opinions We had never stayed in Radison hotels before, because they are allways more expensive than any other...
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Q: Right - here's the brief. I've got a maximum of three days, and am going to pick up a car from either Helsinki or Tampere....
A: go to the koli national park. thats not too far so you can get to see something in 3 days, and its one of the most beautiful landscapes in finland.
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