Helsinki · Food

EAT LIKE A LOCAL

The Helsinki table — what to order and where the locals point.

Salmon soup (lohikeitto)

Cream, dill, potato — the Old Market Hall does the definitive bowl.

📍 Map · €€

Karelian pies

Rye crust, rice filling, egg butter on top — the national snack.

Sea-buckthorn & forest flavours

New Finnish kitchens cook the forest: lichen, spruce, cloudberry.

📍 Map · €€€

Sauna sausage & beer

The correct post-sauna meal, at Löyly or any public sauna.

📍 Map · €€

Coffee, by volume

Finns drink more per head than anyone on earth; the roasteries are excellent.