Reviews for Finland

Nanna Bayer is a distinguished porcelain craftwoman in Finland. She specialises in "neriage" porcelain, a method for making extremely thin, yet durable dishes. All items are lightweight, and a espresso cup weighs far less than the coffee held in the cup. The items look distinctly handmade -- yet the... More >

Back on the old days, Nanso was known to produce cheapish garments that were used by the elder folks. A few years ago they radically changed their course, hired Paola Suhonen to design bleeding edge clothes and now they are one of the most fashionable houses in Finland.

Their design shop is locat... More >

The entrance to Nicky & Nelly store is a bit understatement for the shop: it looks like any small boutique door, but the store expands behind corner into a huge space full of clothes, shoes and accessories for children.

Nicky & Nelly is a chain store, but I've never seem them having so much of st... More >

A former topmodel Nina Kurkinen (a frequent face, for example, in Lumene cosmetic ads) opened her shoes and boots store in Helsinki about a year ago. An ardent shoes freak herself, Nina has found an excellent selection of fashionable shoes.

The store is located on Bulevardi, a few blocks south fr... More >

Nori Sushi is a small sushi restaurant in the old market hall in the centre of Helsinki, next to the old market square. The place looks quite picturesque and you can spot the market hall shoppers while savouring sushi and sashimi.

Unfortunately, the quality of the sushi is not in appropriate leve... More >

Old Bank is a public house that has been renovated in an old bank house near the Turku market square.

The settings of the pub are quite grand; the over hundred years old building boasts with glass paintings and ornaments. Try not to be too drunk to be able to enjoy the atmosphere.

Otherwise, t... More >

Tuuri hosts the second biggest store in Finland that has been gradually turned into a full-fledged tourist magnet. And those need at least one decent monument.

As the man behind the whole store believes firmly in luck (Tuuri means sort of good luck in Finnish), most of the stuff there are related... More >

Hotel OnnenTähti is really peculiar place to have an accommodation. It is located in the middle of nowhere (in a town of mere 500 inhabitants), it looks like a fairy tale castle outside, it has a huge food supermarket and state alcohol monopoly store on the ground floor and all rooms cost the same,... More >

Craftshop Onoma is located in an old bellhouse that looks like the centre of Fiskars village. The shop has a bigger room for the store and a few smaller rooms for exhibitions. There is also a caf? in the building.

If you don't want to browse through all craftshops that are spread around the villa... More >

Orchestra is a biggish children clothing store on the first floor in shoppin mall Sello, located in Leppävaara. They sell nice and fashionable garments for the smaller members of the family. This is not a brand store, so don't expect finding Burberry or Gant clothes there. The prices are reasonable... More >