Reviews for Finland

Restaurant Henri'x is newly established gourmet restaurant in the poshy southern parts of Helsinki. The main chef is quite a young guy, Henrin Poulsen, who has made food in several gourmet restaurants before opening his own.

The food is very good and the prices are decent compared to the quality.... More >

Hotel GreenStar is a certified eco-friendly hotel in the center of Joensuu. They've paid attention to electricity and water consumption, including automatically turning off lights, led lighting, sensor-based heating, optimised usage patterns, and so forth. The hotel is also fully automated, you can ... More >

Hotelli Lasaretti is located a couple of kilometers off the centre of Oulu, in Lasaretinsaari island above the Oulu hydrodam. The island was owned by Finnish military forces and was closed for the public until end on 20th century.

The hotel has been carefully renovated to old red brick buildings.... More >

Hullu Kukko is largish restaurant in the middle of Helsinki. The place is divided into several smaller areas that all have distinct interior and atmosphere

The portions are big and the food is also good. The service is typically Finnish, but the waitresses do smile, too. The price / quality ratio... More >

Ice Kiss is an old fashioned ice cream bar serving large ice cream portions, sundaes and plain cones. The selection is fabulous, there are twenty or more flavours in ice creams and the portions add more variety.

The prices are comparable to normal ice cream stalls found in every Finnish market sq... More >

Ichiban sushi bar is centrally located, but sort of hidden sushi bar in downtown Helsinki. If you don't know the exact spot, you can miss the place very easily. The restaurant is on the upper floor near movie theater Bristol, in Aikatalo. You have to first go into an inner courtyard inside the build... More >

Ideapark is a huge shopping mall built in the middle of fields, about 20 kilometers south from Tampere and 150 kilometers north of Helsinki.

The mall might not be worth of visit from Helsinki, as there are as big malls nearby, but from Tampere region it attracts people. A lot of them, actually, a... More >

Iittala is one of the best known Scandinavian design houses based in Finland. They provide a full selection of tableware, kitchenware, utensils and decorative items made of glass, porcelain and steel. As usually in Finnish design, the form of follows the function in Iittala items.

Their flagship ... More >

Iittala, one of the best known Finnish design house, has a factory in Iittala, a small town north from Hämeenlinna. And not just the factory, but a host of other services, such as a factory shop.

If you have not visited yet in any Finnish design factory store, consider to do it. You can find wor... More >

Iittala glass village has also a museum that focuses on the glassware produced by Iittala and their designers. The collection has a few gems from the earlier era.

The second floor has the glass making tools on display with explanations -- the various tools and methods used to mold glass are amazi... More >