Reviews for Finland

Restaurant Kilim is one of the rare Turkish restaurants in the greater Helsinki region. I have not counted various Kebab kiosks as restaurants, as there is a plethora of those and most of them are not worth mentioning. But Kilim certainly is.

The restaurant is located a little bit away from the c... More >

Kirjakauppa Kipa is a little bit funny bookstore in Finland, as it stocks only books. Usually, the stores are filled with all office related stuff and sometimes the books are in minority. Not in here.

The smallish store is located in Pakkahuoneenkatu, near the walking area Rotuaari. The selection... More >

Kirjatori is the biggest bargain books chain in Finland. They buy excess books from the publishers and sell them on low price. All the books are new, though sometimes they have been sitting in a warehouse for years.

The store in Vantaa is located in the newer part of Jumbo shopping mall, on the s... More >

Kone Helsinki store on the fifth floor in Kamppi shopping mall is really spacious -- in fact, you wonder whether they can make a living by selling such small amount of clothes... Anyhow, if you are interested in unique Finnish young fashion, this is one of the stores to check.

For the rest of us,... More >

Kopper is a combined design store and exhibition space located on the same building as restaurant Kuparipaja (copperworks). Their selection contains the bleeding edge of Finnish designers and chances are that you don't find their works in downtown Helsinki.

There is a wide variety of items, as yo... More >

When skiing, pizza is a good choice to tackle the hunger -- lots of energy and everyone can customise their own to suit to personal tastes. Kotipizza is the biggest pizzeria chain in Finland, and one of the numerous joints can be found in Tahko.

Kotipizza has a long menu of different pizzas, andn... More >

Iittala glass village hosts, surprisingly enough, also a chocolate factory with a shop. Kultasuklaa ("Golden Chocolate") manufactures and sells several kinds of chocolate, including also some flavours, such as strawberry.

The manufacturing process can be seen from Monday to Friday through a glass... More >

Updated May 9, 2007: The restaurant has moved to Hotel Glo on Kluuvinkatu.

La Cocina is a premium Spanish restaurant in the Palace hotel complex on the seabank next to the old Market Square and other poshy stuff in Helsinki. The window tables have a magnificent view towards the sea and Suomenlinn... More >

La Famiglia is a relaxed and easy-going Italian-American restaurant in the very centre of Helsinki, next to Stockmann department store and the busy shopping district nearby Aleksanterinkatu. The restaurant is surprisingly big, there is two floors, ground floor and basement, and thus chances are quit... More >

Luhta is a Finnish clothing brand that has a selection of clothes for both women and men, and a home collection. The clothes are made -- or used to be made -- in Lahti and Luhta has a factory store in the area.

The store is located a couple kilometers from the Lahti downtown, and the best way to ... More >