Reviews for Porvoo, Finland

Brunberg is a traditional chocolate and sweeties maker in Porvoo, established on 1871. Their factory store is located next to the main entrance to the Porvoo old town, and it is an excellent store to stock up for your journey back home.

Most of the products are based on traditional recipes, and s... More >

Café Helmi is an intimate and cozy café in middle of old town of Porvoo. The place makes you return back to the times when horses roamed on the streets. The old town provides a great backdrop for this illusion.

Otherwise, the café is quite an ordinary coffeehouse. The selection of cakes and ot... More >

Design Deli is a charming small boutique selling the top-notch contemporary Finnish designs from a wide variety of designers. It is one of the shops in the Porvoo old town that you definitely should visit.

The shopkeeper is very friendly and helpful, and knows a lot of the designers, their workin... More >

Haikko is a manor converted to hotel, spa and conference center. The place is located near town of Porvoo, some 40 kilometers east from Helsinki.

The old manor house has some hotel rooms and the restaurant. Most of the hotel rooms are in an ugly '70s building near the main house. Nowadays such br... More >

Liina is a small home furnishing shop located in the Porvoo old town, focused on more traditional designs -- think of Lexington (one of their brands, in fact). The smallish wooden house has been filled from floor to ceiling with all kinds of items related to home furnishing.

Most of the stuff is ... More >

Porvoo's cathedral is one of the oldest stone churches in Finland, dating back to the end of 13th century. The church is located on an imposing hill at the one end of Porvoo old town. Just walk upwards and you should not miss the place.

The church has been rebuilt on 1414-1418 and there are wall ... More >

Updated on June 16, 2007: Added images

Porvoo's old town is one of the best reserved wooden towns in Finland. The narrow roads are made of cobblestone and the old buildings create illusion of being in 18th or 19th century.

The old town is not dead, quite the contrary. The buildings are filled ... More >

Riimikko is a fantastic toy store in the Porvoo old town. It specialises in old-time toys, such as wooden cars, traditional puzzles and so forth. You probably don't find anything that needs batteries or makes sounds.

There are toys from both local artisans and multi-national toy manufacturers ali... More >

Restaurant Timbaali is well known for its escargots. They used to have their own snails, but nowadays these delicacies are imported.

The menu had six different escargot appetiser and one main course had also these creatures. If you are not fond of them, you can have "normal" food, too.

The foo... More >

Wanha Laamanni is a restaurant in historic settings in the old town of Porvoo. Located near the cathedral on the hill, the restaurant is carefully renovated in an old bourgeous home dating back from 1790.

The menu is a fusion between Finnish and French cuisines. The food is a bit pricey, but well... More >