Helsinki Travel Stories

Nov 2, 2018 • 5 min read

Spending time in Helsinki's relaxed wine bars, steamy saunas, cheap and cheerful restaurants and inspiring art galleries are just some of LP Local…

Jun 11, 2018 • 5 min read

Helsinki is not cheap, but since the advent of Restaurant Day – a festival organised four times a year when ordinary citizens can open their own food…

Jan 10, 2018 • 4 min read

Central Helsinki contains a concentration of shops presenting the best of Finnish design in the capital, from kitchenware to jewellery and from textiles…

Jul 11, 2016 • 6 min read

If Helsinki has so far escaped the short-break spotlight, this is its moment to shine. Shaped by the Baltic, swinging between extremes of dark winters and…

Nov 11, 2015 • 5 min read

With the Moomins as national treasures, it makes perfect sense that the Finnish capital should be child-friendly, but geography also plays its part.

Jun 14, 2011 • 3 min read

Finland has long been regarded as the least flashy, and the most quirky and enigmatic, of the Nordic countries. Though Helsinki might be regarded as a…