I’ve been extremely impressed by the cafe scene here in Helsinki. It honestly beats both NYC and San Francisco. Yes, I said it. There are so many amazing options all within short walking distance, or a tram/subway ride away. Besides just coffee and tea, they all serve amazing sweet cakes (and raw vegan cakes!), pastries […]
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Holidays in Finland
Few days ago I arrived to Finland after 16+ hours of traveling that started from Oakland, California. The first leg of the flight (10 hrs) went quite smooth. It was completely full flight and I was super uncomfortable from the moment I sat down (have I mentioned that I absolutely hate flying). After watching The […]
HELSINKI LOVE
Riding Jopos around town. Mine pink, his green. Early evening coffee stop at Cafe Strindberg’s terrace. Very pretty soy mocha for me. Every time I’m here I have to take photo sitting on the seal protecting the nude lady in the middle named Havis Amanda. I have one from when I was about 5 years […]
Glo Art Helsinki Hotel Review
For our first two night in Helsinki we stayed in this castle-like hotel Glo Hotel Art in the hipster part of town called Punavuori. My great grandmother used to live here so I kind of remembered it being nice area. It’s right next to the Hietalahti Market Hall and flea market as well as a […]
INSTAGRAM TRAVEL THURSDAY : HELSINKI FOOD
As you may know, we spent one week in Finland just last week and during this trip we ate so much great food. Every restaurant we picked was excellent and I was very happy to notice that they all had at least one vegetarian option on the menu. I had delicious chanterelle soup at Fransmanni […]