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Notes and write-ups on food and travel in Finland. Pictured above is Lake Vuoksa, part of the vast Finnish Lakeland that covers roughly a quarter of the country.

2026

The Radisson Blu Seaside - my go-to hotel in Helsinki

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For staying in Helsinki itself, rather than the office tower out in Keilaniemi, my regular choice is the Radisson Blu Seaside - right on the working harbour, with the ferries to Tallinn and Stockholm coming and going outside the window.

Two rooftop restaurants worth planning around in Helsinki

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On my last trip to Helsinki I ate at two restaurants that happen to share the same trick - putting the dining room on top of an office tower. Lucy in the Sky for lunch, one floor below my company’s office, and Demo for dinner. Neither is a place you drop into on a whim.