A mild, squeaky fresh cheese baked until it browns in patches, served warm with cloudberry jam. Often called Finnish squeaky cheese, it bridges savoury and sweet.
Where to eat it: 2 restaurants across 1 city.
Leipäjuusto, literally bread cheese, comes from northern and western Finland, traditionally made with the first milk after a cow calved and baked or flamed until it took on browned, bread-like spots. It keeps a gentle squeak when warm. Helsinki serves it as both a dessert and a snack, almost always with the amber cloudberry jam that gives it its character.
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Common allergens: Milk
Tip from the editors. Eat it straight from the pan; the squeak and the soft warmth fade fast as it cools.
The Old Market Hall by the South Harbour opened in 1889 as Helsinki's first indoor hall; stalls sell smoked fish, reindeer, cheeses and salmon soup.
TipSoppakeittiö inside serves the classic lohikeitto salmon soup with unlimited bread. The hall closes by early evening, so come for lunch.
Hakaniemi Market Hall reopened in 2023 after a full renovation; the two-floor Kallio-waterfront hall is the everyday local market, lunch counters above.
TipLess touristed than the harbour hall and more of a working market. The upstairs counters are the value lunch play.
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