Moose & Wildlife safari with campfire dinner from Helsinki
Get the best chance to encounter moose and other wildlife in their natural habitats. Enjoy a light campfire dinner in a pristine forest, as we guide you through the mo...
Layers Bakery is a bakery in Toolo, Helsinki.
Editorially verified May 28, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Open limited days and it sells out, so go early. The pain au chocolat is as good as the namesake croissant.
Get the best chance to encounter moose and other wildlife in their natural habitats. Enjoy a light campfire dinner in a pristine forest, as we guide you through the mo...
Explore Nuuksio National park in winter on a guided snowshoe hike with hotel pickup from Helsinki. Enjoy a private experience with a certified guide and refuel with an...
Explore Nuuksio National Park on a guided hike with hotel pickup from Helsinki. Enjoy a private experience with a certified guide and refuel with an open-fire lunch.
Address: Cygnaeuksenkatu 6, 00100 Helsinki
Konditoria Hopia in Töölö is an old-time patisserie baking Karelian pies and cinnamon buns to a recipe brought from Sortavala nearly 70 years ago.
Tip: Come for the karjalanpiirakka rye-and-rice pies, baked daily to the original Karelian recipe. A Töölö neighbourhood fixture.
Worth the queue: Karelian pie (karjalanpiirakka)
The Töölö branch of Levain on Runeberginkatu runs the same sourdough-led programme as the original, with bread, pastries and an all-day menu.
Tip: Quieter than the Punavuori original and a short walk from the opera. Same sourdough and pastel de nata.
Worth the queue: Sourdough loaf
Konditoria Hopia in Töölö is an old-time patisserie baking Karelian pies and cinnamon buns to a recipe brought from Sortavala nearly 70 years ago.
Tip: Come for the karjalanpiirakka rye-and-rice pies, baked daily to the original Karelian recipe. A Töölö neighbourhood fixture.
Worth the queue: Karelian pie (karjalanpiirakka)
The Töölö branch of Levain on Runeberginkatu runs the same sourdough-led programme as the original, with bread, pastries and an all-day menu.
Tip: Quieter than the Punavuori original and a short walk from the opera. Same sourdough and pastel de nata.
Worth the queue: Sourdough loaf
Levain helped start Helsinki's bakery boom on long-fermented sourdough and crisp pastel de nata; the Punavuori branch is an all-day bakery and eatery.
Tip: The crisp pastel de nata is the bake to cross town for. There is a second branch in Töölö on Runeberginkatu.
Worth the queue: Pastel de nata custard tart
Way Bakery on Agricolankatu in Kallio is an all-day bakery, wine bar and eatery known for rustic sourdough and sweet buns; at night it becomes Maukku.
Tip: Daytime bakery and natural-wine room; the dinner sister Maukku takes over the space in the evening.
Worth the queue: Cardamom korvapuusti cinnamon bun
Ekberg has baked on Bulevardi since 1852, the oldest bakery in Helsinki, its patisserie counter turning out classic Finnish pastries and breads.
Tip: Buy from the patisserie counter to take away, or sit down for the old-school breakfast. A Bulevardi institution since 1852.
Worth the queue: Napoleon mille-feuille pastry