Helsinki Baltic Herring Market ★ 4.6
Held since 1743, the Baltic Herring Market brings around 40 fishers and producers to the Market Square each October to sell herring straight from the boats.
Focus: Baltic herring and archipelago foods
Food festivals in Helsinki worth planning a trip around, by month.
Festivals through the year
Craft Beer Helsinki ★ 4.3
Finland's largest international beer festival takes over Rautatientori square for three late-June days, with a deep brewery line-up, side programme and food.
Focus: Finnish and international craft beer
Taste of Helsinki ★ 4.2
Taste of Helsinki sets up in Kansalaistori park each June, where the city's leading restaurants and chefs serve small signature plates from outdoor pavilions.
Focus: Restaurant menus and signature dishes
Streat Helsinki ★ 4.1
Streat Helsinki turns the central Tori Quarters into a street-food festival each March, with dozens of vendors plus workshops and masterclasses on technique.
Focus: Street food
Helsinki Coffee Festival and Chocolate Carnival ★ 4.1
Each April the Cable Factory hosts the Helsinki Coffee Festival alongside an Ice Cream and Chocolate Carnival, three days of specialty roasters.
Focus: Specialty coffee, ice cream and chocolate
Viini ja Ruoka Wine and Food Expo ★ 4.0
The Viini ja Ruoka expo fills the Messukeskus convention centre each October with hundreds of wine, spirit and food exhibitors, a four-day tasting fair.
Focus: Wine and food tasting expo