Food festivals in Helsinki worth planning a trip around, by month.
Food festivals in Helsinki worth planning a trip around, by month.
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, plus archipelago breads and preserves.
Focus: Baltic herring and archipelago foods
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 vendors. The 2026 edition marks its tenth year.
Focus: Finnish and international craft beer
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 across a long festival weekend.
Focus: Restaurant menus and signature dishes
Streat Helsinki turns the central Tori Quarters into a street-food festival each March, with dozens of vendors plus workshops and masterclasses on technique. The city's food-culture office is behind it.
Focus: Street food
Each April the Cable Factory hosts the Helsinki Coffee Festival alongside an Ice Cream and Chocolate Carnival, three days of specialty roasters, artisan chocolate and frozen treats under one ticket.
Focus: Specialty coffee, ice cream and chocolate
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 organised by Messukeskus Helsinki.
Focus: Wine and food tasting expo