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Design District
Founded by a designer who moved to Finland from Hong Kong, 2OR+BYYAT is a clothes store specialising in sustainable and poetically beautiful women’s fashion.
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The Design District is home to about 50 interior design and gift shops and 50 fashion retailers.
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Balihai is a popular restaurant for lunch or evenings out on Iso Roobertinkatu.
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Caneli is a smoothie and café bar, serving a wide range of deliciously healthy drinks.
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Designforum’s changing exhibitions spotlight the latest phenomena in Finnish design. The same space also houses a design shop and the Kakkugalleria cafe.
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Eiring is a specialist shop on Korkeavuorenkatu selling coffee and kitchen equipment – Finns are one of the world’s top consumers of coffee per capita.
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Greendress sells second-hand and eco-fashion. The Cocovi smoothie bar occupies the rear of the shop.
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Paola Suhonen is one of Finland’s best known designers. Her own Ivana Helsinki clothing label has a store on Uudenmaankatu.
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Juuren Puoti skips the middleman by directly supplying fresh Finnish rural produce to Helsinki’s residents and visitors.
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The Design District is home to about 50 interior design and gift shops and 50 fashion retailers.
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During the summer guided walking tours are run through the Design District. Or explore the area for yourself with handy maps on different themes.
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There are plenty of places to find sushi in Helsinki. Sushibar on Uudenmaankatu is one of the most popular.
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Design District
The Design District has made a name for itself as one of Helsinki’s most popular tourist destinations.
Design District Helsinki brings together creative people in the heart of Helsinki, just a 15-minute walk from the railway station. The area takes in 25 different streets and 200 different places worth a second look, from interior design shops and fashion boutiques to jewellers, from antique shops to galleries and museums, and from restaurants to hotels and design agencies.
Helsinki
Helsinki is a modern pocket-sized European city of culture that is known for its design and high technology. Helsinki’s attractive and unique character comes from its proximity to the sea, which offers an endless number of exciting opportunities in summer and winter alike.
