Walking tour: Vallila’s wooden houses and cosy restaurants

Helsingin kahvipaahtimo -Päiväkahvibaari

Attractions in Vallila and the neighborhood

Helsingin kahvipaahtimo (Helsinki Coffee Roastery) is a small roastery located at Teurastamo ("the Abbattoir"). The roasterys own shop and small cafe is located here on Päijänteenkatu in Vallilla.

The other café is located at Teurastamo.

1. Helsingin Kahvipaahtimon Päiväkahvibaari Vallila

Restaurant Addis serves Ethiopian flavours in Vallila, both meat and vegan dishes available.

2. Addis Ethiopian Kitchen Vallila

A small cosy café in Vallila serving home made cardamom buns and other savouries and salads with the filling of your choice. Also vegan options.

3. Kahvila Päijänne

Experience the adventure in the world of snakes and lizards. See the worlds most poisonous snakes, look into the eyes of giant multimetre snakes. See the giant monitors basking or water turtles swimming and spiders waiting for next meal. Tropicario has the most giantsnake species than any other zoo in the Northern countries.

4. Tropicario - The tropical animal house

Roots Helsinki is the combination of vegan food, yoga and well-being. Connect to your roots at a yoga class, and enjoy a nourishing breakfast or rawcake.

5. Roots Helsinki

Plein is a neighbourhood bistro in Vallila. Small shareable plates and natural wines.

6. Restaurant Plein

Mashiro Vallila serves fresh, tasty and healthy Japanese food from the best ingredients for a reasonable price.

7. Mashiro Vallila

Hand made great burgers and a wide selection of beers.

Naughy BRGR burger joint begun after Top Chef Finland winner Akseli Herlevi did over ten years of research what is the best flavors and compositions of a great burger. Restaurant's backbone is the highest quality of raw materials, constant improvement in every fields of a restaurant, right attitude and best possible staff.

8. Naughty BRGR Sturenkatu

A popular hamburger restaurant in an office building at Vallilla. The menu is simple yet tasty. A couple of hamburgers, also a vegetarian and a vegan one, with extras to choose from. Special editions are also available every now and then, these can be found on the Bites social media. A wide selection of beers.

Bites Burgers also at Kaivopiha and Kamppi.

9. Bites Burgers Vallila

Dylan Corner, a lunch restaurant located in Vallila, offers a lunch buffet with fresh, healthy and delicious salads and warm dishes, as well as sandwiches and coffee/tea. Also a vegan warm dish daily.

10. Dylan Corner

Lunch and delicious tapas dishes.
Bistro K takes also care of the intermission catering for Music theatre Kapsäkki in the same building.

11. Bistro K

Daily Dose is a small Italian restaurant and wine bar with a friendly and cosy atmosphere.

12. Daily Dose

Chalupa is a Mexican style fast and casual way of eating. Burritos, tacos and quesadillas. Chalupa restaurants can also be found eg. in Kallio, Lönnrotinkatu and REDI.

13. Chalupa Vallila

Small sushi restaurant in Vallila where sushi can be ordered by the piece, they call it the Pick'n Mix sushi.

14. KOKORO Sushi

Pikku-Vallila, founded in 1986, is an atmospheric, small corner bar in a wooden house in the wooden house area of Vallila.

15. Pikku-Vallila

Sauna Hermanni is one of the three remaining public saunas in Helsinki serving its customers since 1953. The Iki-Kiuas stoves give you nice mellow and relaxing experience. The saunas are separate for women and men. It is possible to rent a towel. Small snacks are also available. 

Cupping and massage available upon request, reservations, tel.+358 40 838 8963.

16. Sauna Hermanni

The church, named after Apostle Paul, stands solid in the corner park of Sturenkatu and Hämeentie. The church was designed by architect Bertel Liljeqvist. The foundation stone of St. Paul's church was laid in autumn 1929, and the church was dedicated in March 1931. The Winter War damaged the pillars of the main entrance and one wall. The traces of the war are still visible.

17. St. Paul's Church

The French inspired bakery Greenbake is slow baking bread out of Finnish, organic flour.

The scent of freshly baked authentic French croissants flood in Greenbake's shop in Vallila, as well as in the shops in Eerikinkatu in Helsinki city centre and in Arinatie in Pitäjänmäki.

18. Greenbake Vallila

Fizza, which is a pizza machine in the Vallila district, serves freshly baked pizzas in 3 minutes 24/7. 

19. Fizza Vallila

Moody Monday is a second hand store in Vallila. 

20. Moody Monday Vallila

Metka is a flea market in Vallila district in Helsinki.

21. Metka flea market

Finland's most popular swimming hall with eg.50 metre swimming pool, 10 m diving boards, children's pools, café Uppopulla and a gym.

22. Urheiluhallit Mäkelänrinne - Mäkelänrinne Swimming Hall

Café Uppopulla is a café-restaurant on the second floor of Mäkelänrinne swimming hall. 

23. Café Uppopulla

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The district of Vallila to the north of the city centre was traditionally a residential area for the working classes. ...