Herring, herring, herring – and some salmon soup

Helsinki Baltic Herring Market 2015 is here! The city’s oldest ongoing event has got some new groove this year. There is a big festival tent were is organized program for kids, for herring lovers and even for those who just

Life under the sea at Helsinki

I haven’t ever been diving, yet – but I would love to try it some day. In Helsinki you can have a peek to the amazing underwater world at Sea Life aquarium. The place is rather small and the entrance

Market Square: history, herrings and handicrafts

Helsinki’s market square has long roots – it has been in the same place ever since 1818, when it left Senate’s square. Also the oldest annual event in Helsinki – Silakkamarkkinat, the herring market – organized every October since 1740s