Experience Helsinki through its food, traditions, and everyday local flavours on a guided tour through two of the city’s most iconic market halls: Hakaniemi Market Hall and the Old Market Hall.
This tour is designed to help you eat like a Finn — tasting the kinds of foods, snacks, and delicacies that locals have grown up with and still enjoy today. Along the way, you’ll try a variety of traditional Finnish flavours, including local meats, different types of fish, pickled specialties, seasonal bites, and classic pastries.
We’ll also take a short tour through selected Finnish shops in Hakaniemi Market Hall, where you’ll discover local ingredients, food traditions, and the stories behind Finland’s practical, seasonal, and sometimes surprising cuisine. From salty and sour flavours to comforting pastries and market hall classics, this experience gives you a relaxed and authentic introduction to Finnish food culture.
By visiting both Hakaniemi Market Hall and the Old Market Hall, you’ll get to see two different sides of Helsinki’s food scene — one local and everyday, the other historic and iconic — while learning what Finns eat, why they eat it, and how Finnish food connects to the country’s seasons, nature, and way of life.
