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The Menu - Food Neighbourhoods 17: Helsinki, Bulevardi
17 January 2017
Food-and-wine writer Arto Koskelo and Monocle’s Petri Burtsov take a tour Bulevardi, one of Helsinki’s most historic streets, in crisp minus 20C winter weather.
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The Menu - Food Neighbourhoods #395: Helsinki
30 July 2024
Robert Prendergast heads to Helsinki to learn about the city’s culinary traditions.
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Monocle on Design - Extra: Helsinki Design Week
21 September 2023
Monocle’s Helsinki correspondent, Petri Burtsoff, gives a roundup of this year’s edition.
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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 157: Helsinki’s Mikael Agricola church
20 May 2019
This week Monocle 24’s Markus Hippi takes us to Helsinki where one church has a unique feature that most Finns have never heard of.
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The Menu - Food Neighbourhoods #425: Töölö, Helsinki
11 March 2025
Monocle’s Petri Burtsoff takes us on a tour of Helsinki’s Töölö neighbourhood, home to traditional neighbourhood bistros frequented by local families, as well as new eateries, where ambitious young chefs seek to leave their…
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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 125: Helsinki Central Railway Station
24 September 2018
With 200,000 passengers a day, Helsinki Central Railway Station is Finland’s most visited building. But its significance for the Nordic nation lies in much more than just the people who travel through its doors.
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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 194: Hotel Torni, Helsinki
17 February 2020
We visit Helsinki’s Hotel Torni, a building that’s witnessed the highs and lows of Finland’s history since its opening in 1931.
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The Menu - Food Neighbourhoods 100: Helsinki, Kallio
4 September 2018
Monocle’s Helsinki Correspondent Petri Burtsov takes us on a tour around the traditionally working-class district of Kallio that has, in recent years, become a serious culinary destination with a range of bars and restau…
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The Menu - Food Neighbourhoods 68: Helsinki, Teurastamo
23 January 2018
A walk through the Teurastamo area in Helsinki. It’s a district previously known for its slaughterhouses but now classic red-brick buildings host a number of innovative bars and restaurants.
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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 316: Helsinki Cathedral
18 July 2022
Petri Burtsoff tells us the story of one of the most iconic features of the Helsinki skyline.
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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 402: Suomenlinna, Helsinki
1 April 2024
Petri Burtsoff takes us to a historic military fortress off the coast of Helsinki to see how Finns make use of the island today.
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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 144: Helsinki’s City Theatre
18 February 2019
We head to Finland to discover the history of one the country’s modernist icons.
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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 234: Finlandia Hall, Helsinki
23 November 2020
We brave the cold to visit an Alvar Aalto-designed building in the heart of Helsinki that has hosted its fair share of events, both historic and cultural.
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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 284: Lapinlahti Hospital, Helsinki
22 November 2021
Monocle’s Petri Burtsoff tells us about a former hospital’s second life, which has been embraced and defended by citizens.
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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 443: Helsinki’s canopy kiosks
27 January 2025
Petri Burtsoff visits his home city to see how it has revived its “canopy kiosks”, which have been a distinctive feature of the Finnish capital for a century.
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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 109: Merihaka
4 June 2018
This week we head to Helsinki to hear the story of the brutalist high-rise Merihaka: one of the city's most unloved buildings.
