Restaurants and Nightlife
Helsinki has over a thousand restaurants serving foods for all tastes. Cultural influences from both the East and the West add their own flavours to the mix.
Whether you are looking for Finnish cuisine, seafood, cross kitchen or just a burger, Helsinki has it. Choose from gourmet delights to bistro treats and ethnic specialities.
Finnish cuisine is based on fresh and natural ingredients that vary according to the season.
In addition to vegetables, mushrooms, berries and fish, Finnish food is typified by simplicity and purity of taste. Helsinki’s own cuisine also features influences 
from both the East and the West.
In many ways Helsinki is the perfect city: big enough to enjoy both variety and rich diversity yet compact enough to experience easily, enjoyable and safely.
Helsinki’s nightlife is active, laid-back and un-presuming at the same time.
Restaurants, bars and nightclubs are packed with fun-loving people, especially on weekends but also on weekdays. Few things impress first-time visitors to Finland more than the midnight sun in summertime. Although the true midnight sun can be enjoyed only as far north as Lapland, in Helsinki the sun sets for only a couple of hours on the longest day of the year. Night clubbers leaving the bars in the middle of the night can be quite startled by the daylight!
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Practical Information
Tipping
Tipping culture is almost non-existent in Finland, although it has become more common recently. Service charges are included in hotel room rates, restaurant and taxi prices, so tips are not expected, but can be given if you think the service has been especially good.
Electricity
Finland, like most other European countries, has 220V AC, 50Hz and uses two- or three-pin plugs. Visitors from the UK will need an adaptor for electric appliances, whereas North Americans need a transformer in order to use their 110/125V appliances.
Emergencies
The most important telephone number in an emergency is 112 for calling police, ambulance and fire department.