Alepa store that is located E floor (local buses, Espoo/Vantaa). Place is small and compact. Place…read more is that is open Mon - Sat satisfactorily opens 06:00 and closes 24:00 so you get here snacks. Just remember that alcoholics product can be sell 09:00 and stops 21:00. Store has mini bakery. You get common grocery needs here. .... Parking: this place has 2 own garage operated by Europark, P-Kamppi is attached on mall, P-Forum is somehow same space. Also there is P-Presidentti near. *** NO STREET PARKING ON AREA *** ....... Metro station: Kamppi, own entry to mall.

Know what's awesome when you're in a new place and off by 10 hours?....A 24 hour market!…read more Located in the basement of a large building just down from the Ruoholahti metro station, this place was an absolute Mecca for us at 5 am when our kids had already been up for 2 hours! The place is set up like a Fred Meyer or Super Target in the states - they've got a full grocery store and a pretty solid department store as well. Many do the K-markets in the metro stations are smallish, but this one is BIG! The beverage, produce, meats, cheeses and pastry sections were all very large. Word to the wise - you can't buy any beer until after 9 am. The selection was as good as anything we've got back home and was great to be able to hit up any time of day! The prices were fair and everyone was very nice! We found out we needed to weigh fruits, veggies and pastries and you should too! It'll make the check out process a lot quicker . They've even got carts with kid cars attached - a popular thing to fight over for our guys! All in all, it's hard to beat a place like this when you come to visit from far away!

City Market being the closest thing to a Target we have in Helsinki, I don't have much choice but…read moreto try and be enthusiastic about it. City Market has a good selection of cosmetics and their Lumene products are priced reasonably compared to Sokos and Stockmann. They have a good selection of health and eco foods as well as a good line of generic vitamins under their own brand that are very affordable and just as good as the pricier versions at the apteekis. They have a decent selection of rain boots if you're in a jam or looking for an inexpensive pair for summer cottage or other non-fashion purposes. The baby selection at this location is abysmal but they have better prices on children's books in both English and Finnish than the Stockmann bookstore or the other bookstore on corner of Aleksi. Good toy selection, too. The location is hopping day and night: avoid going during work hours or the evening or you will be stuck in line until you want to pull out your hair and poke out your eyeballs. Upside: groceries and home goods in one store, parking garage directly adjacent to the store, good location, easy access to several restaurants/cafes on the floor above...and you WILL be hungry after spending hours ambling around City K.

This is a great supermarket for what it is. Good quality groceries, relatively affordable, most…read morebasic items you'd need. Fresh baked goodies (salty & sweet) daily. Meet and vegan options. Fresh fruit and veggies. Basic toiletries, cleaning supplies and frozen food. Nice service. This is a better and larger Alepa than the other Alepas nearby.

I know...it's Alepa. Big whoop. But I am obsessed with their Rainbow croissants, which at 39 cents…read moreeach are the best deal in Helsinki. I am cheap. Why? Because I like money. I like really good, really cheap food. Why? Because I am from this magical land called San Francisco where the cheap, delicious food:household ratio is skewed in favor of the food side. I digress. This Alepa has a few things going for it: Better croissants than Kanniston Leipomo down the block (€2.80 each) at around 1/8 the price...sorry, KL. They are open until 11 p.m. God bless you, Alepa! This location is the only Alepa I know of that carries my favorite soup from Amerrika. They carry gluten free bread. They have a lot of organic vegetables. They never run out Fazer Geisha bars. Downside: they run out of food really fast. The remodel seems to have reinvigorated shoppers and it can be very busy and a little understaffed between 5 and 7 p.m. Finnish people LOVE their chocolate wrapped in bread. God bless them but really? Meh. HOWEVER, a Rainbow croissant wrapped around a strip of Fazer dark chocolate is delicious. Toss in the oven for 2 minutes and for less than €1 you have a chocolate croissant that beats the €3-€6 sub-par chocolate croissants you'll find at local bakeries. AND you can say they were homemade ;) Plus- the cashiers always patiently allow me to stumble through my clumsy Finglish at the checkout line instead of just snapping at me in English :)

This is a great supermarket by the underground in Kaisaniemi / University of Helsinki. They offer a…read moregreat variety of lunch items such as sandwiches, warm dishes and a great salad buffet. They also have a better than usual snack selection even for those with special diets (gluten free, vegan, paleo). And of course, all the regular groceries can be found here. Nice service too.

LIDL is the store up to my alley. They have a lot to offer. Their produce is very good. They have a…read moregreat selection of ethnic foods, meats, chicken, fish, salads, and much more. My favorite, of course, is the fresh bakery section. Nami, nami and yammy, yammy. Prices are great and store is clean. Really worth the visit. They are recycling!

Love LIDL stores. This one did not disapoint me. Came out with 46 Euros worth of food and was so…read morehappy. They had a good selection of prepacked chicken, meat, porkchops, fish, ground beef and more. There was a plenty of fruits and vegetables to choose from and everything from fresh pastry to frozen foods was available. Maybe because LIDL has been doing business in Finland 20 years this year, they offered great bargains. This store was very busy store, but still clean and at a great location.

This is a small Japanese grocery store near the hotel I am staying during my recent trip to…read moreHelsinki. Even it's small but I think it has all the necessary Japanese snacks, foods, drinks, sort of like Daiso and Mitsuwa. There is even a bubble tea stall inside, too bad I don't chance to try it. I can't comment on the price. I am happy I still can get Japanese snacks at Helsinki while away from home.

Although it is a small shop, there is a good variety of products to choose from. I think this is…read moreone of the closest grocers by the lake, so it is a good place to get pre-made sandwiches, salads, and sodas. I almost never buy such things, but these actually looked pretty good and I was hungry. For a little over than €3 I got a roast beef sandwich that I would guess was about a foot long! In addition to the meat there was also cheese, a few pickles, and a surprisingly fresh bunch of arugula. Really not bad at all. The girl at the register was friendly and fluent in English. As for beers there was a very small selection but you will have to go to Alko for hard stuff or K-supermarket for more interesting beers. When you want to have a spontaneous picnic by the lake or get something to eat before visiting the botanical garden, this is a good bet.