Super easy shopping experience with so many great choices. I especially loved their little kids'…read moresection. They had all the fruit pouches you could possibly need, which made things really convenient. It's also very close to F6 Hotel, so the location honestly couldn't be easier if you're staying nearby. The market itself is clean, well organized, and the staff are incredibly kind and helpful. Pro tip: don't forget to weigh the bananas before heading to checkout!

A Solid market! Get smarket! This place is pretty good-…read moreit's got a wide selection of foods, at good prices. It's a good sized grocer in the basement of a shopping center. There's an escalator to get down there, and you have to rent a cart for a Euro. There's no fee for carrying around a basket. The produce section wasn't so great, but it did have the basic fruits and vegetables at reasonable prices. The dairy section was stocked with all kinds of weird cheeses I'd never seen before. One day when I went, they were sampling up the local cheeses in the aisle. Score! There's a large bakery section, with a huge variety of rye breads. Go for the ones with lumberjacks on them, or the one shaped like a cat for extra flavor. They also have a big selection of pre-made foods, like cassaroles, fish, meats, sausages, etc. If you wanna grab a bite to go, this is a popular spot. The fish selection was some of the best I'd seen in a supermarket- they must've had salmon prepared two dozen different ways. The beer selection is pretty primo too! They have mostly canned beers, but with a huge variety of beers from across Europe at discount prices. Many of them are kept cold, but the majority of the craft beers are kept warm. You can buy most of the beers as singles, or as 6+packs, so I chose to jump around with different local(ish) breweries that I'd never heard of. Finland's a cold place, the beer chills really quickly, so don't worry about them being sold warm. I've never seen such a licorice selection- they had all kinds of the local flavors and varieties. The local specialty is the salted licorice- they have some good examples of this in their huge selection of flavors and brands. It takes up about a quarter of an aisle. I think you get charged for a shopping bag, so you might try to save by bringing your own. The check-out lines were long, but it seems that they're (unsuccessfully) trying out a self-checkout system. In all, it's a great place to stop by near the train station for fresh or packaged foods!

This is the nearest grosery store (or super market if you will) to the Rastila Camping Compound,…read morewithin a walking distance from it's gate. S-Markets belong to the biggest consumer product marketing chain in Finland and therefore this one offers also a good variety of everyday goods at reasonable prices. Along with the wide range of food you can buy non- or low-alcohol drinks and beverages, household materials, perfumery- and bathroom items, limited amount of electrical stuff etc. It lacks only a meat and fish counter, which is not acceptable for a shop of this magnitude (minus two stars). Fresh vegetables and fruits are available, though, even with a quite wide assortment. Folio packed meat and fish are of course at hand. The friendly personnel seem to know English well enough to meet the everyday needs, being also helpful with weighing, finding products and such. Guiding signs in English also help you with your shopping. Neibourghing karaoke- and pizza bars unfortunately spit out wobbling nuisances every now and then, but they are harmless, disappearing usually fast in to their caves and being certainly nothing to be afraid of. When landing to the premises with a vehicle, don't forget to put the parking time meter with your arrival time somewhere to be seen. If you don't have one, the first thing to pick up from the store is this stupid blue plastic apparatus, which I always forget to display and pay dearly for it. As does my older son. This is my daily store for grocery shopping, but to be honest, within even shorter a walking distance from the gate of the camping area is Rastila Metro Station, one stop westbound ride (accordingly, you go east) from Columbus shopping mall, introducing an abundance of shops, i.a. with fresh fish and meat counters. And Alko (The Liquor Store) of course...