Very nice home design store located on the Esplanaden. I bought some small gift items here to take…read morehome to my kids. The prices are very reasonable, quality appears to be good and the staff are very friendly and helpful. I like how they offered to gift-wrap my purchases and did that very skillfully. They have items such as bed linens, towels, plates, decorative items and the like very nicely displayed.

I came to Helsinki for a few days back in October. You'd think I would have been prepared for cool…read moreweather (I'm from Canada so I definitely know what cold is like), but I wasn't. I had apparently forgot to pack along some mitts or anything like that (and the fact I'd just been in Madrid for a week probably didn't help). So I wandered around for a bit and came across Tiger, which is sort of like the dollar stores we have back home, but better. Everything here was just a few € each. There's lots of design and home decor type stuff, as well as art supplies and crafts and little knicky knacky things. It's not a huge store but it was cool to browse around, and I found a pair of gloves to wear for just €3. If I lived in Helsinki this would be a store I could see myself coming back to a lot.

Tiger stores are pretty amazing shops. Their assortment doesn't seem to follow any rules. They have…read moreall kinds of household equipment but at the same time also toys, decoration and candies. The concept of Tiger is to have round prices. You won't find anything for 1.59 € or 3.75 €. Things are 1 € or 2 € and are hardy every much more expensive then 3 €. That makes it fun to walk through there. You'll find so many things at Tiger that you didn't even know you need before. And since everything is so cheap you'll find it tough to leave this place without buying anything. At least a chocolate bar next to the counter for 1 € will always end up in your shopping basket. You can really find some useful stuff here for a good price. But don't come here to often! It might get expensive otherwise.