This is a fancy, old, classy, expensive department store in the middle of downtown Helsinki. It's…read morelike "All the roads lead to Stockman". At the grocery department you can find all kinds of goodies, pastry, fresh meat, fish, specialty products, and international foods. You also have several options to have something to eat either at the restaurant located upstairs, or at the many coffee/snack shops. This is like a huge fancy shopping opportunity for demanding shoppers. You can shop for beautiful handbags, high-end clothing and shoes, or if you favor a certain domestic or international cosmetic brand, they have it. Don't forget souvenirs, toys, home goods and Finnish design items. The customer service department will ship things for you to destinations all over the world and help you with duty free shopping. Among many other notable things is a big Alko store. This is the government monopolized liquor store. So, if you find great delicatessen for lunch or dinner, you will also have the opportunity to purchase alcoholic beverages to go along with your meals. Really, if you want to spend time and money here, it is truly worth the trip, and everlasting experience while in Helsinki. The best thing at Stockman building is electronics store called Power that I just discovered last Summer. They sell variety of appliances, phones and so on. Found a table phone for my mom who needed to replace her old one. She uses it for Skype calls from the USA. Customer service at this place is priceless. The young men helping me during my visits were so knowledgeable, patient and friendly. One nice traditional point about Stockman is, that they have a clock on the Alexanterinkatu side of their many entrances. That is famous among all people living in Helsinki. When meeting friends, we used to say: "Meet me under the Stockman's clock." Happy shopping and maybe I will see you there.

What a nice department store. From the moment you walk in it's wonderful! There are fresh…read moreflowers, restaurants galore, coffee places. And then you get to the regular store which has everything you could possibly want and or need. I would equate it to a Nordstroms, or Macys. Nice quality brands and fair pricing. As a fun bonus I definitely recommend going down to bottom floor and you will find a very nice grocery store with all kinds of products. There is also ready to eat goods, hot, cold, fresh breads, pastries. Inside the store is also an outlet section if you're into a bargain! Who doesn't live a clearance section?? It's a fun store to wander around for sure!

Great place to visit.. everything is lively and people are nice. Look for the black Superman on…read moretight ropes during summer.. LOL

I grew up shopping at Sokos department store in Helsinki. Needles to say, that on my visit back…read morehome, I did some shopping there. On the first week of September, I stopped at the cosmetic department looking for a certain Finnish facial creme, Lumene, for my friend back home. Luckily they had it. When completing my shopping and paying for my purchase, this wonderful sales associate, Pirjo, helped me. She was very friendly and professional, and took her time to assist me. Pirjo even helped me to make my purchase with a gift card and gave me a sample of a new perfume. Throughout the years Sokos has maintained it's high customer service standards. It's a very clean and well organized store. I can highly recommend a visit to this shopping adventure.

This place is a mixer. The first floor is ALL cosmetics and skin care. The bins are all sale…read moreitems...and there are quite a few of them. The second floor is ladies clothing. This store is not really for the younger crowd. It's mostly for the late 40s and up group of women. The store is clean and well organized. But I noticed it was hard to find someone to assist me.