Helsinki food part 2

I didn't remember to take pictures very much of what I was eating, but I did take some pics at hakaniemi market square and inside the old market hall...

One of the deli stalls viewed from the upper level...

 

So many different types of potatoes...

Colourful spring veg...

In the outside market square, lots of smoked seafood...something herring like I'm guessing?  I didn't like the smell, so I didn't hang about long!

This was actually my last day there and the first great weather day there had been for the season...it was high 20's, so perfect weather for icecreams...I only noticed the IKEA bus in the background now!

This market also had amazing plants and flowers...not food related, but they were so beautifully arranged in blocks of colour, I had to share...the picture does not do it justice though!

Again not food related, but hilarious...pub tram!

Helsinki food part 1

Some pics of food in Helsinki - when I remembered to take them!

After checking into the hotel, I went to Cafe Aalto at the academic bookshop...I had lunch and remembered to take a pic when I had nearly finished my vanilla slice!  The bookshop and cafe is housed in an Alvar Aalto building...

I bought some moomin cookies at the Alepa supermarket at the bottom of the Forum mall in the city centre.  From left to right is moomintroll, snork maiden, moomin mamma, moomin pappa, and little my and snufkin on the bottom :o)

This is a meat doughnut thing at the market by the sea port, cheap and not bad...

From the same market, here are some reindeer sausages and barbecued potatoes with gherkins and a sauce that's a bit like the IKEA lingonberry stuff on the side.

This was the lady cooking viewed from where I was sitting...

and the market tents with pictures of their offerings.  There was a whole string of these with different types of foods - mostly sausages and some fishy things that didn't smell appetising to me!  Other tents were selling souveneirs and also fresh fruit and veg and fish.  This is the main touristy area of Helsinki...the ferries that go to islands leave from here and Uspenski Cathedral is just up the hill.

Helsinki train station

I've been so super busy that I haven't had a chance to scratch myself since my visit to Helsinki late May/June.  I forgot that I haven't shared many pics, so time for a Helsinki revisit!
When I arrived the airport bus dropped me at the lovely central station (Rautatieasema - don't ask me to pronounce it!)  I was confused as to which side of the station I was on, but I soon got my bearings - I was staying about 5 min walk from here.  I went back later to take interior shots.

Helsinki street textiles