This is a great market right along the waterfront featuring local food/flavors plus the usual tourist souvenirs. Go down early in the morning to watch the vendors set up while the locals stop by on their way to work. Later in the day it can get very busy with crowds. More

Nice shopping place in the hearth of Helsinki. Also close by to the Esplanadi and Kasarmitori. So there should be lots to do nearby also. More

Had a lovely stroll through the markets on a bright May morning here and found many local foods and crafts for sale. I'm not an avid souvenir collector but loved the food - reindeer meatballs and whities to try. Also the pewter & glass, juniper & birch products and local jewellery. Definitely worth a visit if you want something different... More

When in Helsinki this is a must. All the products are local Finnish and handmade and this is actually monitored by the city of Helsinki to insure this I found out. My wife and daughter visit this place at least once or twice each summer and there is one of the jewelry vendor that is their favorite that make very... More

Amazing Market full of delicious local produce, cafes and local souvenirs. choose from stalls selling fresh fruit and fish, diverse cafes and souvenirs of semi precious stones and animal furs. More

Coming from Hong Kong, we fell in love with this open produce market, finding the fruit and veggies so ripe, colorful and gorgous to look at. We wanted to buy so much while there. We found beautiful salmon fillets as well, of little use to us, but much more appealing that what we get back home. We also enjoyed the... More

But only in the summer. In the winter kauppatori is the most miserable place in the entire world, devoid of people, no market stalls, nothing to eat and a force 10 gale with a wind chill factor of about minus 50. Summer however is a completely different kettle of fish. Kauppatori is alive and thronging with people. Market stalls, manned... More