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Old school haunt

Cafe Vanha

Why locals love it

The former house of the Helsinki University student union, this beautiful, neo-renaissance building - Vanha for short - is about as central as you could get. Drop by to enjoy a drink, a good meal or snack, and to soak up the atmosphere inside or on the terrace.

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Why you should visit it

Funnily enough, despite being an icon of institutional studentiness, it generally doesn’t feel that studenty at all, perhaps because it’s so dead-centre than it attracts all sorts of city-goers.

Special tip

The name means "old".

Cafe Vanha
Mannerheimvägen 3, 00100 Helsingfors, Finland
+358 9 61286450
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