Kafe Mockba (Permanently Closed)

This place has permanently closed. We’ve kept this page because people still search for it. Our current recommendations nearby are below.

Permanently closed. Kafe Mockba, the deliberately dour, Soviet-themed bar that film-makers Aki and Mika Kaurismäki ran behind heavy curtains in Kamppi, closed when the brothers’ bars left Eerikinkatu in 2019. For years it traded in warm vodka, cold service and genuine Brezhnev-era kitsch.

For a night out in Helsinki now, head to Kallio, where the city drinks without dressing up. Our guide to where to stay in Helsinki explains which neighborhood suits a late night.