The range of restaurants spans the spectrum from local Finnish and Scandinavian to Asian, Mexican and other ethnic cuisines. Shopping centres are also popular in the evenings, as are designer boutiques and individual specialty shops located throughout the city.

To find the city’s trendiest establishments, you can work your way along Uudenmaankatu, which is well-known by the younger set for having the ‘trendiest bars per square kilometre’ in the country. The range of busy venues on offer here includes the basic beer joint to upscale venues featuring live music and snacks.

It is instead a lively and original scene, which stays with the times. For those of you who love to dance, there are a couple of venues that are well worth a visit: the Lady Moon and the Fennia. If the tango is more your style, then there’s no question that the Botnia Room should be your top choice.