Travel diary: Helsinki

Last week I came back home from a wonderful little journey. I was the happiest girl because I traveled to Helsinki, Finland on my own to visit my beloved friend Roosa. For more than 10 years I dreamed about traveling to Finland and finally it came true! And of course it was the best to meet my friend again after two years. I was so happy to stay at her cozy place, it gave me the feeling of being part of it all and not the feeling of just being a simple tourist.

Roosa and me strolled through vintage- and vinyl shops. The photos here were taken at Hippie Shake Records. We also went to Music Hunter, where I bought 3 vinyls: The Doors, Bowie and Blues Pills.
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We took a walk to the orthodox church in Helsinki, which is build up on a hill

From there we had a fantastic view over the city. You can also see "Helsingin tuomiokirkko", the dome of Helsinki from there.

The orthodox church from the inside was really stunning to me. So much gold and details, it is really really pretty.

Exploring made us hungry, so we stopped at "Date and Kale", a vegan restaurant. We had some yummy black rice with cauliflower, red lentils, fresh coriander and pomegranate seeds.

Pretty autumn forest. We went for walks in the nearby forest every morning to walk the dog.

Missing forest walks with these two...

The Moomin Café (Mumin Kaffe) in Helsinki is a must-visit for all Moomin fans though it is more aimed for children. We enjoyed coffee, tea and cinnamon buns anyway.

Moomin Café guest book entry ( :

Of course we also went to the Moomin shop, it's a must-go-to when you're in Helsinki. I bought several cards, what else? Oh and a new Moomin mug, my fifth, in the Iittala shop ( :

One rainy and cold afternoon we went to Ateneum museum to watch an exhibition about finnish art.

Some artworks that I really liked at Ateneum.

Roosa and me are both art postcard junkies so the museum shop was our happy place! ( : We bought lots of cards of paintings that we admired in the gallery before.

One of my favourites in the exhibition. The painting shows Ilmatar, the virgin spirit of the air who descented into the primal sea and was impregnated by the wind.

Walking from room to room.

Vegan oat-apple-crumble for breakfast! So simple made but so delicious! And how I wish we had this oatly vanilla sauce here, too! I would literally eat it everyday! :D

One of the vinyl I bought at "Music Hunter". So in love with the cover of it, too! // Cozy evenings eating vegan dishes while listening to vinyls ♥

Cute vintage shop. We both found something cute to wear at this place.

Beautiful autumn forest