A visit to the Museum of Art and Design or to Design Forum is a good way to see where Finnish design has been and where it is headed. Design Forum also sells articles. If you take a fancy to any of the classic items at the Museum of Art and Design, you can also try to find them in the city's excellent antique stores. You can sample and buy them at indoor and outdoor markets. You have an enormous range of restaurants to choose from, and new ones are being opened all the time.
Finnish cuisine leans heavily on whatever fresh domestic ingredients are in season.
All of the major world culinary traditions are represented. You can play it safe and eat familiar fare, or try something completely new in taste experiences. New, trendy little restaurants with experimental approaches to food often offer interesting visual nourishment as well, thanks to their innovative interior decoration formats and the fashionable patrons that frequent them. All of the best shopping streets have good galleries that are a pleasure to pop into. Seek out the small ones and trust your own taste.