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Finnish most popular coffee: Juhla Mokka: Coffee

If you haven’t known, Finland is no.1 in the world with coffee consumption per capita. This coffee, Juhla Mokka is the most popular and selling coffee in Finland. You can get it in most coffee shops and buy it in any store. Coffee in Finland is cheaper then the average in other western European countries so, buy a pack before you go home.

What to buy: Juhla Mokka

Theme: Food and Drink

Koskenkorva Viina

Koskenkorva Viina is the national sprit, like Scotland has Whisky and England has Gin, Finland have this Koskenkorva Viina. It is just a clear vodka type of spirit.

Of course, there is also the other Finnish famous vodka Finlandia, but that one you can find anywhere in the world.

What to buy: Koskenkorva Viina or vodka Finlandia

What to pay: Buy it only at the airport duty free or on the ferry, in Finland the cost is about 2.5 times.

Theme: Food and Drink

Hukka: Soapstone mug

These are unique products in Finland, and the one I like the most are the Soapstone mugs where you can just have an excellent cappuccino.
Read more about the product on the factory web site

What to buy: Soapstone mug, Schnapps stones, etc.

What to pay: About 20 Euro.

Theme: Local Craft

Penna Design: The unique wooden art of Penna Design

There is a unique wooden art designer in Tampere, Finland, it’s 'Penna Design' and is one of the most unique style of art I ever saw in my life. It is hand made of pure Finnish birch wood. You can find his work of art in selected souvenirs stores as well Stockmann department store in the big cities and at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport.

What to buy: The Bear or Bike

What to pay: What ever they ask

Address: Stockmann or the airport

Phone: +358-3-2143777

Theme: Art

The Lapponia liqueurs

The Lapponia liqueurs are the best of the many kinds of liqueurs made in Finland. There are the blueberry, red berry, cranberry, cloudberry and some others as well. Best to buy them at the airport as they will be duty free and cheaper.

Theme: Food and Drink

Olvi Doublebock

What to buy: If you want to take with you home a sample of Finnish beer, maybe its better to wait for your departure and buy this excellent Finnish Doublebock beer made by Olvi. It is strong, it taste good and much better then the average waterish Finnish lagers.
I am not sure now if they have it at the airport but surely they have this beer on the ferries that goes to Sweden or Estonia.

Theme: Food and Drink

Website: http://www.olvi.fi

Icehockey items

What to buy: Like most of local kids, also mine are interested in icehockey, here we are buying a new stick for my son.

Theme: Other

Website: http://www.koho.fi

Birch Mug

What to buy: This is a traditional coffee mug made of one piece of birthroot. It has been traditionally made in Lapland for centuries. But you must be careful, there are now some massive productions such items and they are not the real ones. Best would be to buy it in Lapland.

What to pay: Aout 35 euro in the south, a bit cheaper in Lapland.

Theme: Local Craft

Kalevala: Kalevala Jewelry

Finnish design jewelry

What to pay: Starts at about 20 Euro and up

Address: Unioninkatu 25 Helsinki

Directions: Close to the big church, but you can find those jewelry everywhere in Finland including Stockmann department store and the airport too.

Phone: (09) 171 520

Theme: Jewelry

Website: http://www.kalevalakoru.fi

At the airport: Before you leave

If you happened to travel by flight, you can leave some of your shopping for the airport. Some items will be cheaper there, especially if you fly out of the EU, as you will be entitle to pay tax free for items.

What to buy: Alcohol for example will be half price. Cosmetics items will be cheaper as well.
Penna Design and Kalevala products are available here as well.

Address: At the airport

Theme: Other

Website: http://www.helsinki-vantaa.fi