Juicy, fruity, good

Do you want to start your week with a fresh, delicious smoothie? Then the jungle juice bar is exactly the right thing for you.

The concept is simple. Use fresh ingredients and mix them on the spot for the customer. That's all there is to jungle juice bar. But their selection is really good. You can choose between smoothies, super smoothies or just a normal juice. Go e.g. for a Killer Bee (mango, pineapple, passio fruit, orange and ice). You can also add some extra ginger or protein if you like. Or try one of their fruit shots.

The jungle juice bar can be found in many of the big shopping centers in and around Helsinki.

Give it a try and enjoy!

Punkkibussi on tour

With the spring and the summer the ticks come back to Finland. And they carry a nasty disease called Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). To avoid catching that virus infection you can get a vaccination at any hospital. Or just on the go during your shopping tour.

And that is because the Punkkibussi is on tour again. This tick bus is a vaccination station on wheels traveling around the capital region. Here you don't need an appointment and can just walk in whenever you spot it and it suits you. To find out when the Punkkibussi is in your area view the timetable. The vaccination costs 45 € for children and 50 € for adults.

Apteeki in English

Unfortunately at this time of the year a cold or flu is easy to catch. When searching for medicine in a Finnish pharmacy you might have to get some help first to find the right shelf for what you need. Luckily personnel in Helsinki almost always speaks English.

Should you be trying to find something fast though give the pharmacy in Kamppi a try. Here all shelves are labeled in English as well. So you will get around easily on your own. And in case you still need some help the staff will be happy to help you.

Apteekki Töölö in Kamppi Kauppakeskus is also very well equipped and in a perfect location right in the center of Helsinki.

Try it out! Or much rather stay healthy!

Orange juice fresh from the vending machine

Now you can get a big cup of fresh squeezed orange juice any time you like. At Kamppi you can now find an orange juice vending machine by the Italian company Oranfresh. For 3 € the machine squeezes the juice from sun ripe oranges for you. Wait around one minute till the delicious and healthy drink is ready to take away.

The machine can be found inside Kamppi Kauppakeskus next to the entrance to the metro station.

Enjoy!

Medical help around the clock

We should enjoy every day we are healthy. But unfortunately from time to time we just catch something. And how inconvenient is it when feeling bad but all pharmacies are already closed?

Well luckily there is one pharmacy in the city center that is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and every day of the year. Yliopiston Apteekki on Mannerheimintie is always at your service no matter what time of the day.

But even though this is of course great service I wish all of you that you rather stay healthy and won’t even have the need to go there.

Beware of the ticks!

If you are planning on spending some time in the countryside you always face the risk of being bitten by ticks which can in worst case cause the so called Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus infection.

A vaccination can protect you from this danger. You can get it either from your doctor or you keep your eyes open for the Punkkibussi (tick bus) driving around the capital area the whole summer through. Without an appointment you can just come there and get the vaccination within a few minutes. It costs 45 € for children and 50 € for adults.

Information on when the bus is in your area and which regions in Finland are most dangerous to get infected with TBE can be found from the official website of Saaristolääkärit.

How to get a doctor’s appointment in Helsinki

In case you have to visit a doctor in Finland you should know a few things. It works a bit different here than in most other countries.

In Finland you don’t have a family doctor that you go to every time and that knows you. Finnish doctors are arranged in so called Terveysasemat (health stations) similar to a hospital. You will most likely meet a different doctor every time you go there. But don’t worry they all of course have access to your medical history.

If you need an appointment, look up the number of the health station closest to you. You can find their number and lot of other useful information online on the website of the city of Helsinki. Don’t forget to have your Finnish social security number ready if you have one. 

Should you need any general medical information and advice over the phone you can call the local service number (09) 10023 around the clock.

Stay healthy!