The weekend
starts today and hopefully has some nice sunshine for us again. One way of
enjoying the good weather in a beautiful surrounding is to go to Mattolaituriat Kaivopuisto. The café and bar just reopened again for the summer and is
right next to the sea. Mattolaituri means carpet pier and actually describes
the small pier next to the bar where Finns can come to wash their carpets and
hang them to dry in the sun.
Mattolaituri
is just a bar with a terrace. It doesn’t
offer any inside sitting possibilities. With good weather it’s the perfect spot
to have a coffee or a beer though. While enjoying your drink and wrapping
yourself up in a blanket you have a scenic view over the small islands in front
of the Helsinki shore line.
Mattolaituri
is quite pricy though. For a cappuccino you have to pay 4 Euros. But it’s also
the place where the high society goes. If you keep your eyes open you might
spot one or two Finnish celebrities.
