Category Archives: Kalasatama Temporary

COOKING UNDER THE SUN

By Hella Hernberg | Published: 17/08/2011

Photography: Johannes Romppanen

Last weekend, we drove our bicycles to Kalasatama to test the Solar Kitchen – an exceptional travelling restaurant concept by Catalan designer Martí Guixe and Finnish chef Antto Melasniemi.

The two visionaries both have a history of experimenting with food – Martí from the designer’s point of view and Antto as a chef of several fine-dining restaurants. Solar cooking offers a whole new way of approaching a restaurant. The texture and taste of the food is different, as the heat radiates from different angles. (more…)

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A TROPICAL NIGHT RIDE

By Hella Hernberg | Published: 29/07/2011

Photography: Johannes Romppanen

Bicycle brunches, free concerts, independent art exhibitions, hammocks, swimming and night movies. This summer Kalasatama has proved to be the perfect location to spend warm days and nights in the city.

Last wednesday, the We Love Helsinki community celebrated a Bicycle Day in Kalasatama in an almost tropical summer night. The event, created together with a number of voluntary urban activists, started at Bermuda Helsinki’s container with live music, bicycle repair and brunch for a voluntary fee, freshly roasted coffee by Kaffa, drinks from the bicycle bar, and radler (traditional cyclists’ drink) from a bicycle tank by Pelago. At 10pm, over 300 cyclists started a night ride around the centre of Helsinki. The almost endless line of riders ringing their bells and curving through the streets was a spectacular sight. (more…)

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A FANTASTIC CAFE

By Hella Hernberg | Published: 08/06/2011

Ihana Cafe is now open in the Kalasatama harbour in uptown Helsinki, and well worth a visit. The new container cafe celebrated its opening party last week, blessed with a warm evening sun, hot air balloons and crowds of relaxed people enjoying one of the first warm summer evenings this year in Helsinki. The place is a welcome, refreshing oasis in the middle of the harbour’s large asphalt planes, and like a small piece of Berlin in Helsinki. It is like its name promises: ‘Ihana’ meaning wonderful, lovely, or fantastic in Finnish. (more…)

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HEL YES! TAKE 2

By Hella Hernberg | Published: 14/12/2010

Overview of the HEL YES! interior in London. Photo by Adam Laycock

The HEL YES! project, which has recently gained a lot of publicity in London, is now travelling towards Helsinki. In January 2011, an industrial hall in the former harbour area of Kalasatama will be transformed into a temporary restaurant. The project was first organised by the Finnish Institute in London, in order to promote Finnish culture during the London Design festival in September 2010. In Helsinki, the project will be presented as it was in London. (more…)

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PLAYGROUND FOR ALL AGES

By Hella Hernberg | Published: 15/09/2010

Dodo's 15th birthday in Kalasatama. Photo: Päivi Raivio

During the unusually warm summer of 2010, we have done some rather frequent bicycle trips to Kalasatama, to take care of our urban farm. At the same time, we had the chance to observe the urban life that has evolved around the harbour little by little, since the area was officially opened for the public in June 2010. It seems that the vast open areas in Kalasatama have opened up a totally new possibility for the people of Helsinki to enjoy the city, each in their own way. The place is like a big playground for people of all ages, manifesting a new culture of freedom – with a lot of space for creativity  and new perspectives to what you can do in the city. (more…)

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