Endast en kort båttur från Helsingfors också hamnar du på de vackra Vallisaari och Kuninkaansaari öarna. Förr i tiden så förvarades armens ammunition här, och några hundra personer tog hand om ön och det som förvarades här. Men ön har alltid spelat en viktig roll för den Finska, Svenska och Ryska marinen på grund av sitt läge. Och det var först 2016 som man fick åka hit och njuta av den vackra gröna ön. Hela ön är fylld av gamla byggnader och under 2021 ska Helsinki Biennale hållas här med musik, konst och en massa god och hållbar mat.
Jag uppskattar verkligen att man idag får besöka den här vackra ön som är fylld av ett spännande djurliv, vackra byggnader och en fantastisk natur! Här hittar man faktiskt mer än tusen olika sorters fjärilar, olika sorters fladdermöss och en massa andra djur. Eftersom man inte får gå över allt så kommer det rika djurlivet att bevaras. På ön hittar man även fik, restauranger och en bar.
Vallisaari och Kuninkaansaari ligger precis utanför Helsingfors, vid Suomenlinna sea fortress som förr kallades för Sveaborg. Det tar bara 20 minuter att ta sig hit med båt från centrum. Och från Vallisaari kan du promenera över till Kuninkaansaari på en stig i vattnet.
- For the water bus schedule and fares, consult (www.jt-line.fi)
Här hittar du tidtabellen: Båt till Vallisaari
Tänk på att du inte får gå överallt på öarna, respektera det och det fantastiska djurlivet som finns här!
Fantastiska byggnader hittar man överallt på ön. Både bostadshus, ammunitionsutrymme, små fabriker mm.. 
Tänk dig detta utrymmet med olika konstverk! 
Glöm inte att ta med dig badkläder!
Vallisaari och Kuninkaansaari ligger vid Suomenlinna / Sveaborg. Endast 20 minuter med båt från Helsingfors. Från Vallisaari kan du promenera över till Kuninkaansaari på en liten stig i vattnet.
Här hittar du turlistan till Vallisaari
Av Malin Nordblom
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The summer cafe is located in the beautiful old Käpylä neighborhood in Helsinki. I would recommend a bike ride from the city as it is such a pretty way going here. The great thing about getting around in Helsinki is that you can rent bikes at lot’s of different locations. 
Siili is owned by Jyri Engeström that normally lives in Silicon Valley with his family. He co-founded the mobile social network Jaiku that was sold to google for example. As his mother lives beside the cafe, and the neighborhood used to be full of families, shops and food places in the old days. Jyri wanted to recreate a place where the community could meet in the neighborhood just like in the old days. And as he see it, what we do with food and living is really fundamental. He got the idea about the cafe from America when there was a bad heatwave where people died because of it. But in the neighborhoods where there were a cafe people noticed when someone didn’t show up. He thinks that it will be even more important in the future that we take care of each other and the society. 
So what delicious food can you get at Siili? They serve fantastic coffee. And as both the Swedes and Finns drinks lot’s of coffee I really appreciated that they had good coffee! There is also several kinds of sandwiches, bowls and other vegetarian food. If you go here, I recommend to try some of the vegan cakes! One word, amazing!
Siili means hedgehog in Finnish, and as the cafe is only open in the summer the name is perfect as the hedgehog goes into hibernation a big part of the year. But the name comes from that there is a hedgehog in the neighborhood.
The restaurant is located at a great spot in Helsinki where there used to be an Mc Donalds at Iso Roobertinkatu pedestrian street. 
I have been to a restaurant where you actually want to bring home the table you are sitting by. The table by Serbian Uros Kostic had the most soft edges, and all of us just wanted to touch it! And as that is the first I notice as I sat down, I sort of had a clue that I was in for at treat! Carlos Henriques, Luka Balac and Albert Franch Sunyer has all worked at top restaurants in Helsinki and abroad. One day they decided that it was time to open up a sustainable restaurant that serves top class food! 
Mitt nästa stopp var på Fashion Garden som finns i Kämp Galleria. Här fanns det så mycket spännande finska kläder och prylar! Och även en restaurang.
Om du gillar hattar så har ”éN Hats” handgjorda hattar. De hade till och med några hattar med i Sex and the City! Hattarna formas med vattendriven ånga och tillverkas endast några kvarter från Kämp.
Arela säjer klassisk cashmere designad av Maija Arela. Riktigt snygga kläder, med en liten italiensk touch! Och fördelen med cashmere är att den håller länge!
Mitt sista stopp var på Relove. Det är både en second hand shop och ett cafe. Jag hittade en vacker gammal kimono som Leena hade tittat på dagen innan, jag slog till! Här lämnar folk in kläder som säljs på kommission, och butiken är full av folk som letar fynd! Jag hann aldrig testa deras cafe, jag får göra det nästa gång.
Tack Leena för att du visade mig Helsinki! Kiitos! 
Neste has built a cabin together designed by the Finnish designer Robin Falck at Vallisaari Island just 20 minutes from Helsinki. I had the joy to spend some time here with Sirpa Tuomi that told me some more about the project. As I am very interested of how we all can live a more sustainable lifestyle this was very interesting! 
The only way to cook a meal at the cabin is at the little stove! And even if the earth consists of 70% water, only around 1% is available for human consumption. So checking in at Nolla Cabin, you need to bring the water you want to use when you stay there. But there is a possibility to take a swim in the sea to get clean. And when you need to cook in a minimal way, then you need to think about what you eat a bit more.. 
The cabin has a protective screen so that it doesn’t get to warm inside. And all the energy is entirely renewable from solar panels. The cabin is built so that you can take it appart and move it if you want. And it is built in an easy way so that if something breaks, then you can repair it easily.
Visiting Flow Festival is as something you do as much for the food and art as the music. But there is more to it than that, this year they are really concentrating to create a sustainable festival. It is actually one of the first festivals in the world to compensate its carbon footprint!
For every bottle or glas you ordered you had to deposit 1 euro, that you could get back or deposit. And for every deposit that was made Reaktor planted a tree that is removing one ton of C02 from the atmosphere!!! 
I ordered champagne, and I had some delicious high quality tap water in my glas every now and then. By drinking tap water, everyone reduce plastic waste and their carbon footprint. And the tap water in Helsinki is really good!
I am not vegetarian, but I eat a lot of vegetarian food always. I don’t really think about the fact that it is vegetarian or not. I just want good food! The FLOW festival had chosen vendors that favoured organic and local food. There were a competition among all the food vendors at the festival who could make the best sustainable and delicious meal, and my pick actually won! 
It was restaurant Kuurna that won and I had some locally produced chicken and a Caramel Popcorn Oatmilk from them. That meal was really amazing! So I will certainly visit their restaurant next time in Helsinki! Congratulations!!
The Finns are really hands on! Here are the facts, let’s do it! Now I just hope everyone else will follow! Both at Festivals, but in all choices you do!
Apparently the festival had about 30.000 visitors each day, jet it didn’t feel crowded. And all the visitors had to commute by train, bus or bike. There were no parking! 
The light installations at the festival really impressed me. Everywhere you looked there were something to look at, either art, some performance or fab light installations!
Neneh Cherry really owned the stage. There were artists like Solange, Nitzer Ebb, Robyn.. My personal favorite were Neneh Cherry!
This is my reflection of the festival, would I go again! I certainly would! And especially with Hjarle that was with me until the end! He was great fun! Thanks for taking photos of me!
