A perfect Day in Helsinki Food writer Lydia Itoi's tips on where to eat and what to see in the Finnish capital

It's good thing Finland's summer days are so long,as there's plenty to do in Helsinki,the world's northern-most capital city.I start with a morning walk along the coastline of Kaivopuisto Park at the southern tip of the city,then head to breakfast at the Klaus K design hotel ,where the restaurant offers up the best of Finaland's field,forests and farms.Try spooning the homemade cloudberry or black-currant jam over oatmeal or artisanal yogurt.You can also have farmhouse ham and eggs to order,fresh juice of the orange sea-buckthorn berry,and crispbread made from birch bark.


After that ,I like to wander the picturesque Market Square by Helsinki Harbor and scour the produces stands for the best wild strawberries on earth- bursting with flavor of 20 hours a day of Finnish sun,they only grow for two to four weeks every summer.Make sure to stop by fishmonger E.Eriksson in the Kauppatori Old Market Hall for fantastic gravlax.Diaphanous pink wafers of cured salmon on a slice of buttered rye sprinkled with dill,my ideal market snack.