Fare Issue 02: Helsinki

Helsinki is a city at its height. It is also something of an anomaly. Culturally, it is a partial amalgamate of its neighbors—and former rulers—in Sweden and Russia, but as the capital of a young and independent Finland, it is full of nascent pride and positivity.

In Fare Issue 02: Helsinki: 

• The sweet smells and folkloric past of a Karelian bakery

• The island of Seurasaari, where deep in the woods you'll find a centuries-old village, restored from along Finland's eastern borders

• The old-school gems of Helsinki's restaurant scene, institutions with classic Finnish fare and interior, unchanged in nearly a century

• An enigmatic bar with famous patrons where Soviet-era ideals still live

• The torikahvilat, the orange tents of Helsinki's market squares, with their famous breakfasts and apple-mash doughnuts