A range of restaurants and cafés providing special festival offers are located close to the festival area: Aschan Café Jugend, Bar Loose, Bryggeri Helsinki, Carte d'Or Gelateria, Ciao! Caffè & Winebar, Fransmanni, Grande Grill, Iguana/Keskuskatu, Iguana/Mannerheimintie, Jääpuiston Kahvila (Icepark Café), Latva, Memphis Hesari, Morrison’s Grill & Green, Robert’s Coffee Kluuvi, Santa Fe, Savotta, Sunn, Toscanini/Klaus K Hotel and 'Why join the navy when you can be a pirate'.
Aschan Café Jugend
Address: Pohjoisesplanadi 19
Open: Wed–Fri 6–8 January, 9 am–10 pm; Sat 9 January 10 am–10 pm; Sun 10 January 12 noon–10 pm
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During the festival, sushi buffet for €10 (norm. €15). Offer valid during the festival from 6 to 10 January, 3 pm–9 pm.
During the festival, the café will serve as the official Lux Helsinki Café, where you can meet other people visiting the event. Works by artist Ishmael Sandstroem will be on display. In addition, a panel discussion on the theme of light and moderated by Radio Helsinki will be held on Thursday, 7 January at 7.30 pm.
Bar Loose
Address: Annankatu 21
Open: Wed 6 to 10 January, from 5 pm to 4 am.
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Non-alcoholic 80's Lux drink €4 from 5 pm to 10 pm.
DeLUXe clubs will be held in the restaurant every day from 5 pm to 10 pm during the festival, with favourite DJs from Radio Helsinki playing top sounds.
Bryggeri Helsinki
Address: Sofiankatu 2
Open: Wed 6 January, 11.30 am–9 pm; Thurs–Sat 7–9 January, 11.30 am–12 midnight; Sun 10 January, 11.30 am–9 pm
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DeLUX Cheeseburger + country style French fries €12.50 (norm. €15.70). This offer will be valid during the kitchen's opening hours on festival days. Does not apply to take away.
Carte d'Or Gelateria
Address: Kluuvi Shopping Centre, Aleksanterinkatu 9
Open: Wed 6 January 10 am-9 pm, Thu-Sat 7–9 January, 7 am–10.30 pm; Sun 10 January, 9 am–10.30 pm
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Filter coffee or tea and a ball of ice cream €5.00 (normally €6.00). This offer cannot be combined with other discounts.
Ciao! Caffè & Winebar
Address: Kiseleff House, Aleksanterinkatu 28
Open: Wed–Sat 6–9 January, 10 am–9 pm; Sun 10 January, 12 noon–7 pm
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At the Ciao! Caffé & Winebar you can enjoy views of the cathedral from a cosy interior! During Lux Helsinki, antipasto for two can be bought for the price of a single portion (€6.90) – a wide range of drinks is also available.
Fransmanni
Address: Kluuvikatu 8
Open: Wed–Thurs 6-7 January, 11 am–11 pm; Fri 8 January, 11 am–12 midnight; Sat 9 January, 12.30 pm–12 midnight; Sun 10 January, 1 pm–7 pm
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Bright Lux prices during the darkest time of year: 20% off all à la carte dishes during the festival. Offer does not apply to lunch menu.
Grande Grill
Address: Aleksanterinkatu 15
Open: Wed 6 January, 1 pm–10 pm; Thurs 7 January, 11 am–11 pm; Fri 8 January, 11 am–12 midnight; Sat 9 January, 12 noon–12 midnight; Sun 10 January, 1 pm–10 pm
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15% reduction on all of our delicious fillet steaks during the festival. When ordering, mention the special offer "Lux New Year".
Iguana, Keskuskatu
Address: Keskuskatu 4
Open: Wed–Thurs 6-7 January, 11 am–1 am; Fri–Sat 8–9 January, 11 am–2 am; Sun 10 January, 1 pm–12 midnight
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Chicken Burrito for €12 during the festival. Offer is valid after 3 pm on Thursday and Friday.
Iguana, Mannerheimintie
Address: Mannerheimintie 12
Open: Wed–Thurs 6-7 January, 11 am–1 am; Fri–Sat 8–9 January, 11 am–3 am; Sun 10 January, 11 am–1 am
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Chicken Burrito for €12 during the festival. Offer is valid after 3 pm on Thursday and Friday.
Jääpuiston Kahvila (Icepark café)
Address: Railway Square
Open: Wed–Fri 6–8 January, 2 pm–9 pm; Sat 9 January, 10 am–9 pm; Sun 10 January, 10 am–6 pm
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Hot beverage (coffee, tea, hot chocolate or mulled wine) and sweet treat of the day for €4. Offer valid at the Jääpuiston kahvila (Icepark Café) during opening hours. In addition, the artwork 'Snowballs above the Icepark' will be shown during the festival.
Memphis Hesari
Address: Kluuvikatu 8
Open: Wed–Thurs 6-7 January, 11 am–11 pm; Fri 8 January, 11 am–12 midnight; Sat 9 January, 12 noon–12 midnight; Sun 10 January, 1 pm–9 pm
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Bright Lux prices during the darkest time of year: 20% off all à la carte dishes during the festival. Offer does not apply to lunch menu.
Morrison's Grill & Green
Address: Ateneuminkuja
Open: Wed 6 January, 1 pm–10 pm; Thurs–Fri 7–8 January, 11 am–11 pm; Sat 9 January 12 noon–11 pm; Sun 10 January, 1 pm–10 pm
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New Year's Burger €14.50. Select any cheese for your burger from the following (aura blue, halloumi, goat's or cheddar cheese).
Latva Pub and Winebar
Address: Korkeavuorenkatu 25
Open: Wed–Fri 6–8 January, 11 am–2 am; Sat 9 January 2 pm–2 am; Sun 10 January closed
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Latva warm winter drink €3 (norm. €5). Created by bartender Jesse Auvinen, this is a non-alcoholic drink mixed from Finnish ingredients and inspired by mulled wine.
Robert's Coffee Kluuvi
Address: Kluuvi Shopping Centre, Kluuvikatu 7
Open: Wed 6 January, 12 pm-7 pm; Thu–Fri 7–8 January, 7 am–8 pm; Sat 9 January, 9 am–8 pm; Sun 10 January, 11 am–7 pm
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Hot chocolate with whipped cream and cookie €5.00 (normally €7.90). This offer cannot be combined with other discounts.
Santa Fe
Address: Aleksanterinkatu 15
Open: Wed 6 January, 1 pm–12 midnight; Thurs 7 January, 11 am–12 midnight; Fri–Sat 8–9 January, 11 am–2 am; Sun 10 January, 1 am–12 midnight
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Louisiana Chicken €15
Half a chicken on a salad bed with Louisiana sauce
Savotta
Address: Aleksanterinkatu 22
Open: Wed 6 January, 6 pm–10 pm; Thurs–Sat 7–9 January, 12 noon–11 pm; Sun 10 January, 6 pm–10 pm
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Enjoy dishes from Savotta's delicious Lux Menu during Lux Helsinki. The windows of Savotta offer a spectacular, direct view from street level over Senate Square and towards the Ilon kuvia (Images of Joy) light artwork at the Helsinki Cathedral.
Bright Lux Menu €46.50 (norm. €57.00)
Kylmänkarkottaja (Winter warmer),
warm Kossila greencurrant juice with honey
Greencurrants, which contain a generous dose of vitamin C, are grown only in Finland.
Creamy celery and smoked reindeer soup with lovage,
house bread and butter
Juniper smoked Arctic char,
carrots seasoned with dill seed and Myrttinen's gherkin sauce
Hartsuherran rikkaat ritarit (Storeman's 'rich knights'),
strawberry jam fortified with 'moonshine', old-fashioned vanilla ice cream and whipped cream,
and Ellin Korvike (coffee) or Pukkurin Pannu (tea)
Sunn
Address: Aleksanterinkatu 26
Open: Wed–Fri 6–8 January, 11 am–11 pm; Sat 9 January, 10 am–11 pm; Sun 10 January, 10 am–10 pm
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Offers valid during the festival from 5 pm to 10 pm.
Sunn's Lux vegetable borscht soup with sour cream and bread €10
Sunn's hot chocolate €6
Mint-chocolate dream €4
Toscanini, Klaus K Hotel
Address: Bulevardi 2-4
Open: Wed–Fri 6–8 January, 11 am–2.30 pm and 5 pm–12 midnight; Sat 9 January, 12 noon–12 midnight; Sun 10 January, 5 pm–11 pm
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Antipasto assortment for two €14 (norm. €20). Selection of Italian salamis plus Pecorino cheese, capocollo and olives. Mention "Lux Helsinki" when ordering.
Why join the navy when you can be a pirate
Address: Annankatu 28
Open: Wed–Thurs 6-7 January, 8 am–11 pm; Fri 8 January, 8 am–1 am; Sat 9 January 11 am–1 am; Sun 10 January, 5 pm–10 pm
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Hot drinks for customers large and small, at special prices: chocolate, mint chocolate and other hot drinks from €2.50 to €6.50. Offers valid during the festival from 5 pm to 10 pm.
DeLUXe clubs will be held in the restaurant every day from 5 pm to 10 pm during the festival, with favourite DJs from Radio Helsinki playing top sounds.
