Joonas Kervinen

Helsinki

Spotter since 2019

My spots (18)

Bar-Molotow
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Bar Molotow – Cozy Kallio living room

"Bar Molotow" in Kallio, Helsinki, is one of my personal favorites. It's cozy as well as social, and I really like their beer choice & retro rock spirit.

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Bars

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Joonas

Kervinen

Oct 22, 2024
Lentava-Lehma
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Lentävä Lehmä – All about the cheese!

"Lentävä Lehmä" (or Flying Cow) is my number #1 place in Helsinki for getting amazing cheese. Nothing is overpriced here and everything is organic!

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Shopping

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Joonas

Kervinen

Oct 22, 2024
Stadin-Panimo
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Stadin Panimo – Passionate craft beer tasting

"Stadin Panimo" in rugged Suvilahti in Helsinki is one of the best places to enjoy good craft beer locally. Their selection is the biggest I've ever seen!

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Bars

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Joonas

Kervinen

Oct 22, 2024
Pasila
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Pasila – Conduct your own urban art walk

"Pasila" is going to be one of Helsinki's most alternative districts in the coming years! Home to plenty of street art, it's no just dull grey buildings...

arts&culture
Art & culture
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Bars

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Joonas

Kervinen

Oct 17, 2024
Korjaamo
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Korjaamo – The diverse culture factory in Töölö

"Korjaamo" in Helsinki's Töölö is the area's most important highlight; it offers neraly all kinds of cultural events & I usually go for a live music show.

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Art & culture
cinema
Cinema
music
Music
theater
Theaters

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Joonas

Kervinen

Oct 16, 2024
Kapyla
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Käpylä – Laid-back bohemian neighbourhood

"Käpylä" and the kioskk cafe Käpylän Lippakioski in Helsinki make my day! This garden neighborhood is perfect to walk around in and I love the events...

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Art & culture
bars
Bars
music
Music

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Joonas

Kervinen

Oct 16, 2024
Kotiharjun-Sauna
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Kotiharjun Sauna – Authentic & social public sauna

"Kotiharjun Sauna" is a legendary yet perfectly ordinary sauna in Helsinki. Bring your beers with you, like a local, and enjoy socializing like a Finn!

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Relaxing

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Joonas

Kervinen

Oct 15, 2024
Oljenkorsi
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Oljenkorsi – Cozy craft beer fountain

"Oljenkorsi" in Helsinki is a craft beer heaven. Even after moving away from the neighborhood, I keep returning for the authentic local Toukola spirit...

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Bars

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Joonas

Kervinen

Oct 11, 2024

About me

About me
I’m an enthusiastic funky music and urban culture lover who has been working on many fields, from journalism and concept design to copywriting, cultural production and the travel industry. Currently, I’m self-employed as a freelancer and a long-time member of the Funky Amigos family. Born in Espoo and having lived both in the northern outskirts of Helsinki as well as all the directions inside the city, I have basically spent my whole life in the metropolitan area of the capital and know the city more than well.

I have a strong background organizing dozens of diverse festivals, hundreds of concerts and numerous other cultural events, but also in guiding travelers who visit Helsinki. Because of this, I always know what’s hot and popping, as well as where the freshest new phenomena start here! I have also been actively involved in innovating and launching them myself throughout the years.

As a person, I’m easy-going, socially active and always interested in exploring new things and areas. Besides funky sound and urban culture, I love traveling, art, great food, artisan delicacies and football. I’m also a father of two, living in the multicultural eastside of Helsinki with my family.

Why Helsinki
As a vibrant, multicultural and hip city, Helsinki is the only place in Finland where I could basically think of living all year long. I just love the diversity of its culture and people as well as all the great opportunities it offers to spend time with. In Helsinki, it is very very rarely a day where you wouldn’t be able to find something inspiring and interesting to get into! That’s why I feel that Helsinki has something very similar to what Berlin has in Germany, just on a more human-sized scale and with the uniqueness of its own.

For me, the best and most valuable things are always “bubbling underneath”. This applies to Helsinki as well, because the most inspiring secrets can mostly be found outside the touristic highlights of the center. I’m always happy to shed a light on these whenever someone is interested!

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