Cafés open late in Helsinki
Coffee until 02:00 on Uudenmaankatu, midnight at Roasberg by the station and 23:00 on Kallio's linjat.
Photo: Tapio Haaja, Pexels License
Helsinki cafés keep daytime hours: more than two in five of those with posted hours close by 18:00 on every day of the week. Around the winter solstice the city gets only about 5 hours 48 minutes of daylight.1
Kallio has the most cafés open late, ahead of Kamppi and Kluuvi. Some of them double as bars: Roasberg pours Italian wine in the evening, and Café Tin Tin Tango in Töölö holds a full alcohol licence.23
Local tip: On a Sunday evening, Roasberg on Mikonkatu serves until 22:00, and Café Bar No 9 on Uudenmaankatu keeps going until 02:00.2
Where these cafés are: Kallio (5), Kamppi (4), Kluuvi & Kaartinkaupunki (3), Vallila & Pasila (2), Töölö (1), Punavuori, Ullanlinna & Eira (1).
At a glance
- Opens earliest: Bär Bar, from 06:30 (Mon–Fri 06:30–22:00 · Sat–Sun 07:00–22:00).
- Closes latest: Café Bar No 9, until 02:00 (Mon–Fri 11:00–02:00 · Sat–Sun 12:00–02:00).
- Most common features: outdoor seating (69%), indoor seating (44%), card payment (31%).
Café Bar No 9
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Vegetarian options
- Partial wheelchair access
- Open late
Cafe Braku
Cafe Java
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Partial wheelchair access
- Open late
Café Strindberg
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Vegetarian options
- Wheelchair access
- Open late
Café Tin Tin Tango
Cafelito
- Outdoor seating
- Open late
- Brunch
flät no 14
- Wi-Fi
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Open late
Green Hippo Cafe
- Outdoor seating
- Takeaway
- Indoor seating
- Vegetarian options
- Open late
Karl Fazer Café
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Wheelchair access
- Toilets
- Pet-friendly
- Open late
Riyo Cafe
- Card payment
- Open late
Roasberg
- Outdoor seating
- Indoor seating
- Card payment
- Open late
Roasberg
Cafe Pacifico
Mama's Empanadas
Sandwitch club
- Outdoor seating
- Card payment
- Wheelchair access
- Open late
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After midnight
Café Bar No 9 at Uudenmaankatu 9 in Kamppi serves until 02:00 every night, and Cafe Pacifico on Kalevankatu does the same on Fridays and Saturdays. Cafe Java at Simonkatu 1 closes at 23:30 on Saturdays.
Roasberg on Mikonkatu, two minutes' walk from the Central Station, opened there in 2015 and stays open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays and until 22:00 on other nights. When the laptops close, it serves Italian wine by the glass, spritzes and beer, and Sivukonttori, its basement bar, takes private bookings.2
Until 23:00 in Kallio and Töölö
In Kallio, flät no 14 on Viides linja stays open until 23:00 from Wednesday to Saturday, and Cafelito at Hämeentie 26 until 22:00 from Tuesday to Thursday and 23:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Mama's Empanadas on Vaasankatu closes at 22:00 from Monday to Saturday.
Café Tin Tin Tango on Töölöntori, running since 1994, serves its breakfasts from morning to evening.3 It stays open until 23:00 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and until 21:00 on Sundays.
Evenings in the center
Karl Fazer Café on Kluuvikatu stays open until 22:00 from Monday to Saturday and 20:00 on Sundays, and Strindberg on Pohjoisesplanadi until 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Café Engel by Senate Square closes at 21:00 from Monday to Saturday and serves hot dishes until 20:30.4
Several more close at 21:00. Cafe Eliel in the Central Station does so from Monday to Saturday, Café Aalto on Pohjoisesplanadi and Kahvila Oodi in the library on weekdays, Pupu on Fredrikinkatu on weekdays, and Ziara's Cafe on Albertinkatu from Tuesday to Sunday.
Farther out, Café Regatta on the Töölö shore serves until 21:00 every day of the year.5 Green Hippo Cafe on Punavuorenkatu and Sandwitch Club on Hietalahdentori stay open until 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.
Pasila on a Sunday night
In Kallio, the Roasberg café on Siltasaarenkatu stays open until 21:00 from Sunday to Thursday and 22:00 on Fridays and Saturdays.2 North of the center, Bär Bar at Pasila station opens at 06:30 on weekdays and closes at 22:00 every day, Sunday included. Riyo Cafe on Opastinsilta stays open until 23:00 on Saturdays and 22:00 on Sundays, and Magnolia Coffee & Bakery at Fredikanterassi 1 closes at 21:00 from Monday to Saturday.
In summer the parks add their own evening counters: several lippakioski (canopy kiosks), including the one in Karhupuisto in Kallio, hold alcohol licences, though the kiosks can only trade from May to September.6
Sources
- Helsinki, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
- Roasberg Mikonkatu and Roasberg Kolmas linja, Roasberg, accessed October 2026
- Café Tin Tin Tango: lounaskahvila Töölö, Café Tin Tin Tango, accessed October 2026
- Café Engel: aukioloajat ja aamiainen, Café Engel, accessed October 2026
- Cafe Regatta: opening hours, grill and terrace, Cafe Regatta, accessed October 2026
- Lippakioski, Wikipedia (Finnish), accessed October 2026
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Open late in Helsinki: questions
Which cafés in Helsinki are open after midnight?
Café Bar No 9 at Uudenmaankatu 9 in Kamppi serves until 02:00 every night, and Cafe Pacifico on Kalevankatu does the same on Fridays and Saturdays. Roasberg on Mikonkatu, by the Central Station, stays open until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, and Cafe Java on Simonkatu until 23:30 on Saturdays.
What time does Roasberg by Helsinki Central Station close?
Roasberg at Mikonkatu 13 closes at 22:00 from Sunday to Thursday and at midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. It opens at 09:00 on weekdays and 10:00 at weekends, and in the evening it serves Italian wine by the glass, spritzes and beer. Its Kallio café on Siltasaarenkatu closes at 21:00 or 22:00.
Where can you get coffee late on a Sunday in Helsinki?
Café Bar No 9 on Uudenmaankatu stays open until 02:00, and Roasberg on Mikonkatu until 22:00. Bär Bar at Pasila station and Riyo Cafe on Opastinsilta also close at 22:00 on Sundays, and Café Tin Tin Tango on Töölöntori at 21:00.
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