I want to know if this store sells Finnish-made "Finland" T shirts or sweatshirts but I can't tell…read morefrom their website. I have called them during their stated office hours many times at various times for 3 days at the phone number they provided but they have never answered. Are they still in business? It looks like this is a really great store, but my inability to reach them is confusing to me.

The largest souvenir shop in Helsinki! What is it with…read moreFinland and a cartoon hippo and a surly young girl? I think I'm missing something here. They sell this stuff big time. They put these characters on everything! They sell a lot of souvenirs here. Nearly everything you can think of with hippos or "Finland" stamped on the front of it is sold here. It's well organized into different sections and types/prices of items. All of the prices here are astronomically high. Outrageously expensive. I saw things that I might like to get, but instead of paying these inflated prices and lugging the stuff half-way across the globe, I just bought online. The store is clean, and all the stock is displayed well. All the shirts are impeccably folded, and the shelves are immaculately dust free. Super clean store. The location of the store is right on the Esplanade, a beautiful setting. It's amid some of the most expensive retailers in the country. They have a all-Christmas themed department in the basement. My main complaint is that they don't offer any seating, or restrooms. If you need to use the restroom, they suggest you go out, down the street to the nearest coffee shop, and buy a cup of coffee to use their restroom. I hope they don't expect me back after I leave. The service seems that they're not there to help, just to make sure that the place is not messed up by the tourists. They followed not far behind me re-straightening and readjusting items that I had picked up, then checked the price, gasped, and set back down. Overall, this place seems like a huge shop that they have at the airport selling overpriced souvenirs to clueless tourists with too many Euro.

Annensoppi or Annie's Gift Shop is an adorable little shop with a year round Christmas ornament…read moreroom. Our tour driver was able to drop us off and let us shop a bit, and we were able to pick up a moomin card holder for the honey and quite a few wooden ornaments for my mother. It was honestly a bit hard to decide between them all because there were so many gorgeous pieces to choose from. All in all, the service was incredibly friendly and helpful and we would absolutely come back.

Great gift shop! I went twice during my few days in Helsinki and referred friends to the shop. The…read moreteam is fantastic! Very helpful, no pushy sales pitch, and gives honest feedback when trying on sweaters (they have other offerings). Between the four of us I think we purchased at least 7. The shop has a great selection and wish I could get back more frequently.

Prior to our Nordic countries visit I had never heard of Moomin…read more Moomin is a comic strip character created by Tove Jansson in the 1940's which then was reinvigorated by a tv show in the 90's. This store entirely consists of Moomin merch for those who are Moomin fans. While not up to the level of the Sanrio stores in Japan, most of the merch was cute but leaned a bit too heavily on the "must also be useful" side - think cups (so many cups), plates, wallets, bags, and coasters. All in all, if you're a fan you should definitely drop in, but there's also a location in the Helsinki airport that is slightly nicer in my opinion, so I don't know there's a need to visit this shop unless you're already in the area.

This is a cute Moomin Shop in the Helsinki Airport! It's quite large and has a lot of stuff from…read morekeychains to plates to pet bowls to pot holders and more. There were even some stuff for sale as well! My friend got this really cute cutting board for about 13 euros which I thought was rather decent. I ended up buying this cute Moomin charm for 4 Euros since I love enamel charms! They have a stamp rally where if you take their stamp card and visit another Moomin Shop you can get something. I actually visited the Esplanade one a few days ago which is too bad since I would have been able to get whatever their gift was!

This is an amazing store with a very wide selection of wooden souvenirs…read more We were extremely impressed with the wonderful guest service. Everyone was very polite and helpful. We purchased a couple of wooden Christmas ornaments as well as a wonderful selection of wood Trivets for gifts. We thought the prices were very fair. They except euros or credit cards. Highly recommend this location if you are ever in Finland and looking for some souvenirs that can be usable gifts.

For a tourist shop, selling touristy items in a touristy area, this place is pretty good!…read more They have a variety of handicrafts and the staff were lovely. I actually saw similar items at other places after this but these were nicer and the pricing not higher than other shops. Apparently they specialise in this certain kind of beaded necklace, with handmade beads. I'm not much for jewelry, though. I did come away with a lovely trivet, and left a fair few things behind that I wanted (but just didn't need). Worth popping in when you go to the Lutheran church!

We were here to do a Geocache, and as I love gift shops, I popped in here too…read more It's perfectly fine, a normal museum gift shop, with an obvious slant towards Helsinki but actually nothing really very exciting or unique. This is almost definitely because I was there as an English-speaking tourist though, and I think this shop - and museum - are well suited to Finnish visitors. I'm glad we went and next time I'm in Helsinki, I may well pop in again - and perhaps be more inspired to shop!