Today I am going to introduce the gem of a mall--Myyrmanni! ^_^
Myyrmanni--pronounced as "mue'er-man-ni"--is my favourite mall in the whole of Helsinki region. The main reason why I am doing this post is because I'm moving from Vantaa to Espoo, and my visits to Myyrmanni are thereafter limited. T.T I'd visited Sello thrice thus far, and Jumbo over twenty times, but the feeling I get from both malls is entirely different from Myyrmanni.
I hope readers of The Hieno Shops visit Myyrmanni at least once in Helsinki, because it really is a cozy and awesome mall. Sello and Jumbo are really good malls too of course, but they somehow aren't as cozy as Myyrmanni.
I therefore treat this post as a form of tribute to Myyrmanni-- for being the one-stop shopping centre that is always there to comfort me during the harsh Finnish winter, when I'm half dying of cold. And remember I told you Myyrmanni, that I always felt that it is a bit funny that
www.VisitHelsinki.fi listed Jumbo as part of their shopping centres, but not you?
Well, this post will be archived forever in the online world, so tourists will be able to see how awesome you are as a shopping centre too!
I think I am mad. I'm talking to you, Myyrmanni, as though you're my best friend!!!
Okay dear friends, when you take the VR train, get off at Myyrmäki station. Myyrmanni is just ten steps away!! ^-^ Myyrmäki is in the Vantaa region, so be sure to pay the "region two" fare. Failing which, you might incur a 80Euros fine and still have to pay the region two fare anyway.
By the way, Myyrmanni has a direct bus number 51 to the airport. So you see, the argument of promoting Jumbo as a shopping mall because Jumbo is closer to the airport is not really valid in all sense of the word. Because if you are to stay in a hostel/hotel in Helsinki City Centre, it actually makes more sense to stop by at Myyrmanni for a last minute shopping spree--you can just take the VR train to Myyrmäki, and subsequently bus 51 to the airport!
Jumbo is in this place entirely inaccessible by train, so I really have no idea why tourists staying in Helsinki would want to travel to Jumbo, just to do last minute shopping?? I understand if they want to visit Flamingo (part of Jumbo too) for spa and clubbing, but otherwise, it makes more sense to buy your Fazer chocolate souveniers at Myyrmanni. I'd show you where to take bus 51 later.
Free reliable WIFI at Myyrmanni.
When you first enter the mall, you'd be greeted by the sweet inviting aroma of SUBWAY toast! They sell adrenaline-boosting cookies as well which make absolutely everyone happy. Yummy.
K-Citymarket at Myyrmanni is HUGE. They have absolutely everything--from clothes to food to furniture. And just a sidenote, somehow this K-citymarket always have free Fazer bread samples, which means that you can try these samples before you buy a big loaf of Fazer bread, often in different flavours. How thoughtful!
I love Stadium. I once bought 5 Tee-shirts for 2Euros each from Stadium at Myyrmanni. Super durable as basics!
