Hakaniemi Market Hall is located in a two story brick building in a former working class district in Helsinki. The market that was opened in 1914 and now a days it is the liveliest of the three old central market halls of Helsinki. The hall is located on a square, where during the summer season an outdoor market takes place daily.
Hakaniemi Hall is the place where Finns go to when they want to get really good fish, ecological vegetables or just enjoy the atmosphere of shopping in something else than a supermarket. The first floor of Hakaniemi Hall has 38 food stores, and the second has 28 specialty shops – including a 2nd hand bookstore, a shoe repair store and a textile handicrafts store. It has six cafeterias, and the market hall cafeteria on the first floor is the best place in Helsinki place to buy an inexpensive traditional Finnish lunch.