Gadeplan: A Grower's Glass and a 700 m Wine Loop

Gadeplan opened in 2025 at Annankatu 22 in Kamppi, central Helsinki, where the Italian wine bar Bricco Annankatu used to be. It is open Tuesday to Saturday from 16:00 and pours a rotating glass list at 9–13 € from growers such as Domaine Matassa, where Tom Lubbe has added no sulfur since 2015, and L'Octavin in the Jura. In Finland, shops may sell wine only up to 8%; stronger bottles go through Alko, the state's shops. You can trace your glass to its grower, walk 159 m to Muru's wine bar for a three-glass blind tasting on Wednesdays, and finish at Grape in Punavuori.

What to do there

4 things to do

1. 1 Say the Street's Three Names History · Free

   Free, on the pavement outside number 22, any day.

   The street is older than the bar.

   Where: the pavement outside Annankatu 22 in Kamppi.

   What: when Helsinki first confirmed its street names in 1820, they were Swedish, and this one was St Annae Gatan, named after the Russian Order of St Anna; the "St" was dropped in 1836. In 1833 Russian street signs in Cyrillic script went up beside the Swedish ones, and the first Finnish-language street names were confirmed only in 1906. Say the three names in order: St Annae Gatan, Annegatan, Annankatu. Then look at the door: this was Bricco Annankatu, an Italian wine bar that served pizzas, now closed; Gadeplan opened here in 2025.

   How: free, from the street, any day and any hour.

   Backup: none needed.

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2. 2 Trace Your Glass to Its Grower Wine · Price: low

   One glass from the rotating list, 9–13 €, placed on the map.

   Every bottle on the list names its grower, region and grapes.

   Where: at Gadeplan, Annankatu 22.

   What: order one glass from the rotating selection (9–13 €) and ask which grower made it. Find that grower on the bottle list, which covers France, Italy, Austria, Germany and Spain. Then place it: Domaine Matassa is in Calce, Roussillon, where Tom Lubbe has added no sulfur since 2015; Alice Bouvot of L'Octavin makes zero-sulphur wines on five Demeter-certified hectares outside Arbois; Patrick Bouju of Domaine la Bohème, in the Auvergne, makes most cuvées with no added sulfur dioxide; 2Naturkinder in Franconia uses no additives and no fining or filtering. Since 10 June 2024, shops in Finland may sell wine up to 8.0%; stronger bottles for home go through Alko, the state's shops.

   How: Tuesday to Thursday 16:00–00:00, Friday and Saturday 16:00–01:00; closed Sunday and Monday. There is no online table booking. Espresso or tea costs 3 €; the menu lists no alcohol-free wine.

   Backup: if it is full, Grape Wine Bar at Uudenmaankatu 13, 298 m south-east, opens Tuesday to Saturday from 16:00 (Saturday from 14:00).

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3. 3 Guess Three Wines Blind, Round the Corner Wine · Price: moderate

   Wednesday's blind tasting at Muru's wine bar, 159 m south.

   Three glasses, no labels.

   Where: Muru's wine bar, Lönnrotinkatu 14, 159 m south of Gadeplan, round the corner from restaurant Muru.

   What: on Wednesdays, order the blind tasting: three wines for 15 € a person, served all evening. Name the grape or the country of each before you ask. On Thursdays, ask instead for the champagne the sommeliers have picked from the cellar to pour by the glass, while it lasts. On other nights, choose from the glass list. The MICHELIN Guide's page for restaurant Muru mentions "the nearby wine bar they run": this is it.

   How: Wednesday to Saturday 16:30–23:00.

   Backup: closed Sunday to Tuesday; on a Tuesday, or if it is full, walk 244 m east to Grape Wine Bar (step 4), open Tuesday 16:00–22:00.

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4. 4 Close the Loop in Punavuori Adventure · Price: moderate

   Walk east to Grape, whose glasses change often, the house says.

   The last leg crosses into Punavuori.

   Where: Grape Wine Bar, Uudenmaankatu 13, 244 m east of Muru's wine bar.

   What: Grape, established 2021, changes its glasses often, the house says. Gadeplan's list comes from five countries: France, Italy, Austria, Germany and Spain. Ask which glass tonight comes from somewhere else, and order it or its nearest match. Cheeses with jam cost 12 or 19 €, charcuterie 14 €, olives 5 €.

   How: Tuesday to Thursday 16:00–22:00, Friday 16:00–24:00, Saturday 14:00–24:00; closed Sunday and Monday. Tables can be booked on Grape's site.

   Backup: if it is full, walk 298 m back north-west to Gadeplan, open until 00:00 (01:00 on Friday and Saturday).

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Insider tips

• Go on a Wednesday: all three bars are open, and Muru's wine bar pours its three-glass blind tasting for 15 €.

• Gadeplan's full menu, with the region and grapes of every bottle, is on gadeplan.fi, so you can pick a grower before you go.

• Gadeplan takes no online table bookings and Grape does, so a group should book Grape.

• Not drinking? Gadeplan serves espresso and tea at 3 €.