I have been trying to google this for a really long time tonight with little luck... I was trying to see if, like Sweden, Finland had something equivalent to Dagen for lunch. We didn't even know this existed until a few days into our trip to Stockholm last year, so I wanted to be prepared before we got to Helsinki. I googled and googled and finally found "lounas". I have been googling to try to find if there's articles or websites with a list of restaurants in Helsinki that offer this, but every website I find is in Finnish, and my computer will not translate it, so I have no clue what I'm looking at. Is "lounas" the equivalent of Dagen?? And if so, does anyone know a resource that's translate-able so I can peruse places within the city? TIA!
Posted by
Green Bay
23799 posts
Google Translate says it means "lunch" in Finnish.
You can always copy and paste the text you are looking at into Google Translate and get a pretty accurate answer.
Posted by
Belgium
608 posts
"Lounas" is a popular and affordable lunch tradition in which restaurants offer a set menu or buffet on weekdays between 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. You pay a fixed, affordable price.
The menu (the “lounaslista”) changes daily or weekly and often features traditional Finnish dishes or international flavors.
Look for a sign outside on the sidewalk that says “Lounas” or “Lounaslista”.
Just an example https://ibb.co/Q7PDxbvD
For Helsinki, you can find an overview of daily lunch options here: https://www.lounasmenu.fi/helsinki/
Posted by
Virginia, USA
6867 posts
Amy, you are correct. It is the same concept as the Swedish “dagens rätt” - a daily lunch special.
Did you see this site?
https://www.lounasmenu.fi/
A few of the restaurants show both Finnish and English menus.
Posted by
OP
Clarksville, TN, USA
975 posts
Thanks all!
Yes, I realize I can use Google Translate, but the sites I was finding was more blocks of images with restaurant names but then it said 70km or 100km and I knew it was probably nowhere near Helsinki. The last link that Laura sent is a good one! Much easier to understand than the other sites I was finding. Thanks all for helping me make sense of this!